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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 38, September 17, 2017, Article 38

SMALL-TIME VENDORS PREPARE FOR COUNTERFEITS

Nick Graver found this article in his local Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. I located it online at the USA Today site. Here's an excerpt. -Editor

Using a counterfeit pen The other day, I bought a book on Native American women healers, a Three Stooges DVD and a scarf at the "Changing Hands Rummage Sale" at Unity Church on Prince Street. My purchases cost $6. I paid with a 20 dollar bill.

I was surprised when David Mercer, who was manning the metal cash box, pulled out a counterfeit detection pen to make sure my money was real.

I had never seen such high security at a rummage sale. Mercer said that you can never be too careful. "In my mind, that's an easy place to pass counterfeit money," he said. "Somebody can buy two or three dollars worth of stuff with a fake $20 and they've made $18 on the transaction, plus the knick knacks."

Turns out, numerous news reports from across the country describe people using counterfeit money at next-to-new sales. In one particularly sad example in Spokane, a counterfeit $100 was used earlier this summer at a sale that was raising money to help a woman pay for cancer treatment. Unity Church was trying to raise money to pay for a new boiler. "I didn't want to see our church get hit," said Mercer, who has been a member of the church for decades

Last week my wife participated in a neighborhood garage sale event. She does this periodically, and sometimes brings large bills to me to look at. We've never been stiffed, but I too have read many reports of scumbags shoving counterfeit notes at garage sales and even Girl Scout cookie tables. I'm glad to hear some venues are arming themselves for battle. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
Erica Bryant: On the lookout for counterfeit money (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/09/01/erica-bryant-lookout-counterfeit-money/624638001/)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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