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"False" Euro Notes
About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the
signature on the note was "fraudulent." Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. These new notes are just coming into circulation and apparently many cashiers are not being informed: http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/business/3726634.stm http://www.bportugal.pt/bnotes/assinatura_notas_e.htm http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...x8z&n=73841124 The whole issue is rather illogical; if someone were going to manufacture counterfeit notes they would probably reproduce the current signature of Wim Duisenberg instead of being creative. Lana |
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"szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com schreef in bericht ... About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the signature on the note was "fraudulent." Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. These new notes are just coming into circulation and apparently many cashiers are not being informed: http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/business/3726634.stm http://www.bportugal.pt/bnotes/assinatura_notas_e.htm http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...x8z&n=73841124 The whole issue is rather illogical; if someone were going to manufacture counterfeit notes they would probably reproduce the current signature of Wim Duisenberg instead of being creative. Lana http://www.ecb.int/bc/banknotes/look...nature.en.html Sjoerd |
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"szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com writes:
About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the signature on the note was "fraudulent." Of all the different ways in which to verify the authenticity of a euro banknote, why would anyone choose to look at the signature, which is _designed_ to change? Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. People at your supermarket look at the signature on banknotes? Where do you live? The whole issue is rather illogical; if someone were going to manufacture counterfeit notes they would probably reproduce the current signature of Wim Duisenberg instead of being creative. Agreed. The signature is worthless, anyway. Many people have signatures that are trivially easy to forge, including Mr. Trichet. Signatures are actually extremely poor security mechanisms; they remain in use only because the majority of people are honest. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... "szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com writes: About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the signature on the note was "fraudulent." Of all the different ways in which to verify the authenticity of a euro banknote, why would anyone choose to look at the signature, which is _designed_ to change? Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. People at your supermarket look at the signature on banknotes? Where do you live? In Cannes. This happened at Champion. The other incident I know of happened at a hairdresser's in Antibes. Lana |
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"szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com writes:
In Cannes. This happened at Champion. The other incident I know of happened at a hairdresser's in Antibes. Either life is slow in Cannes and Antibes (and I've heard that it is), or there are an awful lot of gangsters (and I've heard rumors along those lines as well, although more to the east). -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... "szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com writes: In Cannes. This happened at Champion. The other incident I know of happened at a hairdresser's in Antibes. Either life is slow in Cannes and Antibes (and I've heard that it is), or there are an awful lot of gangsters (and I've heard rumors along those lines as well, although more to the east). Yes, life on the CDA is much slower than in Paris, but supermarkets are nevertheless crowded and checkout lines are long--particularly during the holiday season. Lana |
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"nitram" wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:41:55 +0100, "szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com There's a scam reported elsewhere where the person on the checkout declares a good note to be a forgery and keeps it. Happily, I was allowed to keep my "fraudulent" note. Perhaps I will hang onto it until Mr. Trichet's signature becomes more widely accepted. Lana |
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szozu wrote: About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the signature on the note was "fraudulent." Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. These new notes are just coming into circulation and apparently many cashiers are not being informed: Interesting to know that European supermarket clerks can be as clueless as Amercan ones! When the "new" American $20 bills first came into circulation, a lot of people regarded them with some skepticism. (To me they still look more like "play" money than the genuine article, but they seem to be negotiable.) |
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nitram wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:41:55 +0100, "szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com wrote: "Mxsmanic" wrote in message . .. "szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com writes: About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the signature on the note was "fraudulent." Of all the different ways in which to verify the authenticity of a euro banknote, why would anyone choose to look at the signature, which is _designed_ to change? Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. People at your supermarket look at the signature on banknotes? Where do you live? In Cannes. This happened at Champion. The other incident I know of happened at a hairdresser's in Antibes. There's a scam reported elsewhere where the person on the checkout declares a good note to be a forgery and keeps it. Hmmm.... Unless I were deliberately TRYING to pass a conterfeit note, I'd insist upon them calling a policeman to arbitrate, before I'd allowed them to confiscate my money! (But then, some people still fall for bunco games like the "Nigerian" letter, so I guess whoever said "never understimate the stupidity of the common man" was right!) |
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"szozu" hoppbunny at hotmail com wrote in message ... About a week ago someone said that a 50 EUR note was rejected because the signature on the note was "fraudulent." Today the same thing happened to me at the supermarket with a 10 EUR note in spite of it being Jean-Claude Trichet's signature. These new notes are just coming into circulation and apparently many cashiers are not being informed: http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/business/3726634.stm http://www.bportugal.pt/bnotes/assinatura_notas_e.htm http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...x8z&n=73841124 The whole issue is rather illogical; if someone were going to manufacture counterfeit notes they would probably reproduce the current signature of Wim Duisenberg instead of being creative. Indeed, and moreover, it seems very unlikely that counterfeiting notes of 10 euro would be a good idea. It probably costs as much money and effort to produce them as counterfeit notes of 50 euro, but you have to bring a lot of them into circulation (which to me seems to be the riskiest part of the operation) before you "earn" a decent profit. And I think that counterfeiting notes of 500 euro is also a bad idea, because it is likely that such notes will be thoroughly examined before they are accepted (and they are often used for transactions with people who will do very nasty things to you when they find out that you payed for the "merchandise" with counterfeit money :-) Notes of 50 and 100 euro are by far the most likely candidates for being counterfeit money. Gerard van Wilgen -- http://www.majstro.com/Web/Majstro/s...p?gebrTaal=eng Multilingual translation dictionary http://www.majstro.com/Web/Majstro/games/games_eng.php Multilingual hangman game |
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