Dundee shop keepers warned to be on the look out for ‘funny money’
The businessman said the paper on which the R200 note had been printed felt 'not as it should be and as if it had been printed by a non-professional''.
Dundee residents have been warned to be on the lookout for funny money. This comes after a local businessman, who declined to be named, said a customer attempted to pass him a R200 note that he was ‘100% sure was fake’.
“He was a random guy who came in and bought a second-hand book that cost R20. It was a Danielle Steele book and he did not strike me as the kind of guy who would be into reading nevermind a romantic novel.
“He gave me R200. The note felt strange – I handle a lot of money daily and this one just seemed suspect. I asked him where he got the note and he said the bank. He took the note back and said ‘Never mind I will go and exchange it and come back’ and of course he never did.”
The police have been informed and a warning has been sounded for shopkeepers to be vigilant when accepting notes.
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