Frequently asked questions
Forged Notes
I was given a forged bank note, what should I do?
If you are a shop owner or employee and you know or suspect you know who has passed the note to you, then put it in a bag to preserve any fingerprint evidence and hand the note into the nearest police station.
If there is no suspect the police would not be able to help and you should hand the note into a bank. However you could contact your local crime prevention officer who can advise you on how to prevent this happening again and whether any other shops or businesses in the area have been affected.
If you have been passed a forged bank note in change when you have bought something, hand it into the local police station and give details, if at all possible, of where you were given it. The police will keep the note as evidence.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES try to use or pass on the note to someone else, the penalty could be up to 10 years in prison.