Fake RM100 note which looks genuine

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LOOKS REAL: The fake note (top) received by a Shell petrol station before Chinese New Year. Compare it with the real note below.

LOOKS REAL: The fake note (top) received by a Shell petrol station before Chinese New Year. Compare it with the real note below.

KUCHING: A fake RM100 note pasted on the glass window of a petrol station here has many people dumbfounded because it looks genuine.

The station’s operator, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Borneo Post that her cashier was deceived by it before the Chinese New Year, and it was the first case they encountered this year.

“The customer chose a peak period to shop,” she said.

“Our cashier was so busy handling so many transactions during that period that she didn’t realise it was a fake note. We only found out when we finalised the account for the day.

“By then, there was a slight discolouration on the figure ‘100’. I have seen a few fake notes before but I have never seen one which looked so ‘real’. That is why we put it up to alert the public.”

She related that her station also received a RM100 note last year, but it was only spotted by the bank.

State Commercial Crime Department head Supt Mohd Firdaus Abdullah, when contacted yesterday, said they had not received any report about fake notes so far this year.

“In any case, we cannot say much about this issue (yet) because only Bank Negara can give details. But thus far, we have not received any report about fakes.”

Firdaus said fake notes often originated from the culprits themselves, and one of the methods used was photocopying.

He advised the public to alert the police if they found such notes.

When contacted, a Bank Negara spokesman said should the public or the mass media require information about such matter, they need to write in officially.