White Paper: Loss Prevention — How To Catch A Counterfeit

Even though coins where the first form of currency to be counterfeited and still are found in huge quantities, bills are the most counterfeited. This article's aim it to help protect others against this fraud. It is first necessary to understand that Counterfeiting is not a uniformed art. There are as many qualities of counterfeits as there are counterfeiters, and their recourses vary greatly. From a young delinquent who counterfeits from the privacy of his/her bedroom using a basic computer, scanner and high resolution printer, to a government of an terrorist country, who can use its enormous resources like industrial equipment and graphic experts to boycott the economy of the country they wish to harm. An example of such aggression can bee seen during World War II when Hitler ordered the counterfeiting of millions of British Pound notes in order to damage the UK economically. Submitted by AccuBANKER