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The following is documents that will assist the merchants with counterfeit Money and Traveler Checks.

1.  Know Your Money:  This describes the security features of different bills

2.   Travelers Checks and Money Order Verification Numbers:  This document provides number to call when they receive one of these items.  Once you call they will ask for information from the document.  They then will inform you if it is valid item and /or provide an authorization number.  This number ensures you obtain the funds and it is a real item.

3.  Secret Service $100 Bill micro printing:  This shows the micro printing security features.

4.   Secret service Black Light $100.00 Bill:  Shows embedded security thread under ultra-violet light.

5.  Merchants can purchase Fraud Fighters (UV-16):  This item reads the security features on currency, driver’s licenses, credit cards and passports.  (See www.uveritech.com)

Thanks

Jerry Phillips
VP Risk Manager
The Bank of the Pacific
360-642-1088
jphillips@thebankofpacific.com

Please make sure all staff is alerted to recent passing of $100.00 dollar bills. Long Beach Police Dept. has had some complaints of a couple or pair of couples working the peninsula passing these bills.

The magic pen to determine, if the bill is fake or good, marks that it is good. However it isn’t!!

The bill feels slick, and you need to always hold the bill up to the light and check for face shadow on right hand side of bill.

Also Check the shadow bar on the left had side of the presidents picture for the line stating US 100.00, as well as make sure the picture is Franklin.

We hope that we can stop this from happening to any other merchants, so pass the word around. Also thank you to the merchants bringing it to our attention.

Bob Andrew
Mayor City of Long Beach