Here’s A Close-Up Look at Counterfeit Money

certificate researcher Brian Krebs gets sent some pretty weird poppycock from fans . His latest in bizarre snail chain armor booty : A bundle full of fake hard cash .

Krebs was given four fake $ 100 pecker and two fake $ 50 bills . He does n’t know who sent them , but spend time examining them to illustrate what some pretty decent ( but still , of course , highly illegal ) imitation money looks like . While they ’re fairly convincing if you ’re just taking a flying glimpse , Krebs point out that they are n’t able to snuff it an ultraviolet light tryout . He found other fairly obvious discrepancies , as well .

Krebs ’ breakdown of why the phoney money is fake is a upsetting reminder that we might be pass around bogus bills … some of the tests he did required a microscope to confirm that the bills were bullshit , and it ’s not like your check - out guy at the bodega is whipping one out every time he gives you change . simulated money hold on not because it ’s needfully good , but because it ’s good enough . [ Krebs On SecurityviaBoingBoing ]