Officers are warning businesses and members of the public to be vigilant following a number of reports of attempts to use counterfeit notes in the Weymouth and Shaftesbury areas – and are releasing CCTV images of four people they would like to speak to.
Dorset Police received ten reports of individuals paying for small value items with Scottish Clydesdale £50 notes between Wednesday 22 April and Friday 24 April 2020, which retailers subsequently discovered to be counterfeit.
Police Sergeant Anita Arliss, of Dorset Police, said: “In light of these reports I would urge businesses to be vigilant and take extra care to check any notes before they are accepted as payment. If retailers are in any doubt about the authenticity of a note, they can always decline it and ask for another payment method.
“I would also urge anyone who recognises the men pictured in the images, or who has any information that could assist my investigation, to please get in touch.”
The notes can be readily identified as counterfeit by checking the watermark, thread & hologram:
- The counterfeit notes do not contain a watermark
- There is no security thread
- The counterfeit notes do feature a hologram however it contains £50 not just 50
For more information on how to identify these counterfeit notes visit: https://www.acbi.org.uk/education-material/know-your-scottish-banknotes-poster/know-your-scottish-50.html
It should be noted that only a small percentage of the bank notes in circulation are counterfeit.
In the event you are passed counterfeits notes you should report the matter to Dorset Police.
Anyone who has information about the suspected use of counterfeit notes or who wishes to report an offence can contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email [email protected] or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55200057464. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
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