I believe the readership of PEDESTRIAN.TV is largely used car salespeople and drug dealers, so therefore this story will be of incredible interest to you all: fake hundred dollar notes are flooding Melbourne right now.
Apparently, one or two counterfeiting rings has been flooding the city with the fake notes, which are described as being pretty bloody well made, with a similar texture and the clear plastic window we all know and love so much.
As you may remember, the government considered canning the $100 note on the basis that it’s really only used by crims and – inexplicably – your uncle, who always seems to have one on his wallet for some reason. That being said, banks are keen to keep the hundo on the basis that its the $50 note which tends to be involved in black market transactions anyway.
Last month, two men were arrested at a nightclub on Chapel St after attempting to pass two fake $100 notes. The pair claimed they got the funny money from an ATM in Ferntree Gully.
One thing to watch out for if you’re a rich prick who swans about Melbourne with a wallet packed full of hundies: these counterfeit bad boys all have the same serial number: “AI 13933231”. So if you have any of those fake ones, send ’em my way. I’ll look after it for you. Promise.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Photo: Getty Images.
