If you are still using cash for some reason, then make sure you don’t carry fake banknotes in your pocket. There have been 444 reports about counterfeit banknotes in the first three months of 2023. Most of the people who managed to buy with fake cash are now on the wanted list (there are cameras inside supermarkets).
- If you are caught with fake cash you get 12 years in prison.
- Real banknotes have a watermark, a hologram, a copper print and they are printed on cotton paper which makes a crisp sound when it flaps in the air.
