Fake $20s Are Going Around Colorado – Be on the Lookout

It takes a lot of "chutzpah" to pass off a counterfeit bill, considering how much work the U.S. Treasury puts into making real ones. You could be seeing fake $20 bills floating around Colorado.

Maybe someone got a gift for Christmas, a 3-D printer, and they thought they'd make "use" of it, by printing off a bunch of "Jacksons."

Clearly, a 3-D printer has zero capability of making a real $20, but at least one person has a bunch of fakes, that they're passing off as the real deal.

Fake $20 Bills Could Be Floating Around Colorado

There are thousands of small businesses across Colorado, places that may seem like easy places to pass of a fake $20 bill; they probably won't look close enough to see that the person that gave it to them is conning them.

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According to FOX31, over a dozen fake $20 bills were used at a gas station in Leadville; in just one transaction. You have to wonder what the perpetrator purchased: Gas? Gas and beer? Gas, beer, and cigarettes'?'

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Real $20 bills have several proprietary elements that are pretty easy to see, especially with an ultraviolet light, but these $20s, were pretty good... except for one thing. Right there, clear as day, instead of saying:

The United States of America

These bills say:

The United States Money

I'll be honest, If I was working at any small business and someone came in and paid with a few of these $20s, I don't think I'd notice the MONEY mistake, at all. I'd see Andrew Jackson, a couple of seals, and call it "good."

Who's to say where these fake $20s will be showing up next, in Colorado. Check your wallet/purse to make sure you haven't gotten one.