Moondog
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Last night the bar tender at Hook gave me counterfeit money. I did not realize until the next day. He gave me a fake 20 and a fake 10 peso bill. They are both photocopies. It is dark in there, and I did not look at the money. Today when I went to the store, the person working there picked it up in 1 second. So obviously this is a tourist trick as the Argentines know right away that it is fake.
The 10 and the 20 on the top left corner on the respective bills should be like a reflective sticker and shinny. On the fake ones it is just like it was printed on a LaserJet.
I just noticed also there is an embedded strip that is only visible when you hold it up to the light! The strip goes from top to bottom, and starts from where the white section turns into the color section. Just hold it up to the light.
If you look at the 10 and 20 in the top left corner, it has just been printed on a LaserJet or perhaps a color photocopier. Real money will have a shiny reflective number almost like a glossy sticker. Due to the limitations of the photograph it is probably not visible here on the Internet. But when you look at the real money you will see what I mean.
The paper quality is also not as good. But Argentina's money is not as good quality as American money, and does not feel as firm regardless. As such, just feeling the paper is not as obvious as if someone gave you a fake USD.
Also, there are small color imperfections in the money. But in Hook it was dark and this was not noticeable.
I know the bartender gave me this because I was a tourist and he figured I would not notice. And, he was right! I did not notice until I tried to pass the money. But the Argentineans can spot this in 1 second, so once you get the fake money, you are screwed!!
Anyway, he will not be getting any more tips from me! Since I am down for a while he would have made more money from tips than what he ripped me off for. Also, please help support my revenge and also not tip him!!
