Beware Fake 500 Baht Notes In Thailand!

[RickArmstrong 0]

I was in a busy suburban Thai shopping mall at the weekend and was passing by a promotion stand for a well-known computer printer brand, when something purple caught my eye. There were several 500 baht bank notes, positioned beside each of the latest inket printers on display.

 

Hundreds of people were passing by or milling around the computer tables, yet the staff were not concerned that somebody would try to snatch the cash...and nobody did.

 

Now curious, I walked over for a further inspection of these "bank notes" and the salesgirl with the beaming smile proudly invited me to take a closer look at them. They were were fake of course, produced on the spot with the company's latest state-of-the-art printers for the home market.

 

Imagine this high-profile brand's staff doing that with dollar bills at a shopping mall Stateside or cranking out some British pounds in a London High Street store.

 

The counterfeits were good, real good, and those produced on the high end printers were almost perfect. In fact, unless you inspected the notes carefully in a strong light, you might easily be fooled.

 

Exactly what could happen with change given from a 1,000 baht note at a dark nightspot after a few drinks.

 

So, if you are going out partying at night in Pattaya, why not change some of your 1,000 baht notes into 500 baht notes first? But make sure it's at your bank, hotel or a reliable source you can trust.

 

Rick Armstrong

http://www.thailandtips.com

[bonzo19 2]

; :D

i will be coming to pattaya in march so thank's for

the warning

john

[Butch 3,456]

Hi Fellas

A good warning to heed,but there is a way of telling the difference,which will work against one just printed or copied out via a high end printer.

All Thai Bank notes of 50B upwards have small strips [3mm long upwards] of UV sensitive material spread all around the note in the actual paper itself.I don't know if it's actually a metal,anyway,if you hold one under a UV light you'll see what I mean [the UV lights you find in dark Go Go's and nightclubs.].

Of course this won't help if you're passed one in daylight,but next time you are in a gogo you'll see what I mean,that is unless of course you have a fake one :-[  >

 

Every currency has fake notes in circulation,theres no reason why LOS should be any different.

 

Regards

Butch

[Guest]

Thanks for the warning on fake Bath bills, only in Thailand you would  see something like that so openly for everybody to see. I 'll be sure i cash my Dollars in a Bona fide place.!!!! :)  :-/ :'(