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Watch Out for Counterfeit $20s

Watch Out for Counterfeit $20s

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Iowans are being warned to be on the look-out for counterfeit 20-dollar bills circulating around the region. Le Mars Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte says merchants and individual consumers need to be watchful for the bogus bills.
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The counterfeit bills aren’t printed on the high-quality paper as real currency, so that’s a tip-off.
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The latest phonies have “Kruger” where “Jackson” should be under the president’s picture on the twenty. There’s also a typo on the serial number where the “N” is backwards.

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