5 easy ways to identify fake Nigerian currency

Have you ever been scammed by fake money? Here’s how to spot a fake Naira note the next time you see one.People have lost a lot of money to fake money because they don’t know how to tell the difference between real and fake money.The truth is that anyone can be a victim if they don’t know how to tell a real Naira note from a fake one.

If you aren’t sure about the quality of a Naira note, you don’t need a college degree to figure out these differences. You just need to do a simple test.

If you follow these five easy steps on a Naira note, you will be able to tell if it is real or not.

1. Look at how it feelsIf the money feels soft, so soft that it worries you, and the picture on it looks dull, you can refuse it and ask the person who gave it to you for another Naira note.2. Use water or another liquidCon artists make fake money. And the colors they use to make fake money can be dissolved in water and other liquids.

If you’re not sure about a note, put it in water or gasoline and gently scrub it. If it is fake money, the colors will wear off like a watercolour painting.Again, the paper gets messed up when you put it in water. It will start to look more like paper mache as it gets rougher. But this is not how the real note will look when put in water or any other liquid.

3. Look at the gold leafOn the right side of the N1000 note, next to the CBN governor’s signature, there is a gold foil. If you scratch a fake note’s gold foil, it will peel off, but the foil on an original note won’t peel.

4. Check the thread or ribbonAll Naira bills have a thread that looks like a ribbon running from the top to the bottom.

This thread can be felt in real notes. It stands out more on old Naira bills. But there is something that looks like the thread but isn’t in fake notes.

What’s there is just a painting of straight lines that looks like the thread in the original notes. If you scratch the painting, the paint will come off like the solver panel on recharge cards.

5. Use bulbs with mercurySome parts of the paper Naira notes are not visible to the naked eye. Only the original Naira bills have these features, which can only be seen with the help of mercury bulbs.

For example, if a real N1000 note is held up to the light from a mercury bulb, it will show the number 1000 written in glowing numbers across the note. The same is true for smaller amounts.