Taxi Driver Online

There appears to have been a great increase in fake £20's this weekend especially around the Gt Yarmouth area - the notes DO NOT have the raised Bank of England and if you turn them around and look at them then the flame is more 9 o'clock than 11! You've been warned - I got offered more than 20 of them over the weekend! Many drivers have probably taken them and they are going to speead out so be careful! A couple of quid spent on a detector pen may be worth while

i know a few of the lads got fake £10 notes a few wks back they looked ok from the front but had somthing diff printed on the back (cant rem what) but we have also had a spurt of fake £20 notes here as well seems they are dong the rounds.

This is one of the things that I think this forum is absolutely brilliant for, fake twenties have been circulating in Liverpool and nearby areas for the last two weeks. if you look at the shiny bit on the front and turn it sideways you should eventually see a 20 but on the fakes you don't....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Maybe its the festive and fake season? Time of year to be vigilant.

Regards

JD

Once word gets about you would have thought drivers would just not take any £20 notes for a while.

I'm f***ed if I would.

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IDFIMH

And you might well be f***ed if you don't. What if a (genuine) twenty is all they have got? Will you reject it?

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Former taxi driver

Have you had any pikeys set up in your area lately? When our area gets an influx of pikeys we tend to get a plethora of dud money, a few months ago they even started doing £10 notes because we were getting wise to the dud £20's.

Them pens are no good IMO, the easiest way to test a dud note against a real one is, carry a peice of white paper in your cab, if you get presented with what you think is a dud rub it on the white paper, if no ink appears on the paper then it's a dud, the ink ona real note never dries so you'll be able to see ink on the pape when you rub a real £20 note.

And how do you know it's a pukka one?

There's one thing getting a iffy note for a job, but it's even worse if you give them £15 back.

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IDFIMH

Took five £20 notes today, ALL pukka. Hologram, thread, and watermark. Should I have refused the £20 fare, the £45 fare, and the £18 fare?

So. Hologram with a "20"

The Queen (long may she reign) in the watermark.

The silver thread, woven through.

Elgar's Moustache.

And the FEEL of the paper.

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Former taxi driver

at least you can get rid of a fake £10 in change on a saturday night. fake £20's are a p' off though.