Crime & Safety
Police Warn Of Fake $20 Bills Around Yorktown
Authorities said not to try to retain the scammer if you realize in real time you've been given a counterfeit bill.
YORKTOWN, NY — Yorktown police are warning business owners and residents that some funny money is going around the community. In a Facebook post, the Yorktown Police Department said they’ve had three reported incidents of counterfeit $20 bills in the past few days.
“Not sure who ‘Cruger’ is, but he looks a lot like Andrew Jackson on this bogus $20,” the police department wrote.
“That backwards N in the bogus serial code screams out ‘fugazy’ as well,” they said.
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Yorktown police said to take a few minutes to protect yourselves against receiving counterfeit funds by checking out what good money looks like on the Federal Reserve’s website.
Also check out uscurrency.gov to learn more about our money.
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Yorktown police said to contact them at 914-962-4141 if you are in receipt of a counterfeit bill. They said you shouldn’t try to detain the scammer if you realize in real time what happened.
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