Learn How To Stop Counterfeiters

The Downtown Improvement Association is offering a workshop to show retailers and members of the public how quick and easy it is to keep bogus bank notes out of their cash registers and pockets.

Full details contained in the release below.

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The busy summer season is here and downtown retailers have staffed their stores to meet the demands of eager shoppers, and tourists. Along with the increased volume of transactions comes the risk of inadvertently getting stuck with counterfeit notes.

How can you prevent losses from counterfeiting?

The answer is simple: ensure that all cash handlers are trained to identify fake notes without slowing the flow of customers at the cash register. The Bank of Canada can help. The Bank will show you how to distinguish fake from genuine notes. It’s quick and easy to do.

The Bank will have be holding a seminar at the location indicated below to show cash handlers and the public how quick and easy it is to keep counterfeit notes out of their tills and pockets! Marie Terrien, of the Bank’s regional office for the Ontario region, will be available to provide information, answer questions, and distribute free educational materials. Sample notes will be available on-site so that you can put your new skills to the test.

Counterfeit Seminar for DIA Members
Date: Monday, July 24, 2006
Time 6:30 PM.

Location: Primerica Office 310 Ferguson St. North Bay (above Pizza Pizza)

Contact: Jeff Serran, Manager North Bay Downtown Improvement Area
(705) 474-7824 – Limited Space – Book your spot early.

Come and learn about the easy-to-use anti-counterfeiting features on Canada’s paper money, and see how you can protect yourself and your business from becoming a victim of counterfeiting.
For more information on Canada’s bank notes, visit the Bank’s website at http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes

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