I read an article the other day on the internet newspaper austriantimes.at and it talks about fake Euros.
I thought you might be interested because counterfeit money is on the rise and each of us needs money every day for living.
Basically what it says is that 47 per cent of the counterfeit currency are 100 – Euro – notes and about 27 per cent are 50 – Euro – notes.
It is also said that there had been more 50 – and 20 – Euro – notes forged than 100 – and 200 – Euro notes.
And it is mentioned, that the centers of counterfeit coins are Bulgaria and Italy.
What surprised me most was the fact that the police confiscated
15 000 counterfeit 100 – Euro notes last year.
Vocabularies:
counterfeit (gefälscht) - A 100 - Euro - note is counterfeit, when it is not original.
forge (gefälscht) - Forge is a synonym of counterfeit
currency (Währung) - Austria's currency is the Euro
If you want to see the original article, klick here!
