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Passed off as genuine even though its printed with disclaimers saying its not real, for motion picture use only. a man from the secret service says it takes a second look to realize its fake. >> this case for motion pictures only written in a similar font to a genuine $100 bill. >> a harried cashier to skip over this. >> certainly what the counterfeiter is hoping for. >> reporter: just last year federal agents confiscated counter fit money shipped overseas. its made to look as real as can be. wi...

Look as real as it can be except for foreign language characters. its widely available online, sometimes advertised as intended for training cashiers to handle money or as a gag gift >> these are clearly just almost exact copies, apart from the foreign writing. >> reporter: real money has features that are very difficult to counterfeit, like watermarks that show up when a bill is held to the light $5 bills and up have a security thread embedded in the paper $10 bills and higher have ink that shi...

An expert from the u.s. secret service says it takes a second look to realize its fake. >> in this case, for motion picture use only is written in a similar font to a genuine $100 bill. >> i could see that a hurried cashier could skip over this. >> thats what theyre hoping for. >> just last week they seized a huge pile of movie money shipped from overseas. another type of counterfeit rapidly on the rise is made to look as real as it could be except for foreign language characters. its widely ava...

There afternoon even bigger threat closer to home. why this top military guy is warning how mount close dead is the biggest security thread facing the fakes. neil and the gang are all over it at the bottom of the hour. up here first, more companies dropping insurance for part-time workers him some here are ask close if that was the original intent of obamacare all along, pitting employees against employers. we report. you decide. 06 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and th...

Water mark of andrew johnson. he is on the $20 note. and the embedded security thread as well. so we have a tolerance that these images have to fall within being embedded in the paper. >> it has been through -- what, two passes? >> the printing press behind us prints front and back simultaneously so trs one pass and three colors on each side. so this is the back of the $20 plates, and these are printing 32 notes on a sheet and there are three plates on that printing drum there. >> now once you h...

Lavishly they spend money in congress or in government. and at the end of the day, both parties are spending tens of millions of dollars, even hundreds of millions of dollars to run their parties operations. >> a typical nonprofit spends no more than 25% of its total revenues on administrative and fundraising costs, shep. >> shepard: james rosen in washington tonight. james, thanks. there are more fake $100 bills outside the united states than any other type of currency. this thing is about to g...