Police advise residents to check cash as fake bills circulate in Saskatoon

A Canadian $100 polymer banknote is shown in this photo. (Source: Bank of Canada)

Saskatoon police are warning the public about counterfeit bills circulating in Saskatoon.

In a news release sent Wednesday, police say they’ve received eight reports of fake face currency since November. Two recent cases involved counterfeit $100 bills that cost a business and an individual several thousand dollars.

According to police, the bills are being used in retail stores an in peer-to-peer buy-and-sell transactions.

The Saskatoon Police Service is urging people to check cash carefully.

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Modern Canadian bills, known as the Frontier series, are made of polymer and have security features such as a colour-changing holographic portrait and building in the large transparent window. A frosted maple leaf window with a clear outline, maple leave that cross into the transparent window, raised ink on the large number and the words “Bank of Canada” and “Banque du Canada” and unique serial numbers on each bill.

Police say anyone who believes they have received counterfeit money should call the service’s non-emergency line.