Counterfeit Detector Fact

The counterfeit detector used must make it clear to both the customer and the clerk that the bill being passed though it is fake. The unit must be exceedingly accurate though, to avoid unnecessary customer embarrassment and arguments. The counterfeit detector must also take into consideration ergonomics.

Units placed too high will cause the cashier to have too much exposure to UV light. Units placed too low will have the cashier complaining that they need to bend down to use the unit. The counterfeit detector must be compact enough to fit on the existing counter space, or just below the counter for easy access. Our products work with US, Canadian, and Euro currencies, unless otherwise stated.

What is counterfeit detector pen. DEFINITION - A counterfeit detector pen is a felt tip pen containing an iodine solution that can be used to help identify computer-generated counterfeit bills. Secret Service data, "funny money" generated by criminals using computers and ordinary printers accounted for only one-half of 1 percent of the counterfeit bills confiscated in 1995. Detector pens, although not fool-proof, are an effective way to identify computer-generated counterfeit bills because the iodine solution in a detector pen reacts with starch, which is commonly found in the wood-based copy paper used by most printers.

Detection pens are easy to use and require no training. A clerk at a cash register simply uses their counterfeit detector pen to put a small mark on the bill. If the bill is counterfeit and the paper is wood-based, the iodine in the pen solution will react with the starch and leave a dark brown or black mark. Counterfeit detector pens can be used for any thread-based paper currency.

Do you have something to add to this definition. How Stuff Works explains why counterfeit detector pens are an effective tool. The Secret Service is working with the computer industry to develop electronic markers that would trace counterfeit bills to the printers that made them. SearchSecurity has gathered links to other articles about computer crime.