Beware of fake Naire note

 

The Naira notes are protected by a number of security features to enable the recognition of genuine notes. The distinguishing features which can immediately be recognized by touch and visibility are raised print, the security thread and the watermark. Other areas such as the portrait, lettering and the denominational numerals on the front and the back are embossed. The raised print provides the facility, while the security thread, which ordinarily, looks broken but is not when held against the light, has "CBN" in small lettering printed on both sides of the notes.
The Naira notes are also protected against photocopying. There are features, which are visible under ultraviolet light; for example, the serial number on each note is black, but turns green under ultraviolet light. Quite a number of people have fallen prey to their mischief. Some have lost goods worth hundreds of thousands of Naira to these nameless, fraudulent people. Up till now, there’s still a huge amount of these fake naira notes in circulation, which change hands on a daily basis during business transactions.