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Dangerous replicas of notes being offered on eBay
« on: December 07, 2007, 12:51:39 pm »
A seller in Brooklyn, NY, is offering dangerous copies of world paper money (including Canadian) and has apparently managed to circumvent eBay's strict policies regarding replicas by some clever use of the English language. The notes are printed in the form of a "Letter Size Poster" but it seems to me that the replicas could easily be cut from the poster and possibly misrepresented as being the real McCoy. Here's an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4107&item=200180580382

http://stores.ebay.com/Coins-n-Stamps-Store




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Re: DANGEROUS REPLICAS OF NOTES BEING OFFERED ON EBAY
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2007, 02:25:22 pm »
The above auction has been reported to the Bank of Canada who says that "appropriate action will be taken."
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Re: DANGEROUS REPLICAS OF NOTES BEING OFFERED ON EBAY
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2007, 09:55:43 pm »
It looks like the reproduction referred to in this thread has been cancelled.
"This listing (200180580382) has been removed or is no longer available."
Perhaps appropriate action has been taken - already!
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Re: DANGEROUS REPLICAS OF NOTES BEING OFFERED ON EBAY
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2007, 10:11:49 pm »
An email from the Bank of Canada's Compliance Program Manager (Currency), Department of Banking Operations:
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The item is no longer available for sale on eBay.
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