From Aleah Oimilia of Hachi Buy & Sell Facebook group.
“The Singkwenty Meme got real”
Take a look in your paper bill first before leaving the one who gave you the change. There is another modus by the bad guys circulating in different parts of the Philippines, they are changing the colors of the 20 pesos bill in red to become similar with the looks of 50 pesos bill.
Many victims is now complaining, the most affected victim was given 100 pcs of fake 50 pesos bill. According to them the modus happens mostly at night when your vision is not so clear.
According to the source, this modus is performed by a big syndicate trying to deceive many people who doesn’t look carefully in their paper bills. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas also reminded the citizens to be careful in this kind of modus and if they caught someone who performed this, report it immediately to the authorities.
People who will proven to performed faking money will be imprisoned for 4 to 7 years and obligated to pay 1,500,000-3,000,000 pesos.