European officials advisied the people to watch out for forgeries. Read on to learn about two of the earliest forgery attempts. In finland an elderly man attempted to buy gas worth €7.50 by giving an attendant a forged €300 note. Luckily,an owner was there and knew €300 notes didn't exist.
A home computer and a scanner were all the group of the Irish teens needed to forge €50 notes. They scanned €50 note into a computer, then prited copies which they spent in pubs. To make things worse, the forgers were all under 18 and shouldn't have been in pubs in the first place! Police believe teens spent over €5000.