FAKE MONEY IN QATAR!!???
By yusef_degoma •
I was about to pay 50 rials to an indian guy in a BAKALA for my cigarettes.. but he then return to my money (50 rials) saying that "please change another 50 rial"I ask why!?he said that this money is fake!!another guy came and check the money and said "looks like fake" then another guy said "theres to many fake 50 and 500 rials here in doha!
WOW!I have to go to a bank to confirm with this..
Does anybody had an experience like this?
I min those indian guys in the bakala..not in general..
I was able to check the "fake"50 rial with the bank yesterday,and it was NOT fake...what the hell!...Indian guys...tst tst tst really..
and so i spend this 50 rials at carrefour and it was ok.
But then again im still uncertain if there is,or few,or none, fake money here coz the qatar gov is like very careful with this things.
I think it is not fake money. It is because you gave him a very old 50 riyals which deos not have a silver band on it. All new Riyals have this silver band or some type of transparent part. This is why this guy returned your money I belive. It happened to one of my friend too.
Not only money is fake in qatar... some people are fake also...
its either as the others said ( might be damaged ) or he doesnt want to get you change for 50 qr , some grocery's can be lazy as hell .
confirm with your locl bank about it .
but i doubt its true .
sure there are some fake Bills but grocery people detect them ? ( lol )
So he gave it back to you??
lol
it happens a lot,,,specially in money exchange. so be sure to check 1st the money before getting it to someone else.
nothing till now. check with the bank. I guess may be the note was torn or damaged and those guys didnt get the words to tell you.
it's quite normal for every country to have fake money so there's nothing new in this story...