Sleight of hand, eye and electronic scoreboard: how exchangers inflate customers

Where there is money, there will always be someone who wants to appropriate it. Large financial frauds usually proceed quietly, but if they are revealed, then the noise rises all over the world. Another thing is petty fraud. Such a business strategy thrives where the amounts are relatively small, but come in a dense stream - in unreliable currency exchange offices. In this field, a whole complex of unscrupulous techniques has been developed, which, in case of failure, turn out to be just a misunderstanding.

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A time—tested method, popular far beyond currency transactions, is fine print. The rate indicated on the electronic scoreboard may have nothing to do with you if you decide to exchange a hundred or two dollars. This is reported by a tiny sign with an inscription in the style distinguishable only under a microscope: "The specified rate is valid only when exchanging more than $ 10,000." The operator, of course, mentions the existence of this plate only if the client decides to make calculations on a calculator, and this does not happen so often.

With the scoreboard itself, too, not everything is so simple. One of the most gifted businessmen came up with one clever move, and the rest picked up. For example, the euro exchange rate equal to 63.5 rubles is designated as "63._5". And in the most advanced cases — "63_5". Naive citizens do not even realize that we are talking about the exchange rate of 63.05 rubles for one euro, and "zero simply did not appear."

Over the years, the servants of the exchangers have developed fine motor skills to a virtuoso level. Bank tellers put the entire bundle of money due to the wall of the tray closest to the client. And employees of untrustworthy establishments like to swipe a few bills to the opposite and pull out the drawer not completely. In order for the person not to find it necessary to count the money, the operator defiantly counts them slowly, practically leaning against the glass. In case of failure, of course, it turns out that the client did not search the tray carefully enough.

Russian legislation also indirectly helps unscrupulous exchangers to deceive people. By law, the cashier must expropriate bills suspected of forgery. And in case of detection of an outright fake — call the police with all the ensuing consequences. This law is used by unscrupulous cashiers — they can declare one of your bills fake! Naturally, a person who has decided to sell a small amount, most likely, will not want to get involved in this story. And he will be happy to just give the fraudster a "fake" $10. And, if desired, you can even declare a counterfeit bill, which was personally inspected by the head of the European Central Bank.

Exchanging money, you can also face undisguised crime. How many times have the media written about cases when the cashier, having received a thick wad of money, loses his clarity of mind and takes it out the back door while the customer believes that his banknotes are being counted. And how many mysterious personalities hang around the exchangers, offering a more favorable rate. They have a habit of confusing hundred-dollar bills with dollars.

Finally, not everyone checks the Central Bank's recommendation on the exchange rate before going to the exchanger. Therefore, the course inflated to the skies does not cause many people to turn to a more reputable institution. If we are talking about a small amount, it is not so critical. But in the case of a large-scale purchase, you can make a great mistake. This technique is especially popular at train stations and airports, where passengers who have not had time to come to their senses are taken warm.

To avoid trouble, you can, of course, carry an ultraviolet lamp and a calculator, or even better — carefully read the fine print, follow every movement of the cashier and carefully fumble in the tray. But it is much easier to exchange currency online, depriving scammers of the opportunity to pull off their affairs. This service is offered by the Golden Crown. Without leaving home, you can buy any amount in dollars or euros using your bank card. The mechanism is elementary. On the website you specify the volume of your financial requests:

Then enter your personal data and pay for the purchase with a card:

After that, it remains only to walk to the nearest bank branch and get cash. There is no need to hurry: the money is stored in the system for three years. Any fraud is excluded.