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Published: October 20, 2026 at 6:28a.m. EDTCounterfeit cash is raising concerns after a man says he was given fake $100 bills during a transaction. Pat Foran reports. A Toronto man is speaking out after he says he received $1,900 in counterfeit money from the sale of his smartphone on Facebook Marketplace. “I didn’t believe counterfeit money was real until I actually faced this,” said Jay, who asked CTV News to conceal his identity for safety reasons, as the scammer who gave him the counterfeit bills knows where he lives. Jay told CTV News that he put his Samsung Z Fold 8 on Facebook Marketplace and received a message from a buyer offering him the asking price of $1,900. Samsung Z Fold 8 A Samsung Z Fold 8 smartphone is pictured. ‘He knew what he was doing’: victimAfter the buyer came to his building and shortly interacted with Jay, the man gave him 19 bills of $100 and left. Jay says when he returned to his apartment upstairs he noticed that the bills felt strange and they all had the same serial number. He said when he compared them to a $100 bill he already had, he could tell they were fakes. Jay said the buyer had already deleted his account when he tried reaching out to him.

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