BUSINESSES are being urged to be vigilant following reports of forged £20 and £50 notes being passed across the county.
Shops have been targeted indiscriminately from newsagents to hotels across Cumbria including reports in Coniston, Grasmere, Ulverston, Silloth, Allonby, Abbeytown and Carlisle.
Reports are of forged Scottish £20 and Irish £50 notes, however English denominations should also be checked with caution.
Crime Prevention Officer Claire Stevens said: “We hope by highlighting these incident that business will take heed in checking any £20 and £50 notes that they receive.
"Our advice is simple, if you are in any doubt, do not accept the tender and ask for other means of payment.”
Call police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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