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The ultraviolet flashlight is a great way to identify counterfeit bills or credit cards. True and legitimate money bills and credit cards have ultraviolet marks that will glow. In money notes, the bill will glow under ultraviolet lights if it authentic.  What I until recently didn’t know was that different bills will actually glow different colors. 

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The new U.S. $5.00 Bill was put into circulation on March 13, 2008.  The US Treasury updated the bill to make it safer and more secure than its predecessor.  These new bills are harder to fake and much easier for store owners, banks and the government to check for authenticity.

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In December 2007, over $1.1 million in counterfeit $100 bills were seized from a home in Tonala near Guadalajara. Authorities were working on tracking down these thieves since 2005 after fake $100 bills were showing up all over southern California. 12 counterfeiters were arrested during the raid.  

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An ultraviolet flashlight is an outright essential for those professionals that check the validity of documents and property. If you work to secure entry to a building and require photo identification of any visitor it is critical to be able to tell whether or not the photo ID is real. Since most photo identifications have watermarks that are visible under ultraviolet light, the use of an ultraviolet flashlight can weed out the frauds in an effort to maintain the safety of personnel in the building.

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Police officers, crime scene investigators and something in common with airline ticket agents and cashiers.  Both groups rely on ultraviolet lights to keep us safe.  Law enforcement personnel need ultraviolet light sources to help detect blood and minerals at a crime scene in order to catch a criminal.  Airlines and cashiers rely on ultraviolet lights to detect fraud and counterfeit documents and money.  All of these groups can benefit from a multipurpose, easy to use ultraviolet light.

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