Lafayette Hair Salon Warning People About Movie Prop Money

LAFAYETTE, La. (KMDL-FM) - Just Us Cuts on Doucet Rd. in Lafayette has taken to Facebook to warn Acadiana residents about fake, highly realistic looking movie prop $20 bills that are circulating. In at least one instance, the $20 movie prop bills were tossed out of a car window onto the road causing serious traffic problems.

Counterfeit Money Circulating In Lafayette

This past Mardi Gras in Acadiana, there were a couple of instances of float riders throwing fake, movie prop $100 to the crowds along the parade routes. At first glance, the $100 bills looked very real, but when given a second look revealed themselves to be fake.

At this point, there have been no reports of anyone attempting to use any of these movie prop bills at local businesses, but when it comes to funny money, this isn't the only problem.

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When people aren't aware the money isn't real, they scramble to snatch up as much of the "free money" as they can, many times putting themselves in harm's way and in some cases it causes physical altercations.

According to Lafayette salon Just Us Cuts, something happened the other day involving fake $20 bills that caused major traffic problems and crashes.

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In a post to Facebook, Just Us Cuts, located at 104 Doucet Rd Ste B, in Lafayette, says that someone tossed handfuls of $20 movie prop bills out of their car window on Doucet Rd. and caused chaos as people scrambled to pick them up.

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From an employee of Just Us Cuts Via Facebook -

"I work off doucet Just Us Cuts and some "wonderful" human threw these in doucet road almost causing accidents over FAKE COUNTERFEIT MONEY! So be careful when taking 20s!"

In the picture posted by Sara L Hollier showing a handful of the fake $20s, they look incredible real. However, when you look closer, where it should say "In God We Trust" it says "In Props We Trust".

Below is the original post by Sarah Hollier shared by Naomi Rachael.