FORGED CFA NOTES

FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
FOD/CSD/GEN/DBB/01/83 22nd June, 2009 CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA Central Business District P.M.B 0187 Abuja Tel: 234-9-46238344 Fax: 234-9-46238355 TO ALL DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS, BUREAU DE CHANGE OPERATORS

Forged Cfa Notes:

This is to inform all banks, bureau de change operators and the general public that the Central Bank of West Africa (BCEAO), has issued an alert on the circulation of fake CFA notes. The fake notes in denominations of CFA10,000 which were recently discovered in Dakar, Senegal with serial numbers beginning with 0737836 ...... and ending with the letter D (ie. 0737836 .....D) are suspected to be already in circulation in countries within the subregion including Nigeria.

All banks, BDC operators and the general public are therefore requested to exercise necessary caution in transactions involving CFA notes and report suspected cases of these fake notes to the law enforcement agencies.

M. NDA
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT