1.   Because such fake bills are so skillfully constructed, and because most stay below the threshold that touches off more careful scrutiny, they are extremely difficult to spot.

2.   Colonel Tom Jones, a national spokesman for the Salvation Army, said fake bills also have turned up in Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee.

3.   Counterfeiters, giving an underworld endorsement, already have produced the first fake transnational bills in Germany.

4.   Finally, they print the fake bills on high-quality paper using an ink-jet printer, which yields photo-quality reproductions.

5.   Investigators say the fake bills are sent out by fictitious companies that pretend to be medical practices or their billing agencies.

6.   Police said they strongly suspect a connection between the counterfeit money and the fake bills found in the possession of Yoshimi Tanaka, the Japanese Red Army terrorist.

7.   That means innocent consumers are at risk of having fake bills handed to them moments later in change.

8.   The authorities introduced a fake bill in the legislature that was supposed to give a bogus company the right to issue industrial bonds.

9.   The New York Times obtained copies of fake bills, which included the stolen confidential patient information.

10.   Thorpe has encouraged stuffing red kettles with the fake bills, printed off the Internet.