Also, get a couple clear close ups of the bands.

The following thread offers some views of legit and non legit Montecristo bands. There's a few others here too if you care to search for them.

http://www.cigarsmokers.com/threads/...ht=fake+cubans

Also, on the cigar afficiando website they had an article about fake cubans that showed a bunch of legit and not legit bands but I couldn't find it.