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"Blackened money" con game
Got a call today from a guy who wanted to know if we knew anything about
"blackened money." Meant nothing to me, so I started asking questions. Eventually it came out that the guy had fallen victim to some con men who had convinced him that when professional currency smugglers wanted to take money out of Switzerland and bring it into the U.S., they first coated it with an opaque black waxy coating that prevented the Customs' scanners from detecting it. They showed him a suitcase full of the stuff, then probably picked one or two "at random" and removed the coating with a solvent to reveal the $100 bill underneath. Then then offered to sell him the contents of the suitcase at something like 75 cents on the dollar. Don't know what excuse they had for not just rinsing the notes off themselves, since they were already in the country. .. They got him for $100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!! .. How can people be so flipping stupid??????? .. TomDeLorey George Milhous Bush lied about Iraq. Period. Let's just vote him out this Fall. That's democracy in action. |
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF HUMAN GREED.
TomDeLorey wrote: Got a call today from a guy who wanted to know if we knew anything about "blackened money." Meant nothing to me, so I started asking questions. Eventually it came out that the guy had fallen victim to some con men who had convinced him that when professional currency smugglers wanted to take money out of Switzerland and bring it into the U.S., they first coated it with an opaque black waxy coating that prevented the Customs' scanners from detecting it. They showed him a suitcase full of the stuff, then probably picked one or two "at random" and removed the coating with a solvent to reveal the $100 bill underneath. Then then offered to sell him the contents of the suitcase at something like 75 cents on the dollar. Don't know what excuse they had for not just rinsing the notes off themselves, since they were already in the country. . They got him for $100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!! . How can people be so flipping stupid??????? . TomDeLorey George Milhous Bush lied about Iraq. Period. Let's just vote him out this Fall. That's democracy in action. -- Buzz Huse, MCSE+I, MCSE Iter Sine Fine (Journey Without End) "These opinions/comments are entirely my own and no one else's." |
reason it happens "Stupid is Free".
Michael "TomDeLorey" wrote in message ... Got a call today from a guy who wanted to know if we knew anything about "blackened money." Meant nothing to me, so I started asking questions. Eventually it came out that the guy had fallen victim to some con men who had convinced him that when professional currency smugglers wanted to take money out of Switzerland and bring it into the U.S., they first coated it with an opaque black waxy coating that prevented the Customs' scanners from detecting it. They showed him a suitcase full of the stuff, then probably picked one or two "at random" and removed the coating with a solvent to reveal the $100 bill underneath. Then then offered to sell him the contents of the suitcase at something like 75 cents on the dollar. Don't know what excuse they had for not just rinsing the notes off themselves, since they were already in the country. . They got him for $100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!! . How can people be so flipping stupid??????? . TomDeLorey George Milhous Bush lied about Iraq. Period. Let's just vote him out this Fall. That's democracy in action. |
On 25 Feb 2004 01:05:30 GMT, nowspam (TomDeLorey) wrote:
How can people be so flipping stupid??????? . The same way they can be so creative. BLReed To email me click he http://tinyurl.com/nd66 For collector coins and supplies at fair prices: http://tinyurl.com/pt9r Cool things: http://www.byronreed.com/byrons_collections/default.htm Talk bust coins: http://www.byronreed.com/phpBB2/index.php |
he probably sold them some drugs and got that suitcase of money in payment.
"TomDeLorey" wrote in message ... Got a call today from a guy who wanted to know if we knew anything about "blackened money." Meant nothing to me, so I started asking questions. Eventually it came out that the guy had fallen victim to some con men who had convinced him that when professional currency smugglers wanted to take money out of Switzerland and bring it into the U.S., they first coated it with an opaque black waxy coating that prevented the Customs' scanners from detecting it. They showed him a suitcase full of the stuff, then probably picked one or two "at random" and removed the coating with a solvent to reveal the $100 bill underneath. Then then offered to sell him the contents of the suitcase at something like 75 cents on the dollar. Don't know what excuse they had for not just rinsing the notes off themselves, since they were already in the country. . They got him for $100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!! . How can people be so flipping stupid??????? . TomDeLorey George Milhous Bush lied about Iraq. Period. Let's just vote him out this Fall. That's democracy in action. |
From: tomdelorey
the guy had fallen victim to some con men who had convinced him that when professional currency smugglers =[snip]= they offered to sell him the contents of the suitcase at something like 75 cents on the dollar. "When one lies with dogs, one rises with fleas" - Confucus IOW, the person wouldn't have been a "victim" if he had declined to be a party to smuggling. We see posts here about thieves who rip off Dealers and everyone voices their anger. But smugglers are as bad, as they too are breaking the law. If a person agrees to be their "fence", they deserve what they get. -no sympathy- 8-] Coin Saver |
Smugglers could be raising funds for terrorists.
If you aid them you could go to jail for life. Or maybe get the death penalty. -Fred Shecter http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...shreadv ector -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Coin Saver" wrote in message ... From: tomdelorey the guy had fallen victim to some con men who had convinced him that when professional currency smugglers =[snip]= they offered to sell him the contents of the suitcase at something like 75 cents on the dollar. "When one lies with dogs, one rises with fleas" - Confucus IOW, the person wouldn't have been a "victim" if he had declined to be a party to smuggling. We see posts here about thieves who rip off Dealers and everyone voices their anger. But smugglers are as bad, as they too are breaking the law. If a person agrees to be their "fence", they deserve what they get. -no sympathy- 8-] Coin Saver |
GREED BREEDS STUPIDITY!
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TomDeLorey
George Milhous Bush lied about Iraq. Period. Let's just vote him out this Fall. That's democracy in action. No, democracy in action will be Lurch losing worse than McGovern. Bush did not lie about Iraq, the liberal media lied about Bush lying, but you couldn't see that through all the automoton-like bleeting you are doing of the liberal line. pffft... |
Shred Vector wrote:
No, democracy in action will be Lurch losing worse than McGovern. Bush did not lie about Iraq, the liberal media lied about Bush lying, but you couldn't see that through all the automoton-like bleeting you are doing of the liberal line. Greetings from Düsseldorf's Rose Monday (Carnival) parade earlier this week :-) http://www.rp-online.de/layout/showb...-karneval5.jpg Christian |
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