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MONEY INC DIGEST # 33
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WRITTEN BY: SONIC FURY
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SPREAD ON 03/15/95
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***>$ MONEY INC $<***
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PRESENTS:
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Making Money With Don Lapri
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Here's a little scam that's been going on for years now, and still
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works perfectly fine under most circumstances. One of the first modern
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methods of making some quick cash was a method still in practice today
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called "raised notes." The basic principal behind raised notes was covered
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in MYC Digest #32. With this scam, the con artist receives a 19 dollar
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return on his dollar. I will first cover the method behind producing
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raised notes, then I'll cover some practical tips on not getting caught,
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where to pass the notes, and what to do if you are caught.
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First, go get some creme colored paper at an office supply store.
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Take this paper and photocopy twenty dollar bills onto it. This is the
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trickiest part of the process, because the density of the photocopied bills
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MUST MATCH the density of the original. Play around with the lightness and
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darkness settings till you get a match. Now cut out the heads and numbers
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(including the scroll work) from the creme colored copies. Go get your
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Elmer's Stix All and paste the heads and numbers onto a one dollar bill.
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Take a pencil and rub the point on a piece of paper to make a little spot of
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pencil dust. Take your finger and use the pencil dust to blend the numbers
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and portrait with the rest of the one dollar bill. Practice a little. When
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you're done, if the density of the copy matches the density of the dollar,
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and if you've done a nice job blending the creme paper with pencil dust, the
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finished product will look like a very convincing optical illusion. The
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final product you are holding in your hand is what the Treasury refers to as
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"raised notes."
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Ok, now you have these bills and you want to put them into action.
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The best way to avoid being caught is to use a partner. Position your
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friend outside a store somewhere with a wad of raised notes. Some of the
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best places to pass your raised notes are grocery stores. Pick a time when
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the store is busy. Now your friend is outside waiting with a wad of raised
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notes. Take ONE raised note into the store with you. It's best to also
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carry a real $20 on your person too. Go get something to drink and a candy
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bar, just make sure the total's under $1. Wait in the express line. If the
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line is too short or the cashier doesn't look stressed enough, then hang out
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and read some magazines untill the line becomes longer or the cashier starts
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looking like she really wants out of the place. The busier the store, and
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the more stressed the clerk, the greater your success rate. Your success
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depends on misdirection, I'll explain more about this soon. Great, now the
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cashier looks like she's about to kill someone because the fuckin people
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can't read the sign and instead of bringing the maximum 15 items into her
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line, they bring a whole shopping cart full of shit. Now's when you make
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your way into the line. On a busy day, believe me, she will love you for
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only buying a drink and a candy bar. When it comes time to pay, slip her
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the raised note. The minute she takes it and glances at it, start talking.
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Say anything, ask her for directions somewhere, ask her how her day's going,
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ask her for the time, whatever. Your main goal here is to misdirect her
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attention from the bill. Even if her eyes do not leave the bill, her mind
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will. As long as the cash transaction is fast, nine times out of ten your
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bill will go undetected. She makes the change, and you just made $19. Go
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outside, team up with your friend, get another note, and move on to another
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store.
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Now to change the scenario. Say she looks at the bill and notices
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the fact that it looks like a twenty except for the bar across the top
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stating it's a one dollar bill. The first thing she'll do is think "huh?!"
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Then she'll look at you. Keep your cool and just smile, do not let her know
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that you know something's phony about the bill. When she says something to
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you about the cash, PLAY THE VICTIM. Act shocked. Act pissed. Act like
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you're the one that just got ripped off. Tell her you just made change
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at another store, so you just lost $20. Take out your real twenty and offer
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to pay with that. Even if they hold the bill and call the cops, they can't
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do anything about it. Offer to destroy the bill, just act sincere. As
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long as you are only carrying ONE bill on you, and you don't confess to
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your crime, they can't do shit. This isn't considered counterfeiting,
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because you aren't actually manufacturing money, just vandalising it. Go
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outside, team up with your friend, get another note and move on to another
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store.
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This is a quick and simple way to make some money. I wouldn't do
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this everyday, just at dire times. At the end of the day when they count
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the money, or when it finally reaches the bank, the manager will be alerted
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to the raised notes and probably post a bulletin to the employees that handle
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cash. So if you pass one today, and go back tomorrow and try to pass one,
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you probably will get caught. The ideal time to pass raised notes is on
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vacation. Before you leave to go on vacation, make up a shit load of raised
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notes and take them with you. Pass them everywhere, who gives a fuck, it's
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not your home state (I hope you leave the state when you go on vacation).
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Away from home, you can just go in and out of the grocery store passing
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notes. After you pass the first one, go outside, get another, wait a few
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minutes, go back, and pass one at a different clerk. You're never gonna
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go back in that place again, so it doesn't matter. You can make a nice
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profit in a day by doing this. Have fun, and be careful...
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- Sonic Fury
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MONEY INC is - Sleepy
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- Sonic Fury
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- CCRider
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- Method Man
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- The Big Cheese
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- And those guests who contribute their ideas
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Back Issues of MYC Digest are currently available via Anonymous FTP at
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ftp.paranoia.com
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Copywrong 1995, Money Inc.
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