Lin wrote:
> CoreyWhite wrote:
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>>Hackers don't need to steal identities when it is so easy to produce
>>counterfeit money. If you really want to rob a bank, all you need is
>>a scanner, a photo printer, and a little know how.
>
>
> Corey ... the comment above can have the Feds on your doorstep. Please
> don't be so stupid. Your amount of "know-how" will land you in the
> hoosegow for sure.
>
>
>>I guarontee you that if you scan in paper directly, use a photo
>>printer, and print out single bills on the blank sheets of paper in
>>books, then you can get a good counterfeit scam going that the people
>>you pass the bills off to won't suspect. Maybe the bill will look a
>>little different, but you can print with faded color and use real dye
>>on the book sheets to match the color of the bills. You just have to
>>play around in photoshop a little bit before you get it perfect.
>
>
> WHY are you even speculating about this? I have a vast printing
> background -- do you really think a photo printer is going to even
> produce PASSABLE bills (especially that Photosmart)? Do you have any
> idea what the Feds do to make the process fool proof? You might get a
> few hundred dollars out to unsuspecting fools, but it won't last long
> and it could get you sent to the penitentary for years.
>
> In graphic design, a lot of stock companies will not let you use
> digital images of money that will have an end use of printing. Most of
> the images have the money folded, or covered, or stacked, or at an
> angle that would be impossible to reproduce dollars from. They may
> also have minute images or watermarks embedded in the files, not
> visible to the ****d eye. I believe it's even illegal to scan money.
>
> Trying to order the paper that they use will get you a quick visit
> from the Bureau. Regular book papers aren't even close, nor are the
> dyes in the printing process compared to an inkjet or laser printer.
>
> Believe it or not -- you will be burning a lot of green just trying to
> perfect the process, so why bother?
>
>
>>Call it modern day alchemy.
>
>
> Not so modern. Counterfeit artists have been around for a long time.
> They always get caught.
It is not true that they always get caught.
-Douglas
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