CoreyWhite <CoreyWhite@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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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.
>
> The first problem that comes to mind when you think about
> counterfeiting money is that the quality will be too poor, and the
> stooge you hand it to working at the drive-thru will instantly accuse
> you of what your doing. The reason this has always been the problem
> is because they weren't making photo printers & hi-rez scanners. Now
> they actually are. The other problem is that they don't sell the
> paper used to make counterfeit money.
>
> Except for one thing. The paper in most novels, and books is almost
> exactly like the paper money is printed on. It is designed to be soft
> & flexible, and is usually rather rough. It is always white too, so
> it is easy to print on. You can't buy book printing paper in stores
> either though...
>
> Unless you actually buy a book and tear out the blank pages in the
> back, or the front. Think about the investment. $2.50 for a few
> blank pages from a used book, that you can print a $10 or $20 bill on
> perfectly.
>
> 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.
>
> The only trouble is that they can catch you if anyone suspects you of
> what you are doing. So don't tell a single soul about your
> counterfeit operation, and use the bills on a road trip out of state.
> Don't ever spend one on camera, and get home as soon as you spend them
> all, collecting the change from small time transactions.
>
> It's genius, and I even did a little research for you into a good
> photoprinter.. But they aren't cheap.
> http://www.google.com/products?um=1&tab=wf&hl=en&q=HP%20Photosmart%
20Pr
> o%20B8350%20Photo%20Printer
>
> Call it modern day alchemy.
This is the most naive thing I've ever seen posted. Putting aside the
fact that the Secret Service is *extremely* diligent about chasing
counterfeiters, none of the issues that you mentioned is a primary
difficulty in implementing a workable counterfeiting technology.
The problem is the various new security features that have recently been
implemented, like the polyester strip that is somehow embedded inside
the bills, and there are at least three more like that one that I know
about. For details, see Nova's do***entary on the topic, from a few
years ago.
As I see it, the weakest link in the chain may be those yellow
verification pens that I have seen used by the ca****ers at the local
CompUSA. If you can figure out how they work, you would be able to
bathe your counterfeits in whatever "invisible ink" would add that
feature to your funny money.
Then you could defeat the most obvious security check that is done by
large numbers of people, assuming that they're not checking for the
polyester strip, or any of the other ****d eye verifications that are
trivial to perform.
But the fact of the matter is, if you want to get your ass thrown into
the federal pen, counterfeiting is the easiest way to do it. It's a
sucker's game, and I wonder if, by making this post, you're just
sadistically trying to trick naive script kiddies into hurting
themselves by doing something stupid.
You're not very nice at all, are you?
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