Posted: 9/17/2016 7:57:13 PM EDT
| Daughter's boyfriends brother put his dirt bike up for sale on Craiglist. Guy form Cleveland say's he will take it and throw in an extra $300.00 if it is delivered. Gets there, guys gives him a handful of cash, and asks to take it for a test drive while the kid fills the title out=== Dirt bike gone, cash is fake,,,,,,PD says they will not investigate BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING SO MUCH? They call me freaking out---the theft is a felony 5, and counterfeiting is a FEDERAL crime....WTF are they so busy doing over there? |
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Daughter's boyfriends brother put his dirt bike up for sale on Craiglist. Guy form Cleveland say's he will take it and throw in an extra $300.00 if it is delivered. Gets there, guys gives him a handful of cash, and asks to take it for a test drive while the kid fills the title out=== Dirt bike gone, cash is fake,,,,,,PD says they will not investigate BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING SO MUCH? They call me freaking out---the theft is a felony 5, and counterfeiting is a FEDERAL crime....WTF are they so busy doing over there? He should have done better recon. And had a contingency plan for this sort of thing. Like following the guy in the car, or checking the cash with a pen FIRST. He did bring a pen to a transaction in which presumably thousands of dollars would be exchanged with an unknown person, right? |
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Beat me. Those things are cheap insurance, along with a piece and backup. Quoted:
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Super common these days. I actually have a pen for checking counterfeit bills I used when I sold my bike. They were all good. Beat me. Those things are cheap insurance, along with a piece and backup. The last counterfeit $100 I got in my store was a $5 that had been washed and reprinted. Don't put too much faith in those pens. |
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The last counterfeit $100 I got in my store was a $5 that had been washed and reprinted. Don't put too much faith in those pens. Quoted:
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Super common these days. I actually have a pen for checking counterfeit bills I used when I sold my bike. They were all good. Beat me. Those things are cheap insurance, along with a piece and backup. The last counterfeit $100 I got in my store was a $5 that had been washed and reprinted. Don't put too much faith in those pens. I'm pretty sure the paint would trigger the pen. Brb going to google. ETA: thanks you're right. Learn something everyday around here. ETA 2: so use pen, then hold the motherfucker up to the sun. This aint rocket appliances. |
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Quoted: I don't think they'll ignore it either. Quoted: Quoted: Call the secret service they handle counterfeiting I don't think they'll ignore it either. This shit has happened for 30+ years. Do your transaction at a bank. Get fresh bills. Sign over the title in the lobby in front of cameras. Counterfeiters won't go for it. Craigs list is for local deals. |
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Before anyone figures it out, buy another bike with the fake cash so you're not out!!! 
A young man I worked with who grew up in Detroit explained it to me like his father explained it to him -when he questioned why his father was stealing a refrigerator... "Son, there is just one thief in the world, everyone else is just trying to get their shit back" 
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Call the secret service they handle counterfeiting I don't think they'll ignore it either. Yes they will. That little amount of cash will not even raise an eyebrow from them. Also, counterfeit would be very low on Cleveland PD's radar. |
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Quick! Before anyone figures it out, buy another bike with the fake cash so you're not out!!!
A young man I worked with who grew up in Detroit explained it to me like his father explained it to him -when he questioned why his father was stealing a refrigerator... "Son, there is just one thief in the world, everyone else is just trying to get their shit back" LOL... I swear when I was growing up I think our whole town all shared 1 set of chevy rally rim center caps!
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Quoted: The last counterfeit $100 I got in my store was a $5 that had been washed and reprinted. Don't put too much faith in those pens. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Super common these days. I actually have a pen for checking counterfeit bills I used when I sold my bike. They were all good. Beat me. Those things are cheap insurance, along with a piece and backup. The last counterfeit $100 I got in my store was a $5 that had been washed and reprinted. Don't put too much faith in those pens. Mag strips on different bills glow different colors and are in different spots The bill checkers are like $15 on amazon and have a built in color and position chart , also lights up the watermark |
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I guess it is going to get to the point where all deals will have to be done at a bank.
Nothing happens till the bank takes the cash and says it's good. I bought a boat early this year and we did the deal at a bank since they were holding the title and the seller paid it off at that time. They ran all the $100 dollar bills through one of their machines. I started to worry a bit when they ran three of the old type bills through three or four times and really looked them over. They decided they were good thankfully. |
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