Jeebus Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 story here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Whaddya bet these kids have parents who, individually, make at least 200k per year at their respective jobs? I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted November 25, 2004 Author Share Posted November 25, 2004 How economically viable could it have been to produce these things? How many times before raising suspicion, can one person walk into a Subway day after day, with a full card every time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phait Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Once my stepdad and I went into Subway, I'd scanned a $5 bill and printed it both sides and crumpled it up. He handed the clerk the bill and he took it but my stepdad laughed and said "give that back I'm kidding, it's fake". But the clerk took it. It's so easy man... I wouldn't do it on a normal basis unless I was really, really in need of a quick food fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 I fooled a then-girlfriend of mine in the same way, four years back. $10 bill, scanned on a Mac 7300/200 and printed on document-weight paper on an Epson Photo Stylus 700. She had no idea until I stopped her. It's easier to do than one might think, and mostly because of the inattentiveness of today's workforce. I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejeeber Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 I'd scanned a $5 bill and printed it both sides and crumpled it up. He handed the clerk the bill and he took it Glad you avoided the FBI and incarceration. Somehow printing money like that strikes me as a bit, uh, risky thing to do. Just a pinch between the geek and chum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixterRader Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 You mean I can make my own money at home!!! Yeah, I'm rich, party at my house!! Why has no one told me this before? Be a professional musician. Or just sound like one! Produce music with THOUSANDS of loops and effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shars Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Its so easy to do and we have these things happen everyday here especially with our £5 notes! Bus and tube passes are the easiest to forge here as most kids just use a marker pen to change the date and thats it! http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/newfive/images/bigfront.jpg www.myspace.com/yacababy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Mouse Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Even though we never got caught, the guys in my fraternity did something similar about 12 years ago. Across the street from the fraternity house was a sub place called Jersey Mike's-if you are from southern NJ, you know what I'm talking about. They used to give out the cards where if you get 10 stamps (ink stamps), you would get a free sub. So one guy steals a pack of cards (maybe 200 in the pack). One of the pledges ended up working there and stole a ink stamp. So essentially they were all legit, but they were not really honest. You would think that if the same 10 guys come in 4x a week with cards filled out that someone would catch on, never did. Live 6, Battery 3, Project 5, Atmosphere, Albino 2, Minimoog V, Oddity, Nord 2X, Proteus 2K ***I can't play for sh*t, but I can sequence like a muthaf*ck*r*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Originally posted by Monkey Mouse: You would think that if the same 10 guys come in 4x a week with cards filled out that someone would catch on, never did.Well....it IS Jersey, after all.... I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Mouse Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Originally posted by offramp: Originally posted by Monkey Mouse: You would think that if the same 10 guys come in 4x a week with cards filled out that someone would catch on, never did.Well....it IS Jersey, after all.... True, but in Jersey they will either beat the hell out of you of they might make you disapear (Sopranos style). This was in Newark, btw. Live 6, Battery 3, Project 5, Atmosphere, Albino 2, Minimoog V, Oddity, Nord 2X, Proteus 2K ***I can't play for sh*t, but I can sequence like a muthaf*ck*r*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh dri Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 hey if they were hustling Subway to save their cash so they can pay for their software, id say "i understand"... maybe this is how we can get kids to stop pirating/warez/cracking! by showing them how to do other crime! right on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Doe Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Subway was a test drive. The SS will be watching them for the rest of their lives. How embarassing is it to get caught counterfeiting freebie coupons for a sandwhich shop? . No signature required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 When I worked for Opryland Productions, I used to drive gear from our warehouse to the Opryland Hotel for gigs almost 7 days/week for a year and a half. I was supposed to have complete access to their parking and loading ramps and docks. Still, with all the turnover in the hotel, I was constantly hassled by security. When I moved on to an A/V company that worked many shows at the hotel, they used to give us a paper hanger we'd attach to the rear-view mirror that had a space for the applicable dates. On one such occasion the hotel sent us blank paper hangers. I was given one and promptly laminated it. Then I used a dry erase marker and changed the dates to match my needs. It worked for several years before they hired an outside company to run the parking lots. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlampson Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I was a contractor at a place that had assigned parking. The parking pass was a laminated piece of paper with a red number on it. I worked there for two years and kept requesting a pass. One day I made one in Photoshop and hung it from my rearview mirror. I never had to go get a visitor badge from security ever again. John ----------- John\'s Songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Originally posted by Bejeeber: I'd scanned a $5 bill and printed it both sides and crumpled it up. He handed the clerk the bill and he took it Glad you avoided the FBI and incarceration. Somehow printing money like that strikes me as a bit, uh, risky thing to do. Actually, the United States Secret Service investigates counterfeiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I used to forge our high school band director's signature to a T... I was so good at uit that he used to have me sign hall passes and whatnot for him. I know, I'm such a boy scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejeeber Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Actually, the United States Secret Service investigates counterfeiting. The Secret Service??!! That is WACK! Never knew that. Just a pinch between the geek and chum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Originally posted by Bejeeber: Actually, the United States Secret Service investigates counterfeiting. The Secret Service??!! That is WACK! Never knew that.USSS is a branch of the US Treasury Department. http://www.treas.gov/usss/index.shtml http://www.treasury.gov/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord -B Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 http://www.treas.gov/usss/opportunities_agent.shtml cool! Derek Smalls: It's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water. http://www.myspace.com/gordonbache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug osborne Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Maybe this is why my local Subway posted a sign last week saying they would no longer be participating in the stamp card program starting January 1. I still have a couple of full cards and two teenage sons. Each orders the same exact thing every time we go there - the employees can barely speak english, but they always know what to make as soon as we walk in there. I'm sure Subway will implement some other form of affinity program to replace this. Doug Osborne Music on Bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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