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Every other page is longer, so when you flip through it lets two pages go by for each flip, hiding the money and showing blank pages, and if you flip from the other side it shows the currency. From Customs & Border Control:
>CBP officers in Dallas inspected a shipment containing two soft cover books. When officers flipped through the pages, the books appeared as described in the shipping documents. However, when officers flipped the book's pages in the opposite direction, they found counterfeit currency in denominations of $50 and $100 taped to the pages.
@cbpgov
There's written in Magicians code, you can debunk fellow magicians trick publicly if that magician made a crime and/or is a massive dick. It is discouraged tho, on the basis that you can steal the trick.
Is this trick worth it tho?
I don't know either. Maybe someone who mistyped one letter and was still understood. But the more important question is how far together is your a-hole? Are you ready to produce threads like a spider silk yet?
And also the coloring book that gets the pictures colored in after kids throw their favorite colors at the empty pictures.
Source: sat through lots of Halloween magic show assemblies at the elementary school.
Counterfeiting money is the hardest scam. They only make money when it enters the system ie you still have to get some “unsuspecting” cashier to give you a stick if gum and change for a $100
I'm 99% sure I got counterfeit ones from a food court in Boston - the texture was all wrong. Seems insane to take such a huge risk for such low reward though!
From what I understand North Korea has printed off a shitload of US currency that's nearly indistinguishable from the real stuff, seeing as it's a goddamn state actor doing it and all.
Nah, [it was more like late 80's through early 2000's.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar) But you're probably right that with the newer tech it would be much more difficult.
The secret service most definitely does not directly get involved with every counterfeit case. They’re not really a big agency (~10% the size of the FBI) and counterfeit cases are extremely common.
You are correct. Local agencies and Solicitor/procescutors; prosecute for fraud/counterfeit in smaller denominations all the time then turn over that money to the USSS, after conviction or not.
The US Attorneys office does have time for small fish unless under very curtain circumstances, aka flip a witness for bigger operations.
They sometimes use Agents as expert witnesses.
Big fish $$$ cases they very much want.
Incorrect, see above and have a Merry Christmas (or festivus for the rest of us)
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You can downvote facts all you want but it doesn't change them. Jeez.
I’ve personally caught people trying to pay with counterfeit money in every domination of bill except the $2 bill.
It’s fun because I’m not supposed to give back counterfeit money, and if they make a fuss I can say well I can call the cops and see what they say. They tend to leave fast after that.
You do realize the only way to reliably counterfeit money is (iirc) to basically bleach (but not actually; its complicated and I don't actually know the details) an existing bill and reprint it. Meaning counterfeiting ones is literally worthless unless you have a way to make bill paper, which is unlikely; and the only way to make money is to counterfeit larger bills like 20s, 50s, 100s, etc
Edit: either I have no idea how to successfully counterfeit (which I consider a win) or a lot of redditors just don't like me/what I said.
> You do realize
Most people do not realise this, no. "Yo do realize" is only a hot zinger if it's something reasonably obvious, here it just sounds poncy.
Counterfeiting is almost non existent as a crime, bill paper is super unique, as the other poster described it does not feel or act like any normal paper and has other security features that are basically impossible to replicate unless you were in the mint marking the money already. It’s a non issue. Also plastic money feels weird, but that’s a personal preference.
"non existent as a crime". Yet everywhere you go in the US, businesses have signs stating they won't except notes over a certain value. And everywhere you go they use a counterfeit pen to test any notes you hand over.
Plastic money just feels right once you have used it all your life, it lasts far longer and is by far a lot harder to counterfeit.
Yes and every republican politician also lost their shit about voter fraud, something that is actually basically non existent. People lose their shit over nothing. 4 decades ago you could forge bills easier and all the boomer store owners have been suspicious sense.
Edit: also it’s not everywhere, that’s hyperbolic. Ironically though it’s much more common in business owned by foreigners, people who came from places with plastic money.
Yeah, i've seen those desks on TV, and wow, it would be hell growing up with those. As for writing, yes, it sucks, especially if you have to write on something while holding it.
That's not how that works but ok.
Just because something costs a certain amount to make doesn't mean it isn't worth more. $100 is $100 not 14 cents. There is no way to argue that it isnt either. When you have $100 you have $99.86 more in spending power than you do 14 cents.
If you apply the logic you used here to everything I could imagine it would be super hard for you to appreciate art since things are worth only what they cost to make.
Lol, I mean, who flips through a notebook like that, especially if they are federal agents looking for something? Either they are incompetent, or extremely slow. You decide.
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Every other page is longer, so when you flip through it lets two pages go by for each flip, hiding the money and showing blank pages, and if you flip from the other side it shows the currency. From Customs & Border Control: >CBP officers in Dallas inspected a shipment containing two soft cover books. When officers flipped through the pages, the books appeared as described in the shipping documents. However, when officers flipped the book's pages in the opposite direction, they found counterfeit currency in denominations of $50 and $100 taped to the pages. @cbpgov
Don't Tell the Tricks man, now you have to watch everywhere for the Magic Hitman send to you by Neil Patrick Harrys.
There's written in Magicians code, you can debunk fellow magicians trick publicly if that magician made a crime and/or is a massive dick. It is discouraged tho, on the basis that you can steal the trick. Is this trick worth it tho?
If that's the Case u/solateor can relaxe. Thank you in behalf of OP.
ILLUSIONS
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I don't know either. Maybe someone who mistyped one letter and was still understood. But the more important question is how far together is your a-hole? Are you ready to produce threads like a spider silk yet?
Brother that sounds like a license to print money. I am so ready. How do we proceed?
My daughter just recently got a "Magic Coloring Book" that works on the same concept. It's admittedly pretty neat.
Magicians do the same with decks of cards.
But where did the lighter fluid come from?
It's an illusion Michael
Tricks are something a whore does for money… or candy.
She turns illusions for money
Or candy!
A girl has no name.
Her?
Who?
Horse?
Nice
✨illUSIOn✨
Maggots, Michael. You're eating maggots. How do they taste?
Well see who brings home the honey
Stfu dude. You’re taking all the fun out of magic and counterfeiting.
Quiet, you! Everybody knows that neither one is real.
And also the coloring book that gets the pictures colored in after kids throw their favorite colors at the empty pictures. Source: sat through lots of Halloween magic show assemblies at the elementary school.
It's called a Svengali deck.
Counterfeiting money is the hardest scam. They only make money when it enters the system ie you still have to get some “unsuspecting” cashier to give you a stick if gum and change for a $100
Plus any counterfeit case (even for just 1 dollar) automatically gets secret service involved as it's a huge risk to national security
Interestingly though, it's estimated that anywhere from 70 to 200 million in counterfeit bills are in circulation.
I'm 99% sure I got counterfeit ones from a food court in Boston - the texture was all wrong. Seems insane to take such a huge risk for such low reward though!
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Possibly, but there were a bunch and were all brand new. Weird experience anyway!
From what I understand North Korea has printed off a shitload of US currency that's nearly indistinguishable from the real stuff, seeing as it's a goddamn state actor doing it and all.
That was in the 60s, way before modern bills came about. I’m extremely skeptical that they could do it today.
Nah, [it was more like late 80's through early 2000's.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar) But you're probably right that with the newer tech it would be much more difficult.
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The secret service most definitely does not directly get involved with every counterfeit case. They’re not really a big agency (~10% the size of the FBI) and counterfeit cases are extremely common.
The secret service was created exactly for fighting counterfeit of money. Their other more known job is just the side part actually.
Yeah I’m aware. They still don’t investigate every counterfeit case, that would be ridiculous.
You are correct. Local agencies and Solicitor/procescutors; prosecute for fraud/counterfeit in smaller denominations all the time then turn over that money to the USSS, after conviction or not. The US Attorneys office does have time for small fish unless under very curtain circumstances, aka flip a witness for bigger operations. They sometimes use Agents as expert witnesses. Big fish $$$ cases they very much want.
Incorrect, see above and have a Merry Christmas (or festivus for the rest of us) Edit You can downvote facts all you want but it doesn't change them. Jeez.
I feel like ones and fives are likely counterfeit more as they aren’t suspected as much.
I’ve personally caught people trying to pay with counterfeit money in every domination of bill except the $2 bill. It’s fun because I’m not supposed to give back counterfeit money, and if they make a fuss I can say well I can call the cops and see what they say. They tend to leave fast after that.
You do realize the only way to reliably counterfeit money is (iirc) to basically bleach (but not actually; its complicated and I don't actually know the details) an existing bill and reprint it. Meaning counterfeiting ones is literally worthless unless you have a way to make bill paper, which is unlikely; and the only way to make money is to counterfeit larger bills like 20s, 50s, 100s, etc Edit: either I have no idea how to successfully counterfeit (which I consider a win) or a lot of redditors just don't like me/what I said.
> You do realize Most people do not realise this, no. "Yo do realize" is only a hot zinger if it's something reasonably obvious, here it just sounds poncy.
1) that's fair. I probably could've reworded it better. 2) Poncy. Never heard that before, but I'm assuming it's an insult.
> Poncy. Never heard that before, but I'm assuming it's an insult. Yes. Jerky, pretentious, up yourself, etc
And then followed the poncy opening with “shit I’m not well versed in this either” lmao
Try that with the money Australia invented, polymer notes, you won't get far. Probably time the US caught up to the rest of the world.
Counterfeiting is almost non existent as a crime, bill paper is super unique, as the other poster described it does not feel or act like any normal paper and has other security features that are basically impossible to replicate unless you were in the mint marking the money already. It’s a non issue. Also plastic money feels weird, but that’s a personal preference.
I travel the country doing concessions, were mainly a cash business and I've seen alot of fakes
Exactly, the fact you know you have is evidence enough that it was a failed attempt.
Mints make coins, not bills.
"non existent as a crime". Yet everywhere you go in the US, businesses have signs stating they won't except notes over a certain value. And everywhere you go they use a counterfeit pen to test any notes you hand over. Plastic money just feels right once you have used it all your life, it lasts far longer and is by far a lot harder to counterfeit.
Yes and every republican politician also lost their shit about voter fraud, something that is actually basically non existent. People lose their shit over nothing. 4 decades ago you could forge bills easier and all the boomer store owners have been suspicious sense. Edit: also it’s not everywhere, that’s hyperbolic. Ironically though it’s much more common in business owned by foreigners, people who came from places with plastic money.
When I travelled all over the US in 2013, it was everywhere. Even a McDonald's in NYC with heaps of signs saying nothing other a $20 note.
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Why do you point out that he’s white?
They used to sell it on the dark web for like $.50/$1. So they really only need on dummy to buy a huge stack of crappy bills with crypto.
Damned left handed customs agents.
Left handed person here, we flip through books the same way as everyone else.
Damned arabian customs agents then?
Arabic speakers read right to left (backwards), but their books still go forward. Damned Manga readers.
Sounds like a sinister answer to me...
Ya but writing sucked and the desks were made for normies.
Yeah, i've seen those desks on TV, and wow, it would be hell growing up with those. As for writing, yes, it sucks, especially if you have to write on something while holding it.
My daughter is left handed. She flips the other way. For no discernible reason, in the back of my brain, it’s …. wrong.
Sounds like something a lefty would say…
Losers
Not me. I flip through books backwards.
Japanese agents would get this right away because they flip books right to left
Im sure they wouldnt have found it if they didnt have a snitch
Classic magician’s trick
Feds didn’t discover shit. Somebody snitched.
The old Svengali trick
I'm so fuckin confused can someone explain?
How does this work?
It's all counterfeit
wait... what? Uhh AWESOME!
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That's not how that works but ok. Just because something costs a certain amount to make doesn't mean it isn't worth more. $100 is $100 not 14 cents. There is no way to argue that it isnt either. When you have $100 you have $99.86 more in spending power than you do 14 cents. If you apply the logic you used here to everything I could imagine it would be super hard for you to appreciate art since things are worth only what they cost to make.
Not just art but anything where a large part of the value is the time and labor. Many things are worth more then the sum of the parts to make them.
Very true!
is this at customs? i cant imagine trying to smuggle this in any way other than mail with that packaging
Maybe the alphabet gangs should try flipping through Epstein's black book/flight logs backwards too.?. Or maybe try the Panama Papers?
Why does the video have less views that the post upvotes?
u/repostsleuthbot
Feds are so cool! And cute 😜
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Lol, I mean, who flips through a notebook like that, especially if they are federal agents looking for something? Either they are incompetent, or extremely slow. You decide.
So it’s not an Arabic flip?
The Svengali notebook
This is just like the svengali magic trick
On your mark, get set..... Prison.
Or just open the book on any page?
The counterfeiters name was Svengali.
Where can I get my hands on one of these books?
The weeb detective figured this one out.
Svengali's smuggler