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Japanese scammer used fake one million dollar bills

October 23rd, 2008 by James

A man has been arrested for using fake one million dollar bills to trick a very gullible woman into paying him 100 million yen:


The 62-year-old man made up a story about an investment fund that would earn thousands of dollars every day. The man claimed he was doing very important work for the U.S. government, which gave him access to one million dollar bills. His target, a 49-year-old woman, fell for the scam and paid him 100 million yen. Apparently she trusted him and was thrilled to later receive a few one million dollar bills. Eventually she discovered that the money was fake because one million dollar bills do not actually exist, and the scam was reported to the police.



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Comment by Doodles
2008-10-23 22:17:46

Hahaha! This is too much, never seems to amaze me at hoe gullible Japanese people can be. Come on! seriously? a $1 million bill? Priceless

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Comment by Kevin
2008-10-24 09:58:10

Yes, because knowing foreign currency in every country is the norm.

There was a story recently of a Taco Bell cashier calling the cops because he thought the $2 bill the customer was using was fake. The cop showed up and laughed at him.

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Comment by Ido
2008-10-25 16:51:06

Well 2$ bills are rare in the USA…

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Comment by Irene
2008-10-26 04:39:46

I didn’t know either that it exists..

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Comment by Alex
2008-10-26 10:29:35

Maybe the region is an issue. In California, I came across a bunch of $2 bills.

They’re like the 2000 yen bills in Japan. (Except, obviously different in value) But most Japanese tell me they hate when they receive a 2000 yen bill, because they don’t work in vending machines, so you can only spend them in shops.

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Comment by Rated R
2008-10-23 22:24:25

Bahahahaa!! Happy Halloween!

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Comment by The Overthinker
2008-10-23 22:54:51

What I never get is how people can be so dense and yet have a hundred million yen sitting around….

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Comment by K3NNY
2008-10-23 22:58:59

Greed and gullibility are a bad combination. In the cases of Japanese’s peoples greed costing them big I side with a guy in the US who had this to say about the Nigerian bank e-mail scam: “If these people are so greedy they fall for these scams trying to earn money quickly let them suffer don’t recover the money let their loss be a lesson in greed”

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Comment by Montsan
2008-10-23 23:46:31

True, but I imagine anyone would still be pissed if this happened to a loved one (like a too-trusting grandmother) and would seek retribution. Greed is certainly a factor but to place all the blame on the victim when you’ve also got a perfectly good lying asshole in the other corner would be foolish.

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Comment by Level3
2008-10-23 23:06:28

Is it illegal to make fake bills that don’t resemble real currency?

I know the US laws prohibit color 2-side copies, or copies within 50% of the real size.

If it were me, I’d be making counterfeit stock certifi—

hmmmmm, I’ll shut up now. ;)

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Comment by The Overthinker
2008-10-24 00:53:00

It’s not illegal to make them, but it is illegal to use them as legal tender. Since they aren’t.

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Comment by Colin
2008-10-23 23:19:53

“I have a one million dollar bill”
“Really? Which president is on it?”
“All of them – they’re having a party! Jimmy Carter’s passed out on the couch”

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Comment by revil
2008-10-24 01:34:45

Oh my goodness, where is that from?

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Comment by one
2008-10-24 01:49:04

family guy

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Comment by Montsan
2008-10-24 04:17:54

Actually, it’s from The Simpsons (the Mr. Plow episode):

Homer: [on the phone, disguising his voice]
There’s a $10,000 bill in it for you.
Barney: Oh yeah? Which president’s on it?
Homer: Uh… All of them. They’re having a party.
Jimmy Carter’s passed out on the couch.
Barney: Wow!

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Comment by Sleepytako
2008-10-24 12:33:43

Family Guy probably stole it from the Simpsons.

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Comment by anon
2008-10-24 14:23:48

SIMPSONS DID IT!

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