Comments on: Japanese scammer used fake one million dollar bills

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:29:35 +0000

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.

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:39:46 +0000

I didn’t know either that it exists..

By: Ido

Ido — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:51:06 +0000

Well 2$ bills are rare in the USA…

By: anon

anon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:23:48 +0000

SIMPSONS DID IT!

By: Sleepytako

Sleepytako — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:33:43 +0000

Family Guy probably stole it from the Simpsons.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:58:10 +0000

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.

By: Montsan

Montsan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:17:54 +0000

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!

By: one

one — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:49:04 +0000

family guy

By: revil

revil — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:34:45 +0000

Oh my goodness, where is that from?

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:53:00 +0000

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

By: Montsan

Montsan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:46:31 +0000

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.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:19:53 +0000

“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”

By: Level3

Level3 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:06:28 +0000

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.

By: K3NNY

K3NNY — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:58:59 +0000

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”

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:51 +0000

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

By: Rated R

Rated R — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:24:25 +0000

Bahahahaa!! Happy Halloween!

By: Doodles

Doodles — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:17:46 +0000

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