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                               The $95,000 check
                                        
A few years ago I came across the story of Patrick Combs [1] depositing a
fake check for $95,000 [2] and having it actually clear but at the time he
had yet to finish telling the story.

Time passed. I lost the link. Couldn't find it again, until now. I was
reading the journal of Amanda Robbins [3] (who is the girlfriend of my friend
Kurt, the high school English teacher turned plumber) when she linked [4] to
it!

Of course, the story is now finished—he ended up giving the check back to the
bank, but only after they furnished him with a latter detailing their mistake
in cashing it and apologizing to him. And I suspect doing such a stunt today
wouldn't work.

[1] http://www.goodthink.com/
[2] http://www.goodthink.com/$$tablecontents.html
[3] http://www.livejournal.com/users/margaretlane
[4] http://www.livejournal.com/talkpost.bml?journal=margaretlane&itemid=383704

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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