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  2. Promotional fake United States currency - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s, Mad printed a $3 bill that featured a portrait of Alfred E. Neuman and read: "This is not legal tender—nor will a tenderizer help it." Mad writer Frank Jacobs said that the magazine ran afoul of the US Secret Service because the $3 bill was accepted by change machines at casinos. [4] The United States has never issued a million ...

  3. Black money scam - Wikipedia

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    The black money scam, sometimes also known as the "black dollar scam" or "wash wash scam", is a scam where con artists attempt to fraudulently obtain money from a victim by convincing them that piles of banknote-sized paper are real currency that has been stained in a heist. The victim is persuaded to pay fees and purchase chemicals to remove ...

  4. New money scams are popping up: Here are the ones to ... - AOL

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    Financial scams are an unfortunate reality of life for consumers. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canadians reported $530.4 million (CND) in financial fraud losses in 2022, a 170.2% ...

  5. Counterfeit United States currency - Wikipedia

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    "To Counterfeit is Death" - counterfeit warning printed on the reverse of a 4 shilling Colonial currency in 1776 from Delaware Colony American 18th–19th century iron counterfeit coin mold for making fake Spanish milled dollars and U.S. half dollars Anti-counterfeiting features on a series 1993 U.S. $20 bill The security strip of a U.S. $20 bill glows under black light as a safeguard against ...

  6. Why $1 million isn’t really $1 million - AOL

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    In Illinois, lottery winnings of $1,000 or more must have Illinois Income Tax withheld — which would be 4.95% of the prize money. And when it comes time to file your tax return, lottery winnings ...

  7. 'You're not going to make a million dollars overnight;' PSL ...

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    Police reported giving an 81-year-old man a check for $315,000 recovered as part of an investigation into an alleged scam to which he fell victim.

  8. Arthur J. Williams Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Arthur J. "Art" Williams Jr. is an American-born artist and former counterfeiter, [1] who counterfeited the 1996 hundred dollar bill, and was subject of the book The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten. His notoriety came as being the first to break all the security features within the 1996-issued $100 bill. [2]

  9. 20 hidden secrets of the $1 bill you never knew - AOL

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    A dollar bill might not be worth a lot, especially these days. But it's still a very complicated piece of legal tender. So, it's a sure bet that there are a lot of fun, interesting and downright ...