Fake $100 bills swamp the world
It seems that there are some people around the world who are master criminals, not in the take over the world kind of thing but in they way that they are producing their product, in this case “Dollars” these fakes are perfect in virtually every way.
They can be obtained from almost anywhere too; some have [...]
Jeremy Clarkson’s bank account blunder
He is a person that you either like or hate, he is outspoken about most things and his no nonsense approach to things has made him very popular, but when the government mislaid the details of twenty five million people in the UK, he just had to put his little bit into the arguments that [...]
December 24, 2007$50 million painting stolen
Thieves broke into a museum in Brazil a got away with a massive haul of valuable paintings which included a Picasso and Portinari, the raid on the Sao Paulo Museum of Art only lasted three minutes but in this small amount of time the thieves got away with the top exhibits.
Among the haul was the [...]
Jailed for malfunctioning ATM
Finding an ATM that when you withdrew cash it only took a fraction of that amount from your bank account would be something that you would keep to yourself and always make your withdrawals from it, which is exactly what Xu Ting from Guangzhou in China doing until he let his friend Guo know about [...]
November 29, 2007$1 million bill used to open account
The bank involved in this must have thought that they were on “You’ve Been Framed” or something. So this is what happened. A man walks into a bank in Augusta, Georgia in the States hands over a dollar bill and says “Can I open an account please?”
Of course there is nothing wrong in that, [...]
Finger prints to replace credit cards
If you are one those people that hates handing over your credit card in a store because of the potential for fraud, then there may be a solution to ease your fear.
There is a new technology that has been very successful in Germany where all you are going to need is your fingerprint!
This will [...]