They were following the wrong strategy, or were inherently suspicious individuals who invited greater scrutiny. These acolytes proposed that if people were finding problems getting the notes accepted they were doing it wrong. As problems emerged they were accused of being sock puppet accounts. Benjamin responds by defending the product, saying that buyers are using it improperly, and eventually agreeing that the counterfeit notes are not what they were.īenjamin had a number of buyers who were very positive about the product. ‘Benjamin’ (gender unknown) introduces themselves in what becomes a long thread where buyers return to critique their product. This post concerns a vendor of counterfeit dollars who sells through a darknet market. The global nature of the dollar as a reserve currency makes it tempting to fake and hard to update, as new versions can be seen as untrustworthy. Political conflicts raged over the metal content of dollar coins, pegging the dollar to the Gold Standard, and recently the value of a fiat currency in comparison to cryptocoins. Spanish and Mexican currency were in widespread use and legal tender until 1857. The US dollar was originally minted in deference to the Spanish ‘piece of eight’, the silver dollar, and the quarter was in reference to American’s use of the Spanish two-quarter dollar. The US government provides a toolkit for tellers to spot genuine currency, including some tips such as ‘If it has “For Motion Picture Use Only” or the word “Replica” on it, it could be fake.’
The real thing from the US Federal Reserve. This article will examine the micro-process of last mile distribution and the interface between user purchase and practice.Ĭounterfeit notes posted on ‘Benjamin’s’ thread: Much research and intervention focuses on electronic money laundering and large scale counterfeiting. Crime script analysis breaks a crime down into its fundamental protocol and generally proposes points where crime control can intervene.
The aim of this article will be a crime script analysis of a counterfeit currency vendor and their community.
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