First of all, not everyone's as clever as you are, and they may not know the subtle differences between a real or forged money order. You handle a lot of these items per year, some people may only get one or two MO's per year, if that many. Sometimes even the people at the bank are fooled. Tellers aren't always well schooled in how to determine a fake MO, and there are so many "brands" of money orders floating around out there that it may be difficult to determine which are real and which are fraudulent. Plus, as i said before, the bank isn't out anything if the MO (or cashier's check) turns out to be a fake. They just take the money,and often a processing fee as well, from your account.
There have been several people in this thread who have commented on this matter who have had experience with fake MO's or who have been warned by their bank about such things. They can't all be wrong - although it seems that, in your eyes, they are. You know, you seem to think that just because something works for you, it'll work for everyone else. All of our situations are different, our skills and abilities are different, and the people we come in contact with are different. Shel > [Original Message] > From: J. C. O'Connell > It aint childs play, there are watermarks in the paper > And the amount is embossed in most money orders. This > Cant be done very easy like you suggest. You need special > Papers and machines to do that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
