[UA] Cons to Watch out for

[Bailey Watts]

Since we've been talking about cons I've recently found one that's pretty 
damn sweet, though I would not be able to pull it off because of my sense of 
ethics.

Step one: get a hold of someone's bank account number.  Should be no problem 
since it's printed on all the checks.  The bank should be one of a chain and 
not a small time bank.  If the check has the address printed on it that's 
much better.
Step two: get some deposit slips printed with that accoutn number on them.
Step three: Standard mail fraud scam.  Have all checks made out to the 
person whose account number you have.
Step four: deposit money in their account, but certainly less cash received. 
  As a general rule tellers don't ask for ID when making a deposit like they 
would when cashing checks.  Use a branch that's not the nearest one to their 
address so noone is the wiser.
Step Five: keep it up and diversify with other people's account numbers.  
Don't visit the mailbox (rented in a varient of the other person's name) if 
things look too crazy.

If you get caught pretend to just be a bagman and offer testimony in 
exchange for reduced sentence or immunity.  Implicate the person who got all 
that money put into their bank account.
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