This is astounding, and from an FAQ list on a web site created by the Comptroller of the Currency:
Q: I made a deposit by check/cash and received a receipt, but the bank says that its records do not reflect the deposit. Since I have a receipt, doesn't the bank have to credit my account?
A: You should contact the bank and provide a copy of the deposit receipt. However, the deposit receipt is not conclusive evidence that you deposited the funds.
If the deposited item was a check, you will need to contact the party that provided the check to you and obtain a copy of the front and back of the check. If the deposited item was cash, and the bank does not agree to honor the receipt, you will need to consult with legal counsel about your rights.
So you deposit your cash at your bank, get a receipt, the money vanishes, and the bank just denies ever getting the deposit even though you have the receipt they gave you. YJCMTSU
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It's a lot worse than that. When banks set up the authorized automatic account withdrawl system, so people could pay their bills automatically, they made it easy for companies to "borrow", interest free, from accounts they were not authorized to withdraw from.
That is, accounts are numbered consecutively, so when a company was given an account number, they could withdraw from it, and also take money from several more accounts they were *not* authorized to withdraw from.
They thieving company would then get the float on from between $100 and $500 a month, or until the account holders noticed that the money was missing.
The account holders would then contact the bank, who would refer them to the company that illegally stole their money. "Not our problem."
When finally notified, the company would promptly return the principle they stole, but not the income they had earned from it. And the bank would also profit, because they would not pay the interest on the money from the time it wasn't in the account.
In this way, these companies could not only get hundreds of thousands of dollars from interest free loans, but also get the float from the money while it was in their account. And since the banks also got free money out of the deal, only the account holders get screwed.
I noticed this was from Monday, but it was the first I'd heard of it. Strike from the record, if needed, mods.
LARGO, Fla. - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.
Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.
Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was "surrounded by Largo police," according to an arrest affidavit.
"Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence," Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. "It's one of our 'truth is stranger than fiction' cases." "You should see the cases they get in Palm Beach County, where they don't even know how to vote," she added.
Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines. What a maroon!
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Interesting if true, a certain J.K. Rowlings would like to speak to you.
The guy who took pictures of the stolen Harry Potter book and put them on the net forgot to remove the EXIF data which contains the serial number of his Canon camera which means he can be traced back.
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For that brief period I worked for minimum wage at that wonderful, terribly expensive jewelry store, we always attached the sales tag to the store copy of the receipt, so the accountant would know which piece of inventory was sold for that amount of money, as we almost never sold anything for the listed price. Would a camera store or even a big box like Best Buy do something similar?
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From a different article somewhere, a Canon rep says, since it is an older camera, if it was sent in for service or cleaning, they could match the serial number with the repair order and the owner at the time. Another possibly lead is if someone sent in a registration card.
On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit in his garage.
So he parked the seven-foot-tall behemoth on the street in front of his house and smiled politely when his eco-friendly neighbors looked on in disapproval at his "dream car."
It lasted five days on the street before two masked men took a bat to every window, a knife to each 38-inch tire and scratched into the body: "FOR THE ENVIRON." . . .
Neighbor Lucille Liem, 37, who owns a Prius hybrid, said that a common sentiment in the neighborhood is that large vehicles are impractical and a strain on the Earth -- and Hummers in particular are a symbol of consumer excess.
"The neighborhood in general is very concerned with the environment," said Liem, whose Prius gets about 48 miles a gallon compared with the Hummer's 14 miles a gallon. "It's more liberal leaning. It's ridiculous to be driving a Hummer."
Liem added a little too quickly that she does not condone violence. . . .
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Kinda of welcome you'd expect a black family would get in a white neighborhood circa 1950 suburban whatever. Bigotry however is ok if you're liberal, cause even though the actions repeat thousand of incidents of appalling behavior, you're a recipient of special dispensation. Cause you're liberal.
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Oh - and I bet they've figured out what to do with all those hybrid batteries which contain toxic waste. I'm sure they'll come up with 'credits' which will absolve themselves of the impact upon the environment.
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How many trees were killed, hillsides quarried and mountains leveled to make and power their oh so environmentally conscious $500,000 3000sf homes and 3 cars in the garage? Enough each to supply an entire third world village. Hypocrites, each and every last one.
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And don't forget carbon foot print is not all about gas milage. That Prios has a larger total carbon foot print over the life of the car than the Hummer.
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These are the "open minded" individuals are the first to scream when an evil Christian tries to inflict their morals on them. Farkin hypocrites is right. If their little POS prius shows its eco hind end in TN I reserve the right to trash it.
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A man who can afford a Hummer can afford several Molotov coctails thrown through neighbors windows at around 4 AM. But I guess a bunch of leftists don't have the logic gene necessary to make that assumption.
Just thinkin' out loud.
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My next car is going to be something with a turbocharger -- just to show 'em.
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A guy who can afford a Hummer is probably living in a neighborhood with luxury homes. So, I guess it would also hold true that if his neighbor's home was larger than necessary for her to live in, (ie: using more fuel to heat/cool the excess sq. footage) it would be ok for him to paint, "For the Enviro" in large red letters across the front of it.
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Jeebus, these hypocrites are freakin' morons! How much of a "carbon footprint" did they just leave, now that the guys has gotta go buy NEW 38" tires (rubber = petroleum), get a NEW paint job (paint = "air emissions") and new windows (= sand and heat)?
Same farkin' moonbats who don't get the whole "big picture" idea of releasing a LOT more toxins into the air by burning down a Hummer dealership and all the trucks than those same trucks would release by themselves in their entire lifetimes. Earth Liberation Front my arse!
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That entire neighborhood is a monument to consumer excess & happy motoring. All private vehicles are extremely vulnerable to this kind of vandalism.
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And these neighbors probably see themselves as fine upstanding citizens.
yes, deciding what's best for all. So much for freedom of choice in this Washington neighborhood.
What a bunch of thugs, considering the amount and type of damage they did.
In retaliation if it were me, wishfully thinking, I'd probably get several of the dirtiest, most beat up ugly old vehicles I could find and park them on the street for a time, starting them up occasionally with their exhaust sputtering. But that's just me, they wouldn't want me as a neighbor...
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Lefty Seattle, Jan. You beat me to it; i would do the same and probably start my own extreme teardown project cars in the driveway. maybe a washing machine restoration DIY workshop on the front lawn as well.
Excerpt from story...See article for remainder of article.
Peach-coloured toilet roll to match her complexion, and rose petals in the toilet bowl. One hundred-and-twenty designer bathroom towels also in peach. Ten highly specified designer floor lamps.
And that's before we get to the insistence that the security team wear 'neat dark sweaters' and use metal detectors.
Even by the standards of a diva, staff at Castletown House had their work cut out as they made their final preparations for the arrival (by private plane, naturally) of last Saturday's performer at the stunning County Kildare castle and estate.
And reports yesterday said she was making similar demands on staff at The Dorchester - where she is staying, while she performs three concerts at London's O2 Arena, the first of which was last night - including, not to talk to her unless specifically requested.
After all, while Barbra Streisand still suffers from the stage fright that has plagued her 45-year-long career, it has never stymied the eye-watering list of specifications she makes before she even considers getting on stage.
Not for nothing has the 65-year-old singer carved out a reputation as one of showbusiness's most talented performers and also its most imperious.
Now, after a relatively long period away from the European spotlight, Babs is back, performing nine European concert dates.
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Babs in Europe, eh?
Be on the lookout for outlandish statements. After all, since she's in Europe, us dumbass Americans will never know...never know...never know...
This reminds me a bit of a song a while back, "I always feel like, somebodies watching me...!!
Back in the day, Kevin Poulsen was one of my favorite investigative reporters. He's still got the chops, as this story in today's Wired News proves. Here's a snip; read the whole thing.
FBI agents trying to track the source of e-mailed bomb threats against a Washington high school last month sent the suspect a secret surveillance program designed to surreptitiously monitor him and report back to a government server, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by Wired News.
The court filing offers the first public glimpse into the bureau's long-suspected spyware capability, in which the FBI adopts techniques more common to online criminals.
The software was sent to the owner of an anonymous MySpace profile linked to bomb threats against Timberline High School near Seattle. The code led the FBI to 15-year-old Josh Glazebrook, a student at the school, who on Monday pleaded guilty to making bomb threats, identity theft and felony harassment.
In an affidavit seeking a search warrant to use the software, filed last month in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington, FBI agent Norman Sanders describes the software as a "computer and internet protocol address verifier," or CIPAV.
Sanders wrote that the spyware program gathers a wide range of information, including the computer's IP address; MAC address; open ports; a list of running programs; the operating system type, version and serial number; preferred internet browser and version; the computer's registered owner and registered company name; the current logged-in user name and the last-visited URL.
The CIPAV then settles into a silent "pen register" mode, in which it lurks on the target computer and monitors its internet use, logging the IP address of every computer to which the machine connects for up to 60 days.
Under a ruling this month by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, such surveillance -- which does not capture the content of the communications -- can be conducted without a wiretap warrant, because internet users have no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in the data when using the internet.
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
I'm just an average guy with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey hell I pay the price
But I want is to be left alone in my average home
But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone
CHORUS:
I always feel that somebody's watchin' me
And I have no privacy
I always feel that somebody's watchin' me
Is it just a dream?
When I come home at night
I bolt the door real tight
People call me on the phone I'm trying to avoid
Well, can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid
CHORUS
When I'm in the shower, I'm afraid to wash my hair
I might open my eyes and find someone standing there
People say I'm crazy, just a little touched
But maybe showers remind me of Psycho too much
That's why...
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Who's playing tricks on me
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Tell me it can't be
I don't know anymore
Are the neighbors watching me
Well is the mailman watching me
And I don't feel safe anymore, oh what a mess
I wonder who's watching me now?
Who?
The IRS?
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Who's playing tricks on me
I always feel like somebody's watching me
I can't enjoy my tea!
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Fingerprint file, you get me down
You keep me running
Know my way around. Yes, you do, child
Fingerprint file, you bring me down
Keep me running
You keep me on the ground
Know my moves
Way ahead of time
Listening to me
On your satellite
Feeling followed
Feeling tagged
Crossing water
Trying to wipe my tracks
And there's some little jerk in the FBI
A keepin' papers on me, baby, six feet high!
It gets me down, it gets me down, it gets me down
-- Rolling Stones, "Fingerprint File"
I don't generally share my email with the 'Burg, but thought y'all might like this...
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My spam seems to be evenly divided between bamboo flooring and penis "enarglement". I don't know what the latter is, but I suspect that I would prefer it even less than bamboo flooring.
A Pakistani national who became a millionaire overnight through a tax scam has been stripped of more than £5 million in assets. Amer Munir had enjoyed a jet-set lifestyle thanks to the unbelievably simple VAT fraud, Manchester Evening News reported on Wednesday. A Manchester court jailed Munir for seven years last December. Now he has been ordered to pay back more than £5.6 million in assets or serve a further seven years imprisonment.
Judge Anthony Gee decided that Munir had profited by 7.5 million from the fraud, the £6 million the jury convicted him of, plus interest. The judge said he was stripping Munir of illegal profits and assets, which included his family home in Hale, now believed to be worth £1.4 million, an apartment in Dubai, money totalling £500,000 in bank accounts in Jersey, Pakistan and Switzerland, and various miscellaneous items. The compensation figure also included nearly £2 million in cash, which disappeared from his company bank account.
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Three Perth children who died within 24 hours of falling ill had contracted a combination of a flu strain and a pneumonia-causing bacterial infection, the West Australian Health Department says.
The department's Communicable Disease Control director Dr Paul Van Buynder said all three children were under the age of five.
"It's apparent that all three of the children who had tragic consequences had very similar illnesses that started with a mild Influenza A infection and gone on from there to develop secondary bacterial complications,'' Dr Van Buynder said.
"Most of the children who have a secondary bacterial infection will develop a full-blown pneumonia and that will be part of the cause of the tragic consequences.''
Dr Van Buynder said an investigation by the health department had not discovered any links between the three dead children.
Worried parents have inundated emergency departments after the health authorities issued a warning on Friday urging parents to get children with fever and lethargy checked.
Double the number of patients normally seen were admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital's (PMH) emergency department, PMH Child and Adolescent Services executive director Dr Robyn Lawrence said.
Ten children an hour had been seen today, close to double the normal rate, with some parents waiting up to three hours to have their children checked by doctors.
About 21 children were admitted to the hospital yesterday which was about normal, Dr Lawrence said.
The health warning is still in place but Dr Van Buynder said parents whose children had had coughs and sniffles for some time should keep their children away from emergency hospital departments.
Dr Van Buynder said it was unusual for the flu strain and the bacteria, which is not uncommon, to kill children.
"Most years, despite the circulation of both the virus and the bacteria, we've seen no children who have this course of illness,'' Dr Van Buynder said.
Meanwhile, Queensland Health is urging all parents to vaccinate their young children against flu, especially if they also suffered from a medical condition such as heart disease or diabetes.
Health officials in Victoria said the number of flu cases were below average so far, while in NSW an initial increase in the number of flu cases had been reported going into the season.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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A Pakistani national who became a millionaire overnight through a tax scam has been stripped of more than £5 million in assets. Amer Munir had enjoyed a jet-set lifestyle thanks to the unbelievably simple VAT fraud, Manchester Evening News reported on Wednesday. A Manchester court jailed Munir for seven years last December. Now he has been ordered to pay back more than £5.6 million in assets or serve a further seven years imprisonment. 
