Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-12-22
FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE
Maraing, Deeem' r 22 1870
The Queer swindle.


A friend who resides in the vi.
entity of Fayetteville, lately re-
ceiVed the following circular, which
he very tightly pronounced an at
tempted swindle. II is the coun.
terfeit money dodge, which has
been successfully played upon
thousands If victims in various
parts OF the country. We have
so often expressed our opinion of
this swindle that it would seem
hardly necessary to refer to the
matter at length in this instance,
yet, as preface to the appended
circular, we will try to explicitly
explain, us we learn it from the
Northern papers, wherein the
swindle is In this counterfeit busi-
ness.
The fact is if money is sent by
express in advance to these swim.
ding operators under; the impress
Ion that counterfeit money will be
received in return, the sender will
be sadly disappointed. He may
wait for the answer till doomsday.
Order the money to be sent by
express, the pay to be collected
upon delivery, and package will
surely be returned to, your address
with orders 10 the express agent
to collect $40, SIS or whatever
the amount may be, and this must
be, of course, paid before the pack
age is delivered to you. Having
paid for the package it is entirely
unnecessary to take it to some &C.
cret place before opening it. Its
contents will not compromise you
in the eyes of the law. Open the
package fearlessly and publicly.
Tear off the outer wrappers, of
which there are many, and finally
you will come to a suspicious look
ing package shaped in length and
width like bank bills. Open this
also and you have before you, at
the cost of good United States cur
rency, several strips of the New
York Tribune, or some other news
puper, the strips resembling the
size of bank note but would be
hard to pass as such. All of these
swindlers doing business under
various names have the me mode
of procedure. Would you believe
it, they have as little counterfeit
money in their possession as you
have in yours. Their place of
business are not secrets unknown
to the police authorities, but be-
cause they are very careful to
have no counterfeit money about
them, and secondly, that their
victims are scattered all over the
country at places distant from
Ney7 York and cannot therefore
appear in the courts as prosecut'
lag witnesses against them, they
escape arrest, and thrive upon the
gulhbility of fools generally. The
letter received is as follows
The following will disclose to
YOU the means of gaining rapid
fortune, attended with no possible
risk. and requiring only a very
SNAIL outlay.
twill be absolutely necessary to
observe the greatest secrecy and
strictly follow all our instructions.
There is no doubt you want to
make money! Who does not !!
The immortal Shakespeare says,
"There is tide in the affairs OF
men which, if taken at the Hood,
leads on to fortune" We think
that man a feel who has The means
within his grasp and lets the go!-
den opportunity pass, 1t you
keen your own counsel, you can
make money as easily and safely
as could be wished, and gain for
tune in a few months, which in
any other business would require
a lifetime.
To be plain with you, we man,
ofae.ure what is commonly called
Queer 1t is needless to inform
YOU that at least one-haIf the
money nov in circulation is cooE !
fcrleit. :,
We can supply you with any