Ckrisg Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 You could draw down a lot of credit on the run so to speak, by ensuring the minumum payment was made each month. Debts would mount of course and interest would be crippling, however in the case of a UK national, you could in theory come back, declare yourself bankrupt, be discharged after 12 months and start to rebuild your credit history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 no worse than what banks do!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 There is a movie/book, Catch Me if you Can. Sorta a cc thing but mainly hosing the airlines. Movie was good, but the book was much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckrisg Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 no worse than what banks do!! So true Phil, It would have been better if Pa Broon had cleared all personal debts for Brits rather than bail out the banks. That would have given the economy a boost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseafan Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I've heard of this, as well...... Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Something real life that might be brought into the book: Jailbreak fugitive updates Facebook page London, England (CNN) -- British police have appealed for information about the whereabouts of an escaped prisoner who has been telling the world via Facebook about his life as a fugitive. Craig Lynch, 28, escaped Hollesley Bay open prison near Suffolk back in September, but has continued to update his Facebook status regularly -- describing everything from his meals to who his next girlfriend will be. "mmm i just had a 12 lb venison steak. Roasted veg and chips, bangin' meal. I feel stuffed but still got room for the j.d's . Hope you enjoyed the meal babe's. We'll have to eat here again", Lynch wrote on his wall. In another posting from earlier this week Lynch wrote "Is thinkin', which lucky girl will be my first of 2010!!." Police are trying to use clues left by Lynch on his Facebook to track down where the convicted burglar may be hiding. Lynch was sentenced to a seven-year prison term for aggravated burglary and was serving his sentence in an open prison before his escape, according to a police spokeswoman. "We have spoken to Facebook and we are trying to trace him from the information we have, but it's one of those things that we're also asking for help from members of the public," Suffolk police spokesperson Anne-Marie Breach told CNN. "Obviously we're taking what he's saying on Facebook with a pinch of salt because he's now aware that people may be reading what he's writing." News that Lynch's Facebook was being updated broke yesterday and since then, he has written several times of his life on-the-run. "The hotel staff haven't even clocked which was the only thing I've been paranoid about all day!" he wrote. Lynch's most recent posting read: "well what can i say fellow friends. The run is nearly over. Sorry some of you had to find out like this. I know some of you might take offence that i never told you personally. But you know me. I Trust No One. Its the only way to be." http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/23/uk.fugitive.facebook.prison/index.html?eref=ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 no worse than what banks do!! So true Phil' date=' It would have been better if Pa Broon had cleared all personal debts for Brits rather than bail out the banks. That would have given the economy a boost [/quote'] That's pretty well what they did in Australia. Virtually everybody got a few dollars, pensioners, families,lower income earners. The only person I know who missed out is an Irishman with an English pension and a full time working wife. And he never lets me forget it. Seemed to fix the economy compared to the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 There is a movie/book, Catch Me if you Can.Sorta a cc thing but mainly hosing the airlines. Movie was good, but the book was much better. That was a true story, the guy was a check forger and con man. He found a way to impersonate a Pan Am pilot so he could scam chicks and free flights. He was flying to France where he could forge the checks using the machine Pan Am used and the same paper stock. He was caught, sentenced, and eventually helped the FBI solve a lot of other crimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 I've heard of this' date=' as well......[/quote'] Ditto I did not, can someone post more details ? BB Melly x-mas to evelyone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 In the 70's in the USA there were a few people that used credit cards and checking accounts to open an account, ring up the credit cards and write bogus checks, working their way across the USA, racking up millions of dollars...but were caught at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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