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Ans
Feb-04-2010, 20:25 GMT
Netherlands
 | Posted in the New York Post and Rolling Stone 2/4/10.
A depressed man named Rafael Ramos entered a Big Apple Citibank claiming he was Paul Simon and attempted to withdraw $4,300 out of the Graceland singer`s bank account. He didn´t succeed because the bank employee saw he didn´t look like Paul Simon at all, he looked younger and was 6.1 tall.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/paul_
simon_bank_hoax_0wPHVUYybb634HHQtBFcEI
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/20
10/02/04/felon-impersonates-paul-simon-in-bank-con
-fails-miserably/
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Bodo
Feb-04-2010, 20:36 GMT
Austria
 | That sounds so strange...I guess it must have worked often before...otherwise you would not try doing that. |
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Kerstin
Feb-04-2010, 21:41 GMT
Germany
 | That´s scary. How did he get that information? |
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deleted_user
Feb-04-2010, 22:16 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | If Art needed the money so badly, he should have asked Paul for a loan! |
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nancy
Feb-04-2010, 22:16 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Wouldn´t you think you would at least try to impersonate someone who is closer in stature and looks? |
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Bodo
Feb-04-2010, 22:50 GMT
Austria
| Hm, I guess he might have got Pauls personal data by accident...so he could not decide to take a star of closer stature ;)
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massecb
Feb-04-2010, 22:59 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| haha, this is so strange... I really only follow Paul Simon, as far as celebrities go, so I´m wondering: Does this happen to most celebrities? ... so weird. |
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brenda
Feb-05-2010, 00:56 GMT
Australia
 | liked this article
Okay, Rafael. DEEP BREATH YOU CAN DO THIS
Sure, Paul Simon is one of the most well-known musicians in the world. Sure, you look nothing like him. But you already have his bank account number and Social Security number, so why would you not be Paul Simon? I mean, really, what´s more likely ` that someone somehow managed to steal all of his personal information, or that Paul Simon suddenly grew a foot taller, aged backward, and became Hispanic? The latter, of course. But just to be totally safe, you should throw in some rocker lingo ("I´d like to withdraw $4,300, daddy-o") and casually drop some references to your friendship with Art Garfunkel ("Art Garfunkel and I used to hang out at this bank all the time back in the sixties"). Maybe absentmindedly whistle a few bars of "The Boxer" while the teller fetches Paul Simon´s money, to really seal the deal. And that´s it. It´s foolproof. You´ve done it again, Rafael. You´re the man.
Read more: The Inner Monologue of a Bank Thief Getting Ready to Impersonate Paul Simon -- Daily Intel |
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massecb
Feb-05-2010, 02:21 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| hahahahahahaha thats hilarious |
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nancy
Feb-06-2010, 02:12 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Thanks for the giggle!!!!! |
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HÃ¥kan
Feb-07-2010, 10:21 GMT
Sweden
 | The NY Times article is written by mr Robinson! That must be a clue! ;-) |
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