Eventually, a police raid was faked, during which the baiters were arrested and the scammer went free, abandoning the money, and without any suspicion.
The prosecution's case mainly hinged upon evidence suggesting that the date stamp on the envelope in which the money order was claimed to have been sent had been faked.
Here, he collects stories of faked paintings, forged documents, unauthorized copies, and falsified histories -- methods of duping, from the meticulous brushstroke to the inkjet printer.
