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Topic: 261185558854: "Allan Sheppard" signed check
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gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-17-2013 11:11 AM
   
This one has me baffled. The formation of most letters looks good but double-l in Allan and double-p in Shepard? A very good but dyslexic forger? |
Steve Zarelli
Member Posts: 731
From: Upstate New York, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-17-2013 11:59 AM
If Shepard's name is mis-spelled on the "Pay to," it's possible he endorsed it the same way. I vaguely recall some rule about endorsing a check exactly as it is in the "pay to." |
JasonB
Member Posts: 1091
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Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-17-2013 12:03 PM
Perhaps whoever made the check out to Shepard misspelled his name on the front and Shepard simply went along with it and signed his name that way. I doubt Shepard had any problem cashing a check no matter how he signed it. It's hard to tell without seeing the front but the sig looks pretty good to me, there's not much money in this, and there's a lot easier things to do than forge checks. |
JasonB
Member Posts: 1091
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Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-17-2013 12:06 PM
I just saw Steve's post after writing mine. Looks like great minds think alike!  |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-17-2013 01:35 PM
Good work - that sounds like just about the only plausible explanation. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 03-17-2013 03:31 PM
The letter formation, especially the "S", seems like a perfect match for the genuine Shepard signature. Looks like you've got a rare one there Paul. |
Steve Zarelli
Member Posts: 731
From: Upstate New York, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-17-2013 03:33 PM
I was thinking of popping on it just for the curiosity value. Looks like someone beat me to it. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 03-17-2013 04:34 PM
I asked the seller if he had any idea why Shepard had misspelled his name. He theorized that maybe it was to keep the check writer from selling the check after the bank returned it. From what I know of Shepard, that sounds plausible. |
Steve Zarelli
Member Posts: 731
From: Upstate New York, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-17-2013 06:20 PM
Is it mis-spelled on the face of the check?If not, can you tell what the check is for? Curious if we can determine now if it was an obvious attempt to send Shepard a check to obtain his signature on the reverse. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-17-2013 06:35 PM
My belief is, if the name is misspelled on the front of the check, then the person who is cashing or depositing the check must sign that way AS WELL AS the correct way. At least, that's what I've done.  |
MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1336
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Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 03-17-2013 10:59 PM
You are exactly right Hart.Must be your training at SUNY-Onienta! |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-18-2013 05:13 AM
Well I am a business major... Plus all those combined years in real estate as well as prepping payments for a newspaper. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 03-18-2013 07:18 PM
The seller told me that Shepard's name is spelled correctly on the front of the check. I'm putting my money on Shepard not wanting the guy to profit from his autograph. |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 660
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 03-22-2013 09:23 PM
This has Allan Sheppard too (at least it does in the title and description). |
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