[jocon307]

Forgive me for taking this seriously in any way, but what would be the point in removing the ink from $100 bills? To make $500 bills? Good luck transacting those.

[Scoutmaster]

If you plan to print counterfeit $500 bills, you may as well print the $1,000, $5,000, or $10,000 bill (good old Salmon P. Chase). They were all discontinued in 1969.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The scam is that in order to get money out of the country they had to soak it in special black ink so it doesn't look like money.

Then once it's out of the country, the bills can be soaked in a magic fluid that will remove the black ink, but keep the original ink in place.

They say that conmen are the easiest to con. I guess this is an excellent example.

[deport]

Black money scam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_money_scam