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The most egregious of these to me is moneyfactory.com (the Bureau of Engraving & Printing). It reads as very low-rent considering it's the printing press of th
by syncsynchalt 3y ago
The most egregious of these to me is moneyfactory.com (the Bureau of Engraving & Printing).
It reads as very low-rent considering it's the printing press of the US Dollar. If they reached out to me I'd think it was a weak scam.
- tamimio 3y ago[flagged]
- CameronNemo 3y agoApparently they also have moneyfactory.gov
- rootusrootus 3y agoThe Bureau of Engraving and Printing just produces paper. Pretty paper that looks a lot like US dollars, but isn't in fact US dollars until the Federal Reserve Bank takes possession and issues it. In any case, moneyfactory.com is just a redirect to bep.gov, so I'm not sure what the big deal is. The average person's interaction with the BEP, aside from handling paper money, is probably at their gift shop. Having a cutesy name probably made sense at some level.
- syncsynchalt 3y agoIt redirects to bep.gov now, but a decade+ ago it was their preferred URL. You can still find the URL in older press releases on treasury.gov, other US government sites, and older news sites, and all I meant is that it reads very a little naïve and "off brand" to me these as a modern reader: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/20035137475911137 https://money.cnn.com/2003/09/16/pf/banking/marketing_new_money/index.htm https://www.dailynebraskan.com/local-businesses-prepare-for-new-20-bill/article_6a2ea77f-60e4-52aa-8217-731a6cdf9114.html
- cobalt 3y agoIt might be parked to prevent scams