Solve riddle to help me find money's owner

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I have a US bill with a phone number scrawled upon it, and a name next to it : “Kevin (in orange shirt.)”

I wish to find Kevin (in orange shirt), because I believe that through him I can locate the rightful owner of this dollar bill. Unfortunately, I have only a seven digit phone number without an area code.

The seven digit US number is 382-4545. The bill was found in a wallet in Houston, TX, origin unknown. The serial number on the bill is H7994 2879C. It is a Series 2001 bill and the Secy of the Treasury is Paul O’neill.

Standard Houston area codes (713, 281, 832) did not work. Won’t you help this dollar find his home*?

[sup]*[/sup]negotiable finder’s fee to be awarded.

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This should help.
Unless the phone number doesn’t belong to K(iOS).

Googling the 7 digit number returns 600 odd hits.
Googling the 7 dig number and ‘kevin’ returns 38 hits.
Gt7dn and ‘kevin’ and ‘orange’ returns 16 hits.

The answer has gotta be in there.
Or not.

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*Well, there I was, ready for sleep after a hard night of modding. Checked on the kids one last time, made sure that the alarm was set for 6 the next morning, and had just drifted off when …
BAM!!!

I sat bolt upright in the bed, staggered to the window, and yelled at the two drunks in the parking lot next door to “go home.” They were arguing about a dollar bill they had found.

I"ve GOT to save up enough money to move to the suburbs. * :wink:
[sub]Speaking of moving, this one is moved from GQ to MPSIMS[/sub]

by samclem, GQ moderator

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Hey, you found my dollar!
Thanks. I didn’t have a notebook with me, so I wrote Kevin’s number on it.

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The bill has not been entered at Where’s George.

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Maybe it is this guy

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H7994 2879C, eh? Let me check my records… Nope.

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It seems to me that Kevin wouldn’t write his own name on the dollar bill. Someone else owns it.

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Kevin gave the bill to a waitress he was trying to flirt with. “Orange shirt” identified him and then there is his phone number.

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Hey, you found the other dollar.

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There are 228 area codes using the 382 prefix. Of those, 14 are in Texas:


Area 
Code  Prefix   City		Telephone Company				Telco Type 

210     382     SAN ANTONIO	CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - TX	 WIRELESS PROV
214     382     DALLAS		WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - TX 
281     382     HOUSTON		CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - TX	WIRELESS PROV 
325     382     LK COLEMAN	COLEMAN COUNTY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC	 IND. TELCO 
361     382     BISHOP		FIBER DATA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
409     382     JASPER		SOUTHWESTERN BELL				 RBOC 
512     382     AUSTIN		TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - HOUSTON	 CAP 
713     382     HOUSTON		MCI WORLDCOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - TX		 CLEC 
806     382     AMARILLO	AT&T LOCAL 					CLEC 
817     382     FORT WORTH	GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. - TX	CLEC 
903     382     MILLER GROVE	CUMBY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.		CLEC 
915     382     LAKE COLEMAN	COLEMAN COUNTY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.	IND. TELCO 
940     382     DENTON		GTE-SW DBA VERIZON SW INC.-TX			IND. TELCO 
956     382     EDINBURG	ARCH WIRELESS HOLDINGS, INC.			 WIRELESS PROV

If you scroll out to the right, it will tell you what kind of phone company it is (wireless, independent, regional Bell, etc.)

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The orange shirt is part of a prison jumpsuit, and the 7 digit number is his Prisoner ID number. Kevin is serving 6 life terms. Now they call him “Mint Jelly” because he’s on the lam. He bribed the guard to help him escape, and being the smartass that he is, made sure the guard knew the bribe was from him (Kevin in the orange shirt), as opposed to Bob in the orange shirt, or Tim in the orange shirt…

What you are holding is evidence. Turn it into the police right away, and forget you ever had it.

You’ll be doing the right thing.

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Snakescatlady, I suspect you might be correct about the bill’s history. I’ll try to find out.

Fear Itself, thank you for that useful information. According to AsecretK, it may very well be Kevin from Denton (940 area code) that I seek. I will attempt to interrogate him and possibly others this evening.

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You must live in the part of Akron I used to live in, with my car getting broken into every other month.

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Niiiice.

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:eek: Terrible arful pun! :eek: :pukey smiley: Acutally, I wish I’d thought of it. :stuck_out_tongue: