Schumer Takes 'The Sting' Out Of Counterfeit Cash With Movie Puns

NEW YORK CITY — "Movie money" is being passed around as real cash, according to the U.S. Secret Service cracking down on Counterfeit Traitors threatening to spoil the holidays.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer attempted to take The Sting out of the alert by issuing a call to action chock full as possible of magical movie puns.

“The U.S. Secret Service is doing a fine job publicizing the recent surge in fake cash," said Schumer, "But it shouldn’t be a ‘Mission Impossible’ to prevent these faux funds from being passed off as the real thing in the first place.”

Prop money has set off a Frenzy because it's easy to buy on eBay and Amazon and fake $100 bill goes for just $20, according to the Notorious report.

On Friday, Schumer wrote the Internet Association — which represents all the Big e-retailers such as eBay and Amazon — to request it crack down on the "funny money."

"Online retailers—some of your members—play a role in innocently transacting the sale of this movie money," Schumer wrote in The Reckoning email to IA president Michael Beckerman. "The U.S. Secret Service can only do so much to warn consumers, but your Association has the ability to help enact new controls and best practices for the sale of this product."

Last year, $103.4 million in counterfeit cash was passed around In America, according to the report.