Thieves Take the Cake

Two very hungry German couriers ate a fruit cake destined for a German newspaper and in its place mailed a box of credit card data. The data including names, addresses and card transactions ended up at the Frankfurter Rundschau daily. The mix-up triggered an alarm, and police advised credit card customers with Landesbank Berlin to check their accounts for inconsistencies. Fruitcake must be different in Germany for people to want to use it as something other than a paperweight.

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Collin Street Bakery, Corsicana, TX

[RobertB-DC]

For what it's worth, the "classic" fruitcake is one from the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, between Dallas and Houston. Selling points include:

* Hand-picked Golden sweet pineapple and lush papaya, from our farms in Costa Rica.
* Ripe, red cherries from Oregon and Washington State.
* Pure clover honey, plump golden raisins.
* Refrigerated, the DeLuxe stays moist and delicious for months.

Put it in the fridge, you'll get around to eating it... someday.

But the most important thing about a Collin Street Bakery fruitcake is the tin. You've seen it at your grandma's house -- the one with the cowboy on it. Anything else is just a bunch of dried-out fruit.

Opens a box full of credit card data...

[Anonymous Coward]

"I *knew* the cake was a lie!"