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I don’t know a single person who doesn’t crave money. Some people want it; others would do anything—or almost anything—for it. There are people who are even willing to work in their quest to get it.
But work is a terribly slow way to make money. Perhaps a sure way, but a slow one. And you usually don’t earn much from it either. And so there’s always someone who will resort to even very unscrupulous practices. Practices that often harm those they’re depriving of their money, but that doesn’t really matter to such a person. As long as they get those little pieces of paper and coins, or as long as they increase the number in their bank account.
And so, for example, people steal. And they do so in increasingly ingenious and sophisticated ways. Anyone who still traditionally rummages through other people’s pockets or luggage today, who tries to extract money that doesn’t belong to them from someone’s bag or wallet, is now a pure amateur who is looked down upon. Because there’s a high risk of getting caught and very little money to be gained from it. Those who burglarize other people’s apartments or houses today are better off, since there’s more to steal there, but it requires know-how and greater effort. And far more often, there’s the threat of alarms, guard dogs, and other animals, so even burglars aren’t very popular these days.
Those who keep up with the times prefer to steal virtually. Because it’s definitely more convenient, and there’s less risk of the perpetrator being caught red-handed. And if such a perpetrator is skilled, they won’t find him easily. And often, they won’t find him at all. Because the internet spans the entire globe—try finding someone who connects from a country that has no good relations whatsoever with the victim’s home country and refuses to cooperate. Or try finding someone who connected from a country so backward or riddled with corruption that they’ll never find anyone there, especially if that person has money. And how easily money is taken in such a country when no one asks questions!
And these schemers can hide, even if they’re living right next door. So all they have to do is cast their line and wait to see who and where gets caught. And someone might just get caught. Someone who recently received an email stating that they need to change their Equabank account number via the provided link because someone has repeatedly tried to access it, and security needs to be improved. Because there are still naive people here who are capable of believing that this bank is writing to them from an Asian website and addressing them as “Vláďa.” After all, it’s all about the money.