Crime Pays

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   I'm nearly 46 years old and just figured out why there is so much corruption in this world (Damn, I'm slow).  CRIME PAYS and law enforcement doesn't enforce laws - unless you p*ss them off.  Well that's what I tried to do this "Sleepless Night".
We've all seen the internet scams from Nigeria or some UK lottery right?  Well I got a new one a couple of weeks ago.  I haven't felt like singing, can't write, lost my safety net in an investment supposed to prosper with volitility and have been out of work for 8 months so my curiosity nagged at me to play along.

Someone contacted me saying he saw my profile on a website I registered with for placement as a movie extra and wanted to pay me $1100 to pose for a fashion shoot one day.  Yeah right.  So I played along, waiting for an indication of the scam.  A week or two went by with regular communication and instruction on this project.  Then it finally came.  He's going to send me a partial payment of $450 plus studio costs that I was then to deposit in my bank and immediately wire the remaining $1500 to the shoot supervisor.  I gave him my friends mail service address and waited for the check.

First thing I did is investigate the "sponsor" who wrote the check, the person whom I was instructed to wire the money and law enforcement channels.  As soon as the bank opened, I verified the check was bogus.  I called the legitimate organization whose name was on the check to get a recording that 1000's of people all over the world got burned.

But that's not why I'm ranting.  I called the police and FBI to find they had no intention of arresting the asshole.  They are far too busy - looking for midnight tokers I guess - to solve actual crimes against others.  The bitch who answered the phone told me I was on my own.  I told her I lost my confidence in law enforcement, hung up on her and complained to the Department of Justice - as if anyone there gives a sh*t!

No wonder I went out of business doing mortgages.  I didn't break the law or deceive borrowers.  No wonder people spend so much time designing elaborate hoaxes to cheat people out of money.  It's the only way to acquire any real cash. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T CARE (no offense to individuals but the system sucks)!  They are all engaged in making sure motorists have their seat belt buckled.  It's a lot easier to pull people over for driving 5 over than it is to solve crime and they get paid the same either way.  Why not take the easy way out?

It's times like these I wonder why I even try to make a positive difference in the world - in the business world, in music, in my interactions with others.  Why bother?  