Kevin Wayne Williams のメッセージ:
> Michael Cash wrote:
> > On 4 May 2005 03:27:56 -0700, "etaka" <etaka@yahoo.com> brought
down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >
> >
> >>These stories occasionally make national news, I've probably read
two in the past month: even tens of millions of yen may be reported
placed in people's mailboxes or on their doorsteps in envelopes or by
the shopping bags-ful. Alternatively, people find large amounts of
cash, once even hundreds of millions of yen in solid gold bullion plus
cash, are reported simply lying on the street, miraculously not
spirited off by other or previous passersby.
> >>
> >>Are people this damned careless or forgetful in Japan? ...
> >>
> >>Any clues?
> >
> > Tax evasion?
>
> Another source of this kind of thing is when people have to abandon
the treasure while fleeing the crime. No Westlaw access for me anymore,
so no references, but I remember some of the precedent-setting cases of
ownership of abandoned property involving things like 70-year-old money
being found under under the carpet in a hotel.
>
> Still, my first reaction when I see something like this is "fraud",
and that is probably the correct answer 99% of the time. It's stolen
from someone that can't or won't report it, and then "found" to explain
the new owner's possession.

Yes, but I wonder why a fraud would bother with the risk someone who
lost a similar amount might unknowingly claim it as their own (or
worse, report the crime of the loss), or that police or tax officials
will view them with suspicion. Why not just keep their stash hidden or
in a safe deposit box? If they can keep their spending under control,
people probably won't notice them living beyond their apparent means.
People like this kid who draw attention to themselves:

http://tinyurl.com/7azpk

5 mil. yen mysteriously appears in student's mailbox

KYOTO -- A university student from Kyoto has handed in an envelope
containing over 5 million yen that was mysteriously placed in the
mailbox of his home, police said.

Police said the 18-year-old student found the envelope, which contained
5.03 million yen, inside the mailbox in the door of his apartment at
about 11 a.m. on Tuesday, and handed it in to police.

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could become the targets of crime or exploitation themselves.