puntspeedchunk wrote:

> On 4 May 2005 10:40:36 -0700, "etaka" <etaka@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>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.
>>
>>[end]
>>
>>could become the targets of crime or exploitation themselves.
> 
> 
> Put 5 million yen in MY mailbox. It'll go unreported. That's
> a guarantee! :)
> 

Your mailbox is covered in urine.

(your name is Suzuki isn't it?)