Targeted

There is a FarSide cartoon with a picture of a bull's-eye target being worn by a stag. I kind of feel that we may be wearing some sort of similar target at the moment, having been the victims of various sorts of scams in the last few months.

First there was the hacker who pretended to be one of us and got another member of the family to transfer significant funds into his own bank account. Never did get compensation for that.

Then another family member had a cheque stolen, details except signature erased with some sort of criminal’s special ink, rewritten for a much greater amount and cashed. The US bank compensated the loss right away. 

Then someone else got a letter from the bank enclosing a copy of a letter received by the bank setting up a direct debit amount of thousands to be transferred every year to a certain account. Fortunately that was nailed before any money had slipped away.

Now today, after a small credit card purchase online last night, that credit card has been compromised and someone tried to buy £500 worth of stuff from a department store this morning. The card company caught it in time. 

It doesn’t seem as if any way of dealing with money is safe. Cash is, if you don’t get your pocket picked or your handbag stolen. 

Are there more scammers out there now or is it just us? Have we just been caught in the crosshairs for some reason? 

Boy I tell you what, if it’s a choice between loving God or money I know which way I’m going. God is faithful and dependable and can’t be stolen away. Not so money.