Fraud

A man peered in at the door and asked:

• Is anyone home? I'm looking for Mr Thảo.
  Mrs Hằng came out and said:
• Sorry, nobody in this house is called Thảo.
  The man was bewildered and disappointed:
• Surely I haven't been cheated? Mr Thảo borrowed 200 million from me and arranged for me to come here on a set day to be repaid; how can this be? I travelled the whole 300 kilometres to get here and I'm faint with hunger.
  Mrs Hằng said with sympathy:
• Please come in and have a glass of water first.
  Sitting in the living room, the visitor said:
• The man called Thảo borrowed 200 million from me, saying it was urgent for his wife's treatment. I gathered all the money at home, which came to 100 million, then went around borrowing another 100 million for him. He gave me this address and promised to pay the interest in full. Is it really true that nobody in your house is called Thảo?
• No, sir. My husband is called Bình and I am called Hằng. I'm not ill either.
  The man buried his face and wept like a child. Mrs Hằng, feeling for him, turned to her son:
• Go into my room and bring out 5 million.
  The son brought the money and Mrs Hằng put it in the visitor's pocket and said:
• I don't know what to say; please accept a little for your travel expenses. Do report it to the police so they can track the man down.
  The man thanked her and left, shuffling.
  A little later Mr Bình came home from work, and on hearing his wife's account he asked to open the hard drive and review the surveillance camera footage of that man. He called the office:
• Open the hard drive and retrieve yesterday's footage of a man in a dark blue shirt who came with a young woman to make a deal to buy an apartment; copy that clip and email it to me.
  Soon the file arrived, and when the whole family compared it, the man from earlier and the man in the blue shirt were indeed the same person. Mr Bình called a friend in the criminal investigation police, told him what had happened and sent both files from the two cameras for him to see. In the afternoon the policeman friend came round to the house and said:
• This guy is called Phì, and has been in prison for fraud. Before, he specialised in high-level fraud, brokering big deals; now he's switched to petty fraud to get by. Getting 5 million today is a very high income for him. My salary is only 250 thousand a day.
  The whole family burst out laughing at the story. Mrs Hằng said in embarrassment:
• He acted so well I couldn't tell.
• The strange thing is he's very talented, with many small skills he could earn a living from, and even a traditional medicine qualification, but he only likes acting out fraud to make money and flatly refuses to make an honest living. Sooner or later he'll probably be back in prison. 🤠

A person who can cheat others out of their money must have merit from a previous life too, since they can make up stories and people believe them without question. But some karma from long ago programmed in his mind makes this man choose the path of fraud. With just a little acting, a little clever talking, he gets a lot of money without having to work hard. Over time it becomes an addiction, and he only likes to cheat to make money.
This sickness is also found in people who like to borrow: as long as they borrow, they have money to spend, with no need for hard labour, and in the end it becomes an addiction.
This sickness is also found in people who like gambling and lottery numbers: if they are lucky enough to win, they get a large sum of money without hard labour.
Having money without doing honest work is the bait of wrongdoing. We must be extremely careful when life suddenly brings us such "lucky" opportunities, money without any effort. People lucky in that way often become dependent, lazy and arrogant, and neglect to cultivate ethics, and the end is always tragic and painful.

A person who has a wealthy wife, a wealthy husband or a wealthy lover already must understand that this is a test and not luck. They must make a hundred times the effort of others to prove they deserve the unexpected wealth. They must cultivate themselves, study, and work and contribute harder than "unlucky" people so that everyone sees they are truly worthy.

The child of a king must train and be exemplary a hundred times more than the child of a commoner. The relatives of a prime minister must at once be more careful than before. One born with beauty from heaven must protect their soul so it is worthy of it. One who inherits their parents' property must see that property create something useful for society rather than spending it all.
In general, living a life of hard work and contribution gives us more peace of mind than unexpected strokes of luck.