Letter: African “prince” successfully hacks Uncle Sam’s bank account

Many have heard horror stories about people getting tricked into giving a bad actor their money. Recently in New Hampshire, we’ve seen callers demanding cryptocurrency. These schemes are usually done through deception, and victims give away critical information that allows the bad actors to access their funds. One common e-mail scam, for example, was a message with promises from an African prince. If you could only help him out, he would give you a large amount of money in return. In hindsight, those scams will be considered small potatoes.

What you may not realize is that a South African “prince” with the support of the King’s men has gained access to Uncle Sam’s bank account. This kind of makes sense, since the “prince” was one of the co-founders of PayPal. What you may not realize is that Uncle Sam’s “PayPal” account is funded by trillions of our tax dollars, and it pays our military members, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, disaster aid, services our nation’s debt and funds thousands of other programs and companies.

Individuals, companies, states and even nations can be selectively “punished” by withholding bond interest payments or funds that were previously authorized by Congress. When U.S. treasury bonds reach junk status and folks stop getting their government checks, perhaps some of the faithful will finally realize how badly they were tricked. Remember to send your tithings to the King by April 15th this year however; he will appreciate the demonstration of loyalty.

Don Cavallaro

Rye