Fraudsters out there, seeking to steal our money

As a reporter, you cover all kinds of stories.

Stories about natural disasters, murders, grandmas who collect cookie jars and good samaritans.

But it's the stories about fraud that make you scratch your head the most.

What drives people, usually already prosperous people, to steal from their local sports club, collections for a sick person, or the town treasury? And, of course, there's all those scams on the internet.

Often, the stealing is done by someone who appeared trustworthy and honest. But in the end, we conclude, "boy were we fooled" and wonder how it could happen.

That, I gotta think,...