英語検定ライティング準１級（第148回）

投資詐欺「不謹慎だが〜れるのも無理もない話」

最近のニュースは投資詐欺に関することが多く、儲け話に誘導する側も巧妙だ。頭がいいのは分かるけどその頭脳をもっと建設的な方向で使えないものか。不況はそこにものしかかる。
In recent days, there have been numerous reports about malicious investment frauds on the Internet news, where smart intelligent criminals have deceived innocent victims in various kinds of clever and cunning way.
A fraud criminal seems smart and clever, we know, but he or she should have employed a capable brain in the constructive viewpoint.
Lost 30 years’ depression must be responsible for this critical situation in our society these days.

1985年は重大な事件の多い年だった。ジャンボジェットが墜落したり、投資詐欺の会社の会長が報道陣の目の前で刺殺されたり、プラザ合意で強引に急激な円高にさせられたりとか。
In 1985, Japan had numerous grave accidents, when a large airplane crashed into the deserted mountain, a chairman of investment fraud company was killed in front of several press staffs, the situation of a strong yen and a weak dollar was forcefully imposed on Japan at the Plaza Hotel and so on, we remember.

実際には金なんか全く持ってないにも関わらず、金を買いませんかと勧誘して、金券だけを渡した。金は会社が保管しておきますので、金券は大事に持っておいてくださいという手法。
There wasn’t genuine gold nuggets in the chairman’s office at all, actually, but many employees invited many senior citizens to purchase “Gold.”
However, what they received was only “Gold Family Policy,” which was called “Paper Commercial Law.”
They were completely deceived by vicious salesmen, who said that they would keep their precious “Genuine Gold” in the company’s safes, which was a complete lie.

莫大な数の高齢者が被害にあっていて、その会社はトータルで2000億円も騙し取っている。６月の夕方のニュースは友人宅で観た。報道陣がたむろしている場面は今でも覚えている。　
A tremendous number of senior citizens had become victims of this company, which deprived innocent people of over 20 million yen with the investment fraud.
This incident occurred at my friend’s in the evening in June, the scene of which I clearly remember.
In front of the window of his room, many press staffs stayed, but suddenly an assassin came into his room from the window with a light weapon in his hand.

40年前の事件なので風化しているのかもしれないが、最近の投資詐欺はそれに類似しているように思う。球界はハニートラップが多い。サッカーの代表選手も災難だったなあと思う。
Almost all viewers have forgot this terrible fraud because it happened about four decades ago, but it is extremely similar to several current fraud cases.
In the sport business world, we have heard that a few professional player become a sexual criminal by being deceived  : one of Samurai Blues was brought into a critical situation, we can call this a catastrophe to him.

The number of foreigner thieves hasn’t been small.