I went to fetch the mail on Friday and saw one of those envelopes, never welcome, featuring the distinctive typography of forms from the Internal Revenue Service. Many of you will guess, immediately, that this was not a note from the IRS but one of those scammy financial things where they send you something that looks like a check but the “check” is the plastic worm on the hook of an unsolicited loan application.

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