Ferrari Mailing List: NFC: HP and "Pretexting"

[Jim Conforti (lndshrk]

OK,

Excuse the interruption but as this is heating up:

We have many CEO's on this list, and many Lawyers.

Would someone please tell me where this concept
of "Pretexting" comes from?

Well, more the NAME than the concept.

The concept is lying and fraud.

If you LIE over an Interstate Wire Facility in order
to get something of value, that's WIRE FRAUD.

"Pretexting" sounds so happy and benign.

It's like calling murder "Easter Bunny".

"Two people were Easter Bunnied in an early morning westside shooting"

Oh, and if any of you folks actually know this Silicon Valley
lawyer "Larry Sonsini" someone kick him in his nuts for me.

What kind of mushbrained thinking tells someone that committing FRAUD
is OK as long as we call it something benign.