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Tom had not accepted ScamTell’ s offer of an up-front fee, saying it would compromise his investigations. He had told them he would take a week to think about it, shook hands and left the building. Companies didn’t often ask for scrutiny; most had scrutiny cast upon them. But he could see the advantages. A clean bill of health, so to speak, with their AAA credit rating and reputation would make their tender more attractive.
And that was Tom’s business. He did do some work on internet fraud and occasionally this work had coincided with police investigations, so he was asked to consult maybe once or twice a year. He had also done some work for the state government, streamlining the department’s framework policy on how they assessed data. He had a fine eye for pattern recognition. Much o
