We started our journey into Level 8 (fraud) today. Generally speaking, we are going to interpret fraud as being fake.

We went through 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 today.

8.1 – a panderer PROVIDES the sin; like a pimp. A lustful person just loses control; a seducer manipulates people.

8.2 are the suck ups. They give insincere compliments to get something. For example, let’s say that I really, really, really want new desks for my classroom (hint, hint, Mrs. Ekster!) and so after Vistas Visits, let’s I went up to Mrs. E. and told her that this was the BEST VV EVER and that I asked her for a copy of her PowerPoint because I wanted to share with with my students because it was so great. It WASN’T great – I just wanted to suck up to make her like me SO THAT I’D GET MY DESKS!

8.3 are the simoniacs. This is where Dante placed priests who took get out of Hell free cards (think the Pardoner from the Canterbury Tales), but for the purposes of the Minos Project, you can use a corrupt priest/pastor.

8.4 are the fortune tellers.

8.5 are the corrupt politicians.