Storing up treasure

I don't often find that my doodlings here cross paths with my professional life. But a recent post in an information security blog pointed me to the rather remarkable "You've Been Left Behind" Services website. For a modest fee, they will store for you emails and messages to be sent to loved ones after the Rapture has taken place.

The quote appears to run like this:

"The unsaved will be 'left behind' on earth to go through the 'tribulation period' after the "Rapture".... We have made it possible for you to send them a letter of love and a plea to receive Christ one last time. You will also be able to give them some help in living out their remaining time. In the encrypted portion of your account you can give them access to your banking, brokerage, hidden valuables, and powers of attorneys' (you won't be needing them any more, and the gift will drive home the message of love). There won't be any bodies, so probate court will take 7 years to clear your assets to your next of Kin. 7 years of course is all the time that will be left. So, basically the Government of the AntiChrist gets your stuff, unless you make it available in another way."

Now, I can't find this on the site anywhere. It certainly would be a great way to mount an identity theft operation: most people who lodged details there would almost certainly forget about it after a little while. Maybe they've taken down that particular suggestion for now.

The world is always slightly more odd than you expected it to be, it seems to me.