I really had to laugh....

... when I received this email earlier today!

From: Rev Fr Luke Allan
To: lukeallan1
Date: 05-Oct-2006 23:04
Subject: Bequest of Dennis Thatcher

SS Peter & Paul Catholic Parish
7 Tetlow Lane,
Wimbome DORSET BH21 ILF
London, UK

Dearest In The Lord,

On behalf of the trustees and executor of the estate of Late Sir. Dennis Thatcher, I wish to notify you that late Sir. Dennis Thatcher, made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling (£950,000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL. This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.

Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad that wished you good. Sir. Dennis Thatcher passed away peacefully in the Lister Hospital London, after a short illness at the age of 88 years. He was businessman and husband to Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister. He was Born May 10th 1915; died June 26th 2003, and his WILL is now ready for execution.

Sir. Dennis Thatcher, until his death was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his lifetime. In a tribute to him at a News Conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Mr. Tony Blair said:

..."Sir Dennis was a kind and generous-hearted man, a real gentleman
who had many friends here and abroad".

According to him, this money is to support your activities and to help the poor and the needy in your country. Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible.

Yours In His Service,

Rev. Fr. Luke Allan

Some clues contained in this email:

1. Obviously the Rev. who wrote this did not know that Dorset is not in London!
2. He did not know how to spell the place "Winborne" as he spells it as "Winbome".
3. He did not do his homework very well as he spells "Denis" as "Dennis"!
4. It is also interesting that like with the term "Mr.", he uses a the term as "Sir.".
5. The Rev.'s English is rather poor as he states "He was businessman and husband to Margaret Thatcher,...", forgetting the article before "businessman".
6. The Rev. writes "Please If I reach you as I am...", forgetting an important comma and also that the capital "I" in "If" is not the standard English of an Englishman.
7. This Rev, obviously came from the US to his UK position, as he uses American spellings as "endeavor" instead of "endeavour".

This dear Rev. unfortunately did not check to find out about my past before giving me this gift!

I was the one who exposed the Nigerian scam on the Internet almost 10 years ago when I published the article Missile of Black Gold. This article has earned me much respect on the Internet as it saved many people from being scammed! I still remember the profuse thanks I got from a Professor in Houston, Texas, and a mother and son in Canada!

Many such scams were exposed by me over 6 to 10 years ago in our former Internet start page Your Guide To The Findians Web Complex.

My special thanks to this Rev. Fr. Luke Allan for once again making me feel like a millionaire! :-)

Just out of interest, you may like to read some of our older articles that you will find on that page:

1. Western Recycling Doomed
2. Migraine Cure
3 Face to Face - The Tiger Sanctuary
4. Horror of Transiting through Moscow Airport

Those were the good old days when Annikki and I were writing our socially provocative articles!



Yes, THOSE WERE THE DAYS!