So…\u00a0 This popped up in my email yesterday:<\/p>\n
From: Micheal Kwesi Owusu [mailto:michealowusu2000@gmail.com]
\n<\/span><\/span>Sent: 16 May 2011 11:44
\n<\/span><\/span>Subject: TAXI DRIVER<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>Attn:Sir<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>I am Mr.Micheal Owusu from Accra-Ghana west Africa and i am a <\/span><\/span>taxi driver.I drive along Ghana-Togo boarder known as the aflao boarder.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>On April 29th 2011 i was driving to togoan when i drove into an <\/span><\/span>accident scene where all passenger died at the spot and i recover<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>a consignment box from the accident scene tag with your <\/span><\/span>name,contact and email address and a document showing that the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>person was going to togo to send money to you via western union<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>money transfer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Right now the box is with me in a hotel for it to be safe and i <\/span><\/span>cannot take what does not belongs to me because i am a Jehovah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>witnesses person who believe in God and cannot take what does not <\/span><\/span>belong to me that is why i have decide to mail you so that i can<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>know what to do to transfer this money to you my self via western<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>union money transfer or by bank to bank transfer which ever way<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>you want it to be.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Please reply as soon as possible with you phone number for me to<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>transfer this money money to you there in your country before the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Ghana government come for it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Regards,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+233 263201518<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Micheal Owusu<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Other, less irritating\u00a0folk than I might have dismissed this as spam and deleted it.\u00a0 Oh short-sighted fools.\u00a0 Think of the fun you might have.\u00a0 This is what I did:<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0Hi Michael,
\nI am very relieved that the money is safely in a hotel.\u00a0 Do the\u00a0Ghana government know the address of the hotel?
\nKind regards<\/p>\nSir Jones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
From: Micheal Kwesi Owusu [mailto:michealowusu2000@gmail.com]
\nSent: 16 May 2011 20:34
\nTo:
\nSubject: Re: TAXI DRIVER<\/p>\nYes the money is save in the hotel and nobody knows the address.we will need an engineer to open the box because its security locked.so that l can send you the money .what way will you like to recieve the money?bank transfer or western union.waiting to hear from you soon.Micheal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My reply:
\nDear Mickey,<\/p>\nI am worried that no-one knows the address.\u00a0 Do you know the address?<\/p>\n
You sound like a lovely chap and I would be honoured to have the opportunity to meet a Christian fellow such as yourself.\u00a0 I will come to Ghana to collect the money and I will bring an engineer with me – my brother is a professional bank robber so has much experience of opening boxes and safes.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, neither of us has the ready cash to buy a ticket.\u00a0 As you have a large amount of money in your possession, please could you buy our aeroplane tickets for us?\u00a0 I will, of course, reimburse you in full once my money is in my possession.\u00a0 Please\u00a0 purchase first class tickets, we like to travel in style.\u00a0 We can leave tomorrow or whenever after that is most convenient to you.<\/p>\n
Yours affectionately,
\nSir Jones<\/p>\nPS could you possibly send a photo of yourself?\u00a0 I would like to be able to imagine you better.\u00a0 Please also send a photo of the box so my brother can prepare the necessary tools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
From: Micheal Kwesi Owusu [mailto:michealowusu2000@gmail.com]
\nSent: 17 May 2011\u00a009:08
\nTo:
\nSubject: Re: TAXI DRIVER<\/p>\nI dont have money to send to you since your box is not open yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My reply:
\nHey Mickey, Hey Mickey,
\nThis is quite the predicament we find ourselves in.\u00a0 How much money does the document that you recovered state is in the box?<\/p>\nWe have already been through so much together, it would be a shame if we could not come to an arrangement now.\u00a0 My brother is also very excited to meet you.\u00a0 It would be very sad if he could not meet you.\u00a0 He’s not been himself since his last incarceration and I think your exceptional moral standing would really benefit him.<\/p>\n
Yours longingly,
\nSir Jones<\/p>\nPS still anxiously awaiting your photo.\u00a0 The suspense is deliciously unbearable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nFrom: Micheal Kwesi Owusu [mailto:michealowusu2000@gmail.com]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Sent: 17 May 2011 10:53<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>To: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Subject: Re: TAXI DRIVER<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe box contain eight hundred thousand us dollars.we need pay an engineer to get the box open<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nMy reply:
\nHey Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, Hey Mickey, Hey Mickey,<\/p>\n$800,000?\u00a0 That is slightly less than I was expecting.\u00a0 My most recently deceased friend was a billionaire.\u00a0 Perhaps I have got my corpses mixed up. Have you shaken the box to establish whether the amount in the box is equal to the amount stipulated in the document?<\/p>\n
My brother (Sir Jones II) will be able to open the box for us.\u00a0 As mentioned previously, he has huge experience of opening impenetrable boxes. He even had a go on Kate Middleton.\u00a0 He has asked me to ask you if the box you have looks like the attached<\/a>?\u00a0 If so, he tells me he has “just the thing”.\u00a0 Such a resourceful fellow.\u00a0 I just know that you 2 are going to be firm friends.<\/p>\n