I just received this email:

DEAR FRIEND,
 
IT IS TRUE THAT THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE SINCE WE HAVE NOT MET OURSELVES PHYSICALLY.BUT BEFORE I PROCEED,I WOULD WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU. MY NAME IS BELLO NUMAN ,I AM THE FIRST SON OF LATE OKOH NUMAN .MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY MAN BEFORE HIS DEATH FOUR YEARS AGO.
 
HE MARRIED TWO WIVES OF WHICH MY MOTHER WAS THE FIRST,BUT SHE DIED THREE YEARS AFTER MY BIRTH AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY MY FATHER TOOK A SECOND WIFE.SINCE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, MY STEP MOTHER HAS BEEN NEGLECTING MY RIGHT AS THE FIRST SON AND DOES NOT WANT ME TO HAVE ANY SHARE IN MY FATHER'S BUSINESS EMPIRE.ALL HER CONCERN IS ABOUT HER PERSONAL CHILDREN AND BECAUSE OF THAT NO ATTENTION IS BEING GIVEN TO ME.
 
BUT BEFORE THE DEATH  OF MY FATHER,AS HIS FIRST SON,HE SERECTLY DISCLOSED TO  ME THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF {$10.5M} IN A SECURITY COMPANY WHICH IS  BASED IN ACCRA,GHANA AND ALSO KEPT UNDER MY CARE THE(DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE).DUE TOTHE CONDITION OF OUR  FAMILY,AND AS I DO NOT WANT ANY MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY TO BE AWARE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, I CANNOT CLAIM THE MONEY MYSELF.
 
IN VIEW OF THIS,I WANT YOU TO PRESENT YOURSELF AS MY FATHER'S FOREIGN PARTNER SO THAT THE FUND WOULD BE RELEASED TO YOU AFTER WHICH I WOULD COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING OF THE FUND.YOU ARE ENTILED TO  RECEIVE 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AFTER THE FINAL CONCLUSION OF THE TRANSACTION.
 
BEAR IN MIND THAT HONESTY AND SINCERITY SHALL BE OUR WATCH WORD IN  THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP ME OUT,I SHALL LET YOU  KNOW THE NEXT STEP WE SHALL TAKE.
 
HAVE MY BEST REGARDS AND GOD BLESS YOU.
 
BELLO NUMAN.

Get in there! Some Ghanaian bloke I've never met wants to give me $3,150,000! And there was me thinking that today was a total write-off.

Hmmm. His name is Bello Numan. I wonder if he's related to Gary Numan. That would be the sub-zero icing on the cool cake.

Picture by aresauburn.