I just took a couple of weeks off work. One of the nice things about not being self-employed, is that I get paid even while I’m on holiday. But imagine if I wasn’t? How would I find two pennies to rub together?
Well, don’t panic! For help is at hand from your email inbox.
I decided to check out the offers of money I received in one of my email accounts during just the last week. Note – this wasn’t my Sophos email account (so the number of financial offers I received is not indicative of my public email details being easy to find) , but another address that I keep for personal use.
First up was Mr William Anodu, who said that he would send me $5000 daily until I received a total of $850,000. All I had to do was send his associate, Dr Robert Gilton, a copy of my driving license. Brilliant!
The Federal Government of Royal Kingdom of Benin Republic offered to send me $15,500,000 (minus a $168 handling…
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