I must be on a list. I often get begging emails from Burkina-Fasco that reach me via my Spam box. Rarely do I open them because I know from experience what they will say roughly but this one tickled my fancy – I really like her name!

Here is the first paragraph…

Hello Dearest One,

Compliments of the day, I am Miss. Tummy Johnson, 23 years old lady, a Sociology student from Guinea Bissau university and a daughter of late Mr. Paul Johnson who was the former deputy minister of national security under the leadership of president Kumba Yalla who is now facing judgement at the international court of justice for war crime and abusing human rights. I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment i am receiving from my step mother who planned to take away all my fathers treasury and assets from me since the unexpected death of my Father. Meanwhile I had wanted to travel to Europe but she hid my international passport and other valuable travelling documents but fortunately for me she couldn’t discover where I kept my fathers file. I am now writing you from Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso where I escaped for my life and now seeking asylum in a private charity organization under St Johns Catholic Church here in Burkina-Faso.

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