I’m a big fan of the email below for a couple of reasons. I like the made-up Britishey-ness of it and that it was posed as a series of questions that seem geared to ascertain whether I’M a scam! (FYI, my answers were: No, no and not really.)

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From: DAVID DERBYSHIRE <ghf00000@financier.com>
Subject: OPPORTUNITY COMES BUT ONCE

Hello,
Do you have any idea on how you can invest $USD 25m for my late Client. Are you ready for the release of funds? Can you be trusted? Please respond if interested.

David Derbyshire
ddshire1@skymail.mn

It’s a really beautiful day here in Southern California. Again. But not everything is as sunny as it seems.

My friend Mandy let a boy in her Spanish class go all the way, and now she’s pregnant. Trevor has a secret drinking problem and it’s starting to affect his schoolwork. Suzanne got kicked off the swim team because she got caught taking cocaine in the locker room. And I just found out my parents are getting a divorce.

Oh, how I regret the day we moved into Afterschoolspecialville.

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