Dead Or Alive

First thing in the morning I sometimes feel less than 100%. But then I'm usually cheered by an unexpected email informing me that I am now several billion dollars richer.

One such communication arrived recently from a Mrs Doreen Hamilton. After dealing with the matter of my impending 2.5 million dollars windfall, she continued:

I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU ARE DEAD OR ALIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO YOUNG MEN HERE IN MY OFFICE TODAY. ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY SAID THAT YOU ARE NOT ALIVE THAT IS WHY THEY CAME TO CLAIM YOUR FUND BUT, I TOLD THEM THAT I AM NOT SURE THAT YOU ARE DEAD THAT IS WHY IM LETTING YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE DEAD OR NOT PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THEREFORE YOU ARE ADVISED TO GET BACK TO US WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SO THAT IT WILL HELP US TO KNOW IF YOU ARE ALIVE.

REGARDS   MRS DOREEN HAMILTON.

What a lovely lady, I thought. But, not being daft, I eventually began to wonder if the message might be some kind of scam. And so, just to be on the safe side, I informed Mrs Hamilton that I had died last August.

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