This morning’s mailbox gave Mr S cause for alarm. A message popped up from Lord Adonis explaining that he had been mugged on holiday in the Philippines and was ‘freaked out’. While Tony Blair’s former adviser had managed to keep possession of his passport, he apparently needed cash fast:
Just as Mr S was about to dig deep, he noticed something in the email that was uncharacteristic of the Labour politician – the real Lord Adonis would never use a capital P for ‘point in time’.
Happily, Lord Adonis assures Steerpike that none of his friends have fallen for the scammer’s email. However, that doesn’t mean the scammer isn’t expecting a lump sum to land in his account shortly:
Mr S suspects he will be waiting a long time.
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