You are receiving the Nigeria Scam. Charlotte even got one at work though the mails. They used counterfeit Nigerian stamps to send out thousands of such letters.<g> I haven't received any for quite a while but for several years or so I'd get one every week.
Chris Goodwin (administrator of the Lute Society, UK) posted a warning from Scotland Yard a few months ago involving e-bay sales of automobiles I wrote a followup but did not posty it. If I still have them I'll post to the list. Since their scam sometimes uses musical instruments, it would make sense that they would monitor the lute net. This is a dangerous gang of thugs at work and not a hoax. There are web sites warning about their activities. Arthur.
