It was Viktoriya who contacted me. She seems like a nice girl, but I'm unable to help her out financially at the moment - although this situation won't last long.
See, I received a letter from a firm of Nigerian solicitors informing me that a distant relative of mine had died in Lagos, and that I was his next of kin. All I had to do was send them £2,000 in cash to cover their administration charge, and the equivalent of £500,000 would be paid into my bank account from his estate.
This seemed fair enough, but just as I was about to seal the envelope containing the two grand it struck me that they wouldn't know the account into which my inheritance should be paid; so I printed out all my banking details for them. To prove my identity I also enclosed my credit card, together with the PIN so they could have a go of it themselves to prove it wasn't stolen.
Hey, they'd been kind enough to make the effort to contact me with this news. It's only fair that I should make it as easy as possible for them to pass on the half-a-million quid which is rightfully mine.