A Warning From History: An email from my "Friend" Frank Benjamin

I quite like flicking through my junk emails. It throws up some classic email subject lines, and I have to admit I was intrigued by the following subject line, which was simply:

compensation

In fairness, this drew me in, and so below is copied the contents of the email, which I have to say, I enjoyed thoroughly. I have no more to add to this, and am unsure as to what conclusions could be drawn from it. I offer it here, at The Blog That Saved The World, only as a contribution to the miscellany of life that we one day may be able to make some sense of in our quest. Please enjoy (especially the influential Man):

Dear Friend.

 I am very happy to inform you that the transaction has been perfected well through the help of an investor that was introduced to us from Japan. 

Since all our effort in conjunction with you were met with various failures and disappointments after the other, there was an 

Influential party from Japan that was approached on our behalf by THE MANAGER OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT (NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE) and with his (influential party) imputes, the Fund was paid out and I have collected my own share. 

Presently, I am in Japan, in partnership with a core investor in the Mining Sector of their economy, we are investing in the industry. But, I am not IN DOUBT of the fact that you did your best in that context, although, it seem that element of doubt crept in. You were not to blame, as there were many Circumstances that would reflect such skepticism to any reasonable being.  

For your sincere but unfruitful sacrifices, I pressurized the influential Man to BRING out some amount as COMPENSATION to you, for the resource that you have put in even the time and inconveniences. The sum of $US450.000.00 was what my partner and i agreed to as your compensation value, and the sum was made in draft but, because of my appointment in Japan, I could not get through to you since your number at any time indicated "not in use", I then handed it over to the Secretary of THE MANAGER OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT (NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE). 

Her name is: Mrs Rebecca Johnson 

E-mail: rebeccajohnson@mailbox.sk 

You are to forward to him the following: 

1.YOUR FULL NAME  

2.YOUR FULL ADDRESS 

3.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER  

The Secretary is very much informed by me about you and I instructed her to hand over the Draft to you as soon as you contact her. I gave her the CODE 555, which you have to mention for identification. 

Yours Sincerely,  

Mr.Frank Benjamin, 

united Kingdom