OT: Brit Landed Gentry 419ing, what next?

[Jeff A. Earickson]

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My Most Esteemed Collegues (ahem),

Totally off-topic here, but I'm sure Julian and others in the UK can
have a laugh at this one.  The email below came into our College's
alumni relations/donors office, and was actually passed around as a
a legit opportunity before the College treasurer got it and asked me.

The Burkes Peerage AOL address is a laugh.  And does Verizon provide
ISP service in the UK?  Last I looked, 67.216.58.94 is a UUNET number
in the US.  Perhaps his Lordship in on the lam from the British police?

Julian, perhaps this is **your** chance for title, land, nobility...

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

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>Subject: Proposed gift of partial proceeds from sale of English
>         hereditaments
>From: "L.Shalford" <L.shalford at verizon.net>
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>Good morning, Ms. Tessler,
>
>I have only the remotest connection to Colby College family, and my
>proposal is very unusual; so it would be prudent to obtain assurances. I
>suggest someone well-known and respected in such matters: Mr. Harold
>Brooks-Baker, Publishing Director, Burkes Peerage, London. His e-mail
>address is Burkespeer at aol.com
>
>My proposed gift is not altruistic; it is motivated by a need to raise a
>considerable amount of cash to pay unforeseen medical expenses for my
>wife. I am, myself, in fragile health and seventy years of age. I have no
>heirs capable of succeeding to one of two hereditaments I possess. If I
>fail to assign (sell) it before my death it will escheat to The Crown and
>be merged into the residue of Crown Lands and Offices. Moreover, it is
>also uncertain if some future amendment of the Reform of the House of
>Lords Act,1999, if any, might affect an assignment (sale) of either or
>both hereditaments permitted, historically, by a 1350 statute of King
>Edward III.
>
>Specifically, I propose to give Colby College ten percent of the gross
>proceeds of the assignment (sale) of these  two singular and especially
>valuable English hereditaments. Their nature and quality are generally
>explained by one of the two PDFs attached: a feature story in the April
>2004 issue of Country Life, England's leading up-market country property
>magazine.
>
>Each is listed with Her Majesty's Land Registry at a stated value of
>£500,000. At today's currency exchange rate, £1.00 = $1.85, ten percent
>equals $90,265 for one or $180,530 for both. The assignment (sale) price
>is negotiable so the gift amount could be less. Colby College needs only
>to identify, present and persuade an affluent alumnus or benefactor, or
>someone known to an alumnus or benefactor, to accept assignment (purchase)
>of one or both of them.
>
>If you wish to pursue my offer and want to learn more, I have additional
>UK government-sourced information in PDF format for evaluation by the
>College's counsel and, if thought suitable, for presentation to one or
>more prospective assignees (purchasers).
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Thomas, Lord Shalford
>
>L.Shalford at Verizon.Net

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