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What is a list of English phrases to help for business letters?Presently we live in the world of technology backed communication. Messages are communicating through e-mails, Whatsup texts etc., within a sphere of counts in seconds and are most of our preferred modes of communication. However, letters still have a major use and importance in our society and for authentication, especially formal letters written to authorities or professional contacts, because they generally stay on record.A formal letter must follow certain rules and conventions. Such a format helps in relaying the information in a professional way. It must be remembered that there are various such formats for formal letters that people follow. The one explained here is the one most commonly used for formal communication these days.In a business communication using a letterhead containing name and address, contact numbers, Registration No.s along with logo and nature of business printed is impressive.1. Communication No. & period at the left top below the headings.2. Date and place at the right top of the letter below the headings.3. To address to whom you have to write a letter.4. Salutation, Dear Sir or Dear Mr., Dear Madam, and so forth.5. Subject and reference with a margin below the salutation.6. Body of the letter commenced with(i.) With reference to the subject ....(ii.) With reference to your letter of (date)....(iii.) Thank you for your letter regarding....(iv.) Thank you for your letter/e-mail about … .And whatever you wish to write with pleasing words.7. Brief matter.8. Conclusion para.9. Ending with the words,i. If you require any further information, feel free to contact me.ii. I look forward to hearing from you.iii. I would appreciate your immediate attention to this matter.And whatever you wish to write with appropriate words.10. Closing the letter withi. Yours faithfullyii. Yours sincerely11. Stamp (seal) impression and the signature.12. List of the enclosure, if any.

Most reasonable Republicans don’t, but there are a significant number who would seriously tell you they don’t, then talk about how the founding fathers built everything on Christian principles. This is a dangerous step towards theocracy.One thing I often agree with Republicans on is that we should OFTEN examine what the Founding Fathers were thinking when they declared independence from Great Britain and when they drafted the Constitution and subsequently the Bill of Rights.I often disagree with Republicans when they pick and choose convenient quotes from the Federalist Papers which support their vision of what America is and should be while conveniently avoiding all those nodes of wisdom that run counter to those ideals.Let’s take a look at some of those:“Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.”-- Thomas Jefferson - Letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814“In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and both by precept and example inculcated on mankind.”-- Samuel Adams — The Rights of the Colonists (1771)“Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person’s life, freedom of religion affects every individual. State churches that use government power to support themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of the church tends to make the clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the wall of separation between church and state, therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. We have solved the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the laws. And we have experienced the quiet as well as the comfort which results from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion which are the inductions of his own reason and the serious convictions of his own inquiries.”-- Thomas Jefferson — in a speech to the Danbury Baptists, 1801“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore man to all of his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”-- George Washington — letter to Edward Newenham, October 20, 1792“The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous. Jesus had to walk on the perilous confines of reason and religion; and a step to right or left might place Him within the grasp of the priests of the superstition, a bloodthirsty race, as cruel and remorseless as the Being whom they represented as the family God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, and the local God of Israel. They were constantly laying snares, too, to entangle Him in the web of the law. He was justifiable, therefore, in avoiding these by evasions, by sophisms, by misconstructions and misapplications of scraps of the prophets, and in defending Himself with these their own weapons, as sufficient, ad homines, at least. That Jesus did not mean to impose Himself on mankind as the Son of God, physically speaking, I have been convinced by the writings of men more learned than myself in the lore.”-- Thomas Jefferson - Letter to William Short, August 4, 1820“God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one of which is called civil, the other ecclesiastical government.”-- Isaac Backus — An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty, 1773“It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are one, and one is three; and yet the one is not three, and the three are not one: to divide mankind by a single letter into [“consubstantialists and like-substantialists”]. But this constitutes the craft, the power and the profit of the priests. Sweep away their gossamer fabrics of factitious religion, and they would catch no more flies. We should all then, like the Quakers, live without an order of priests, moralize for ourselves, follow the oracle of conscience, and say nothing about what no man can understand, nor therefore believe; for I suppose belief to be the assent of the mind to an intelligible proposition.”-- Thomas Jefferson - Letter to John Adams, August 22, 1813“Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies, may be illustrated by precedents already furnished in their short history.”-- James Madison - Monopolies, Perpetuities, Corporations, Ecclesiastical Endowments“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. Take away the law-establishment, and every religion re-assumes its original benignity.”-- Thomas Paine - The Rights of Man, 1791“The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole cartloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity.-- John Adams“The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens.”-- George Washington in a letter to Touro Synagogue (1790)“As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?”-- John Adams — letter to F.A. Van der Kamp, Dec. 27, 1816“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties."—Thomas Jefferson“Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.”James Madison — letter, 1822“In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own. It is error alone that needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”-- Thomas Jefferson — in a letter to Horatio Spofford, 1814“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.”-- James Madison — 1803 letter objecting use of gov. land for churches“The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. And ever since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting sect who would tolerate A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest billingsgate, the most ungentlemanly insolence, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured, countenanced, propagated, and applauded. But touch a solemn truth in collision with a dogma of a sect, though capable of the clearest proof, and you will find you have disturbed a nest, and the hornets will swarm about your eyes and hand, and fly into your face and eyes.”-- John Adams — letter to John Taylor“I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works … I mean real good works … not holy-day keeping, sermon-hearing … or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.”-- Benjamin Franklin — Works, Vol. VII, p. 75“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.”Benjamin Franklin — in Poor Richard’s AlmanacI have generally been denominated a Deist, the reality of which I never disputed, being conscious I am no Christian, except mere infant baptism makes me one; and as to being a Deist, I know not strictly speaking, whether I am one or not.”-- Ethan Allen — Reason the Only Oracle of Man“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”-- Thomas Paine“Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption, all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.”-- James Madison“Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, then that of blindfolded fear.”Thomas Jefferson - Letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787“We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance for honors and power we may expect that improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society.”-- John Adams — letter to Dr. Price, April 8, 1785“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.”-- James Madison — Letter to Wm. Bradford, April 1, 1774“. . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.”-- John Adams“It is contrary to the principles of reason and justice that any should be compelled to contribute to the maintenance of a church with which their consciences will not permit them to join, and from which they can derive no benefit; for remedy whereof, and that equal liberty as well religious as civil, may be universally extended to all the good people of this commonwealth.”-- George Mason - Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776“The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs.”-- Thomas Jefferson — Letter to James Smith, December 8, 1822“The civil government functions with complete success by the total separation of the Church from the State.”-- James Madison“If I could conceive that the general government might ever be so administered as to render the liberty of conscience insecure, I beg you will be persuaded, that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.”-- George Washington - Letter to the United Baptist Chamber of Virginia, May 1789“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with all this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this the most venerated reformer of human errors.”Thomas Jefferson - letter to John Adams, April 11 1823“I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican sentiments but if the Clergy combine, they will have their influence on Government”Rufus King, Rufus King: American Federalist, pp. 56-57“The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature; and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. Although the detail of the formation of the American governments is at present little known or regarded either in Europe or in America, it may hereafter become an object of curiosity. It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.”-- John Adams, “A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America” 1787-1788“The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every honest citizen an equal right to enjoy his religion and an equal title to all civil emoluments, without obliging him to tell his religion. Every interference of the civil power in regulating opinion, is an impious attempt to take the business of the Deity out of his own hands; and every preference given to any religious denomination, is so far slavery and bigotry.”-- Noah Webster - Sketches of American Policy, 1785“And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in shewing that religion & Govt will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.”James Madison — letter to Edward Livingston, July 10, 1822“Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?”-- John Adams“Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed to establish one religious sect, and lay all others under legal disabilities. But as we know not what may take place hereafter, and any such test would be exceedingly injurious to the rights of free citizens, I cannot think it altogether superfluous to have added a clause, which secures us from the possibility of such oppression.”-- Oliver Wolcott - Connecticut Ratifying Convention, 9 January 1788“A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office or public trust under the United States. I am a friend to a variety of sects, because they keep one another in order. How many different sects are we composed of throughout the United States? How many different sects will be in congress? We cannot enumerate the sects that may be in congress. And there are so many now in the United States that they will prevent the establishment of any one sect in prejudice to the rest, and will forever oppose all attempts to infringe religious liberty. If such an attempt be made, will not the alarm be sounded throughout America? If congress be as wicked as we are foretold they will, they would not run the risk of exciting the resentment of all, or most of the religious sects in America.”-- Edmund Randolph — address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 10, 1788“It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points. The tendency to unsurpastion on one side or the other, or to a corrupting coalition or alliance between them, will be best guarded agst. by an entire abstinence of the Gov’t from interfence in any way whatsoever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order, and protecting each sect agst. trespasses on its legal rights by others.”-- James Madison, “James Madison on Religious Liberty”“Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.”-- Roger Sherman, Congress, August 19, 1789“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.”-- Thomas Jefferson — in letter to Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813“No one sees with greater pleasure than myself the progress of reason in its advances towards rational Christianity. When we shall have done away the incomprehensible jargon of the Trinitarian arithmetic, that three are one, and one is three; when we shall have knocked down the artificial scaffolding, raised to mask from view the simple structure of Jesus; when, in short, we shall have unlearned everything which has been taught since His day, and get back to the pure and simple doctrines He inculcated, we shall then be truly and worthily His disciples; and my opinion is that if nothing had ever been added to what flowed purely from His lips, the whole world would at this day have been Christian. I know that the case you cite, of Dr. Drake, has been a common one. The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticisms, fancies and falsehoods, have caricatured them into forms so monstrous and inconceivable, as to shock reasonable thinkers, to revolt them against the whole, and drive them rashly to pronounce its Founder an imposter. Had there never been a commentator, there never would have been an infidel.”-- Thomas Jefferson - Letter to Timothy Pickering, 21 Feb 1821“The question before the human race is, whether the God of Nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?”-- John Adams“We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man’s religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.”George Washington — letter to the members of the New Church in Baltimore, January 27, 1793“This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.”-- John Adams“No religious doctrine shall be established by law.”-- Elbridge Gerry, Annals of Congress 1:729-731And finally, one of my favorites from Thomas Jefferson:“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”You can find many quotes from the founding fathers that talk about their faith and the importance of religion in their lives. Most of them adhered to one Christian sect or another. There can be no confusing however what the Founding Fathers thought of establishing the United States as a “Christian” or any other religious nation.There’s a reason they wrote a prohibition against it into the Constitution, you know.

From time to time I answer these guys and troll around just for fun. This week I was contacted by a scammer who proved to be so entertaining it definitely takes the cake. I decided to post the exchange here for your entertainment.I have not touched up the emails, they were copy/pasted as is.It's a bit long. Enjoy:From: MRS MICHELLE OBAMASubject: THIS IS LAST NOTICE!How are you today?I am written to inform you about your Bank Cheque Draft brought by the United Embassy from the government of Benin Republic in the white house Washington DC which contains the sum of $20.000.000 millions us dollars credited from the bank of America, the delivery of your funds has been mandated to be deliver to your address on Friday being 28TH OF AUGUST 2015 to you as soon as you get back to me with your home address and your cell phone number.Bear in mind that I have taking my time to be in charge of your funds as instructed by my husband to ensure that you received your funds successfully from the white house to reduce the economy and I’m the only one that has your funds in regard to my husband Mr. Barack Hussein Obama II and you will have to pay the sum of $100 only before your Bank Cheque Draft will deliver to you on Friday, the reason why the fee is required is to have your funds clearance paper from the origin of the funds to avoid any harassment from the authority and you are also expecting to be announce as winner of the said amount by Friday as soon as your fund is delivered to youSo you are urgent advised to get back to me with your home address and also the payment information today for immediate effect of your delivery. Note that the $100 is the only fee and final payment you have my assurance.However, according to our agreement with the originated Benin Republic, all our communications should be on email for record purpose so follow my instruction accordingly, even if you don’t have the $100 try to borrow it and send it immediately because this is your life opportunity and I don’t want you to lose the chance any more.Please I will advice you to urgent make the payment this morning via western union or money gram money transfer to the listed cashier information as instructed you by the originated authority. I will look forward to received your email today with the payment to enable the origin secure the required clearance papers required at White House Benin to deliver your funds. Note that it will take only 14hrs to deliver your Bank Cheque Draft in receipt of the $100 payment.Please find the payment data below to send the $100 via western unionReceiver Name: IKE FRANKCountry Benin RepublicCity CotonouQuestion: UrgentAnswer: NeededAmount: $100MTCN reference number............Sender Name...........sender's Telephone……Sender's Address........I look forward to your respond to your email with the payment today.RegardsMrs. Michelle BarackThe White House(Official Residence of the President of the US)1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500 USANow I've had scammers impersonate all kinds of government officials in the past, but this is the first time the first lady herself reached out to me, and on behalf of her husband no less. This was too sweet to pass up so I replied:Wow I feel so honored that the first lady herself wrote to me on behalf of her most distinguished husband! I will send the money as soon as possible, is there a way to pay by credit card? I believe you have my address on file.The next day I got the the following:THANKS FOR YOUR APPRECIATIVE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THE FEE THROUGHWESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM.Please find the payment data below to send the $100 via western unionReceiver Name: IKE FRANKCountry Benin RepublicCity CotonouQuestion: UrgentAnswer: NeededAmount: $100MTCN reference number............Sender Name...........sender's Telephone……Sender's Address........I look forward to your respond to your email with the payment today.RegardsMrs. Michelle BarackThe White House(Official Residence of the President of the US)1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500 USAI wasn't going to take the verdict lying down:OK I understand, can I send it to Washington DC? The fees will be cheaper that way...At which point Michelle, apparently with her caps-lock key stuck, replied:ATTENTION MY DEAR BECAUSE I GOT YOUR EMAIL RIGHT NOW ASKING IF YOU CANSEN THE FEE TO WASHINGTON, AND MY ANSWER IS NO! AND THE REASON WHY YOUARE TOLD TO SEND THE FEE TO BENIN REPUBLIC IS BECAUSE BENIN REPUBLICWAS THE ORIGIN OF YOUR FUND SO TAKE NOTE THAT THE $100USD IS NOT FORME SO THERE IS NO MEANS OF SENDING IT HERE IN USA,PLEASE WITHOUT WASTING MUCH TIME, YO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONGIVEN TO YOU AND SEND THE MONEY DOWN TO BENIN REPUBLIC FOR OBTAININGTHE CLEARANCE PAPER ON BEHALF OF YOU.THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDINGBEST REGARD:MRS MICHELLE OBAMAAt this point I decided to ratchet the game up a notch:OK I will go down to western union after work today.BTW some of my friends won't believe me that I got an email from Michelle Obama herself, can you please send me a picture or something so I can prove it to them? I'll be really honored...To which I got the following heartwarming response (the caps-lock got unstuck, but now every word was capitalized):ear I Got Your Email But I Was So Busy In My Office That Is Why I did Not Get Back To You As Soon As,How Ever Your Email Was Well Understood, So you Have To Go And Send The Fee After You Come Back From Work So That Every Thing Will Be Finalize And You Will Get Your Cheque To Your Home Address.Secondly Coming To What You Stated That Your Friend Was Asking You For My Pictures So That They Will Believe On Reality, Please I want you To Be Very Careful About Friend Of Nowadays Because Some Of The Friends Now Did Not Want The Progress Of Their Follow Ones, So You Have To Be very careful And You Have To Stop Informing Them About Any Conversation Between Me And You Because House Enemy Is Is The Worst Enemy, They Might Be Trying To Convince You Just For You To Loose This Very Opportunity And Once They Do That, They Will Be searching For a Way To Contact Me Just To Claim What Does Not Belongs To Them. So You Have To Stay Away From Friends Until You Receive Your Cheque And They Will Be surprise And WonderingThe Attach You Are Seeing Are The scan Copy Of My DRIVERS LICENSE, And Also A proof Which I Made For You To Believe On The Reality And Not Your Friends.THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE THE PAYMENT SLIP AS SOOM AS YOU COME BACK FROM WORK.​​​​​(hmmm, where did I see that picture before?)Well now that she assured me that she is not a scammer, truly it is my turn to take my end of the deal:Help! I went to western union and the clerk wouldn't let me send the money order, he said it sounds like a scam, I tried calling the white house's main switchboard and the operator wouldn't connect me to you, I ran home to email you, please tell me what to do...I guess I should hhave known better, I got a stern rebuke:HELLO MY DEAR I GOT YOUR EMAIL NOW, AND IT SOUNDS SO ROUGH TO ME.WHY WILL YOU BE DECEIVED BY SOMEONE ELSE? OR DID YOU TELL THEM WHAT ISGOING?, NOTE THAT THIS WORLD WE ARE NOW PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEPROGRESS OF THEIR FOLLOW ONES.NOW ONCE THE CLERK TOLD YOU THAT I MRS MICHELLE OBAMA IS SCAM, THEN MYQUESTION IS DID YOU BELIEVE ON WHAT HE/SHE TOLD YOU? YOU HAVE TO THINKAS REASONABLE SOME ONES AND UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE TOO JEALOUSLIKE IO TOLD YOU EARLIER SO YOU HAVE TO BE KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHORT UNTILYOU GET WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!NOW AS YOU ARE TOLD BY THE JEALOUS CLERK THAT I AM SCAM ALL YOU HAVETO DO RIGHT NOW IS TO FIND ANOTHER WESTERN UNION NEAR YOU AND SEND THEFEE OKAY BUT IF THEY DID NOT ALLOW YOU, TRY AND SEE SOMEONE TO HELPYOU AND DON'T INFORM ANY ONE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING, I HAVE TOLD YOU THATEARLIER AND I WILL KEEP TELLING YOU THAT BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCETHAT EARLIER.SO GO TO ANOTHER WESTERN UNION AND SEND THE MONEY DO NOT TELL ANY ONEWHAT IS GOING UNTIL YOU RECEIVED YOUR CHEQUE.AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT SLIP THANK YOUAnd in case that wasn't clear enough, it was followed a minute later by the following:LIKE IO TOLD YOU EARLIER SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHORT UNTIL OU GET WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!At this point life caught up with me and I got kinda busy at work, momentrily forgetting about my new presidential friend, my friend however did not forget and a few days later I received a worried email:Does it means that you are no more interested of making the claim ofyour outstanding fund US $20Million of yours which have successfulchannel to Deliver to your Home Address and up till this moment youhave decided to remain silent after I have personally spending mytime to make sure that you receive your Bank Draft cheque With alldue respect, if you really know that you are no more interested ofmaking this claim of your outstanding fund of yours kindly update menow to cancel this Delivery since your negative thought does notallow you to believe on the reality so send me a declaration letterstated that you are no more interested of making the claim so that Iwill cancel the transfer.thanks for your Understanding.Best regard:Mrs Michelle ObamaI decided to continue the game:Wow calm down, it will just take me a little long to get to another western union. It is farther away and I don't have a car, I have to arrange a ride...In case I thought the Obama's were finally able to afford a new keyboard, the next email showed me the presidential caps-lock was still stuck, and the bold was now on:ATTENTION MY DEAR I GOT YOUR EMAIL STATING THAT IT WILL TAKE YOU LONG TIME TO LOCATE ANOTHER WESTERN UNION,HOWEVER I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU MADE A VERY BIG MISTAKE BY KEEPING ME SILENT SINCE AND THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE, BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU AND UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY YOU KEEP SILENT SINCE SO YOU HAVE TO TRY AND LOCATE ANY ANOTHER WESTERN UNION AND SEND THE FEE TO ENABLE EVERYTHING GET DONE ONCE YOU SEND THE NEEDED PAYMENT SO THAT DELIVERY OF YOUR CHEQUE WILL HOLD IMMEDIATELY,THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM.BEST REGARD"MRS MICHELLE OBAMAI decided enough trolling and finally send the money:OK here is the info for the money order:Receiver Name: IKE FRANKCountry Benin RepublicCity CotonouQuestion: UrgentAnswer: NeededAmount: $100MTCN reference number: 13641562 [I googled the format]Sender Name: [fake name]sender's Telephone: [fake number]Sender's Address: [fake address]Please let me know when it is received so that we can arrange the rest of the deal..Within hours I got the bad news:HELLO MY DEAR HOW ARE YOU DOING AND HOW IS YOUR FAMILY?I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT I RECEIVED THE PAYMENT DETAILS WHICH YOPUSENT TO ME, HOWEVER I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE CONTACTED MRIKE FRANK FOR PICKING UP THE FEE, UNFORTUNATELY MR IKE FRANK MADE ITCLEAR TO ME THAT EACH WESTERN UNION DOWN IN BENIN REPUBLIC STATED THATTHERE IS NOT FUND.SO ALL I WANT YOU TO DO NOW IS TO CHECK AND KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM WASMADE SO THAT YOU WILL CORRECT IT AND RESEND THE THE FEE TO ENABLEEVERY THING GET DONE ONCE, SECONDLY AS SOON AS YOU CONFIRM THE MISTAKEPLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO ATTACH ME THE PAYMENT SLIP OF THE FEE FORPROPER UNDERSTANDING.AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU SO THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BESOLVE AT ONCE.BEST REGARD:MRS MICHELLE OBAMAI decided to bring the trolling up to level 3:I see now, so that's how it will work? I guess my friends were right, you are not Michelle Obama you are just a scammer!If I don't get my 100 dollars back from you I will personally call the FBI and interpol. I'm sure it will make great headlines in the news to hear that Michelle Obama scammed an American citizen out of 100 dollars...To which I got the very un-first-lady-like response:What A hell are you talking? Kindly Go Back to the western union whereyou send the money And make clear to them. Are you Mad? What is$100usd? kindly go back to the western union And tell them what isgoing so that they will Make you clearly.Secondly before talking rubbish from your mouth you have to Track theMoney Online And see the result,thanksMrs Michelle ObamaFollowed 10 minutes later by:YOU MUST BE STUPID! WHO ARE YOU? I WILL FIRST REPORT YOU TO THE FBINOW BECAUSE I HAVE ALL IT CAN TAKE ME TO DO THAT, WHY ARE YOU ME TAFTER BECAUSE OF $100USD WHICH WAS NOT FOR ME.AS A REASONABLE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE THE CLAIM OF HIS FUND YOUHAVE TO GO BACK TO THE WESTERN UNION WHERE YOU MADE THE PAYMENT ANDTELL THEM WHAT IS GOING SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM CAMEFROM AND YOU ARE BUSY HERE SAYING NONSENSE ARE YOU MAD?Followed 10 minutes later by:why must you talk rubbish while you are Not truly right What Will I Do with your $100usd? Am just trying to Make sure that you receive your Approved fund That was brought to the White House And you and disgracing me Just Because Of $100usd And upon That You are Telling that you will report Me to the FBI While The FBI Are working Under My Husband Government.Please Let That Not Happen Ever Again! Kindly Contact the western union clerk And Ask Him/ she where he post the Money Or You Instructed him/ To send the Money through western union Than Using Money Gram,Am looking forward to hear from you.I decided some putting in place was in order:Wow relax, that is not a way for the first lady to talk!I will call Western Union and try to work out where the money is.Which I followed up with:OK I just got off the phone with Western Union, the lady on the line said that the transaction was flagged because lately there were a lot of fraudulent wires to Benin.I assured her that this was a legitimate transaction and explained her that the first lady herself is involved here.She was very understanding and willing to help but said the system won't let her release the funds unless there was evidence that it is a legitimate transaction.She suggested that you send me a letter, on the Whitehouse letterhead, explaining the situation and as soon as I send it to her she will release the money.Michelle didn't appreciate that:The Lady Must Be stupid And tell her to give me her Contactinformation, secondly Am Above this your inability Process If You AreNot Sure That You Are Dealing With The i The First Lady Please You GetOff And I will Cancel the Delivery.I had to placate her:Please calm down I believe you, she just said that the system won't let a flagged transaction through unless evidence is provided. She wants to help me but the computer is blocking it without evidence. All we need is a letter on the Whitehouse letterhead with your signature.I guess I was asking for too much:And i told you that Am Not in position of that And by the way i havetold you several times to stop telling people what is Going On UntilYou receive Your fund, do it Or Not Am not in the position to do thatyou request if you wish not to claim your fund i will give it to thecharity Organisation And that is The best way Am going to do rightNow.If you wish to send the fee Tell the Clerk that I Mrs Michelle Obamahave the every right to treas their location And get them close.That sounded strange, if she photoshopped the license and my name on to a note, why couldn't she get a letterhead?:You are not in the position to send a letter on the Whitehouse letterhead? You are the first lady.I didn't want to tell her but she said that because it was flagged for fraud she can't release the funds unless I explained to her where and why I was sending the money.I don't understand why you are getting angry at the poor girl, she is just doing her job, surely it can't be too difficult to email me a letter...I guess not:How Many Times will I explain You That this Is Not scam? last time i take a picture with a sign for you to know that you are dealing with the rightful person, i Dont Have to do a bitch Thing with your $100usd tell the lady to send the Money to Benin republic using IKE FRANK And you Have to know that You are Not sending the Money to me so why is She so interested to know All That ?.Please My Dear Its Impossible i cant accomplish your mission for that if you need your fund then you tell the lady that the $100usd is not for Me rather its for Benin republic Embassy. And tell the lady to Give Me her contact Information.I didn't get it:I told you, it wasn't for me, I believed you, it was just so the computer will let it through, however now I'm starting to get suspicious, if you are Michelle Obama why can't you get a letter? You have to admit that sounds strange...I finally got somewhere:​​​​​Well, not exactly what I was hoping for:Something must have gone wrong, I didn't get the letter, just your husband's signature.So she sent this:The White House(Official Residence of the President of the US)1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500 USAhttp://www.zazzle.com/the_white_house_letterhead-199132271950178242.The link is to a website that sells various stationary, including one called "The White-House Letterhead. That obviously wouldn't do:There seems to be a misunderstanding, I don't need a link to buy the letterhead, I need a letter ON the letterhead...Apparently out First Lady is not the brightest bulb in the pack...:so what is the essence of requesting for the letter-head?Me, being the ever patient teacher that I am, obliged:So like that they know the letter came from the White-House.Apparently this was too much for Mrs. Obama:Its Impossible My Dear Collect Your Money And seek for Another Westernunion if you Cannot Afford That Please You forget About the delivery,thanks for your understanding.At this point I sort of had enough:That is very strange, if the first lady can't get a letter on the Whitehouse letterhead then I am starting to think that this may be a scam like everyone is saying.If I don't get a letter by the end of today I will call Western Union to return the money to me and I will report your ip address to the FBI and interpol.That seemed to get the First Lady nervous:I will first report you to the FBI and go and claim your money fromthe western union Now!I kept my cool:You can report me, I have done nothing wrong, you, on the other hand, have committed a serious crime by impersonating the wife of the President of the United States, that is a crime that carries at least 5 years in prison, I have forwarded your IP address to the FBI and Interpol,All the best!Enjoy your life.That is the last I heard from my new friend. The FBI hasn't come knocking on my door yet, though if Michelle Obama ever decides to go running for president in the future, Hillary Clinton's email scandal will be nothing compared to what I have on Mrs. Obama... ;-)