Moral of the story: BEWARE OF MESSAGES RECEIVED VIA THE INTERNET!!!
Here’s what happened.
Below is an email I received. I immediately replied and gave my contact numbers to Mr Lim Kean Chye, whom I have known for years and who is a renowned lawyer and editor of “Penang file,” so he can contact me and for me to send him the 1,300 Pound Sterling he asked for to help him.