Serpentine Oil

It might be too early to celebrate, but it seems I’m about to come into some real money. I’d rather not say how much until things are more settled, but the inheritance, if you can call it that, looks to be rather large.

I got an email from some barrister (I guess that’s a foreign name for a lawyer), a guy by the name of Khan R. Tist. I think he must be from another country as his English is not very good.

Apparently this Mr. Tist is the personal attorney for one of my long-lost relatives. I guess they were in killed in an auto accident back in 2005. I didn’t know them so it’s hard to get too worked about it, still it was a tragedy. My (cousin?), Leo, his wife and three kids all taken just like that. Oh, those poor people.

Anyway, it seems that they had no other family so this lawyer somehow finds me and makes contact. It’s lucky for me that he found me, but unlucky for my cousin and his family that it had to come to this. So from reading the letter I find out that Leo worked for some oil company – Serpentine Oil (must be a foreign concern). From the sounds of things he made quite a bit of money with them.

Frankly, I’m not really surprised as that side of the family has always done pretty well for themselves. I seem to remember hearing about Leo and his good fortune. From what I can tell everything looks to be on the up and up. I have a pretty good head for this kind of thing, and I am generally a good judge of character plus, it’s family. What’s a guy supposed to do in a time like this? I can’t turn my back on them now after they’re dead.

I just wish I had got a chance to get to know them. The lawyer, Khan R. Tist, gave me his contact information in his email; he seems very nice. I think I’ll call him soon, but before I do I think I will gather up my Social Security number and bank account numbers (checking and savings), just in case he needs them for some legal reason. Hopefully I can get this taken care of soon. I could even fly there – wherever that is. I like to travel, so why not?

To be on the safe side, though, I probably should bring my checkbook and my credit cards in case some cash advance is needed to move things along, you know maybe to “grease the wheels,” a little. I’ll have to see how the local customs are though. It could even save time if I were to give Khan (listen to me – I talk like we’re old friends)my credit card numbers (including expiration date), security code (that little number on the back) because sometimes they ask for that to make sure it’s really you, and any corresponding PINs to make sure there are no problems or delays.

I’m not trying to brag about this. I mean poor Leo and his family are dead for heaven’s sake. I’m just trying to do the right thing and help out. The nice thing is that Khan “guarantees that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you [me] from any breach of the law.” That’s a good thing, because once you have that kind of guarantee what could go wrong?

I hope it’s not a scam. I’d hate to have to cancel the party; I already ordered the cake.