Imagine my surprise, after Benazir Bhutto attacked me from the grave, when I received this email from Bilawal Zardari. This one immediately lays claim to being the second-best money-scam spam ever:
Hello,
I want to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt appreciation to you for your support during the hour of need. The enemy gave us a huge blow when they took the life of my dear mother. As a matter of fact, I do not know you personally except your contact details I got from her address book but I just have to pass on my sincere appreciation, also for the feat we were able to record at the last elections despite her absence as she was the party leader until her brutal assassination. The victory was to all Pakistanis as it clearly demonstrated their commitment to the course she stood and died for.
Losing her is the hardest thing I’ve been through all my life, but knowing that she was a hero to many people does comfort me. I know she would appreciate what everyone did for her. All we just crave for now is for her killing be probed by an international team under the United Nations. It is the only hope we have of getting the possible plotters of her murder properly investigated. Only this would help us convince our supporters that there was some element of collusion between her murderers and agents of President Musharaf who were determined to get rid of her.
While acknowledging receipt of this correspondence please do advise if you are capable of taking custody of some funds she deposited with a private vault in the Netherlands till I find a safe way to receive it here.
Very sincerely,
Bilawal Zardari.
(Co-Chairman, PPP)
www.ppp.org.pk