My Humble Beginning

On a dark, rainy night many years ago (May 2008), a certain "Paul Young" sent out an urgent e-mail, which the archive keepers have still not managed to locate despite searching for many decades. In his epistle, Mr. Young wrote that he was just an ordinary bank worker with an extraordinary secret that could enrich any who joined him. He told of a bank account held by a man named Paul Ombudsman, with holdings in the millions. Unfortunately, Paul and his wife were killed in the Tsunami back in 2004. His account had lay dormant for the past four years. The evil bank was going to close the account very shortly, unless Mr. Ombudsman's heir could be found. Paul Young was looking for a brave individual to pose as Mr. Ombudsman's relative, and in so doing, free the money from the greedy hands of the bank. On that dark night, I, Jonathan Ombudsman, was born. My mission was simple: hand Mr. Young my bank account details (so that he could transfer the funds into them), and let him do all the work. It all seemed to simple. Or so he thought...