I have sent you package and Money from London

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I felt so excited. These are the words written in his email. "Please have this as a token till we meet to know more about ourselves. I have sent gifts as I promised containing a flower pack, HP Laptop, phone, wrist watch with the sum of 35,150 British Pounds sealed in the same envelop to enable you to settle some of your daily needs and to take good care of yourself." exactly the phrase he had in his email. He also included a picture of the receipt with my name in it, dispatch date and when is it arriving. Apart from that, he included a link where the tracking number can be checked. I was amazed I must say. I refused of course. I told him I am not going to accept it because in my country, 35,150 British pounds is equivalent to more than 2Million pesos already. I thanked him and told him he shouldn't have done it. 3 days he said, the package will arrive. I checked the tracking link. Package went from London to Qatar day 1 of the 3 business day period. 2nd day, received a text message from an international number saying: "Notice: Your parcel is on hold in Malaysia customs team for adding money together with the present sent. Please can you check your email for solution on delivery. Broadway cargo." Indeed I checked the email. To my surprise, email said: Package was on hold because there was money detected in the box. Now as per the email, I had to pay $480 for the package to be released. What amzed me the most is that, payment would be through western union to a certain person. Woooooowwww!!!Totally crazy. Good thing, I have a criminal mind that's very good in investigation before believing. I am just grateful to my internet skills and my thinking ability. Or, I would have fallen into this bs in my period of vulnerability. My partner recently attempted to get into cheating activity. Plus this? Oh! Wait, way too much. I searched and searched and validated. My keen observation into details helped me. My very curious eyes and mind assisted me. The person who "sent" the package is a scammer clearly. How did I know? 1. Too good to be true. Expensive gifts? Unless you knew the person personally you would. Even bill gates or the owner of facebook wouldn't easily jump into giving something to someone they barely know. 2. Accent - I must say me watching too much english series and served several people in the UK, USA, CANADA and AUSTRALIA even ASIA has made me an expert in distinguishing accents because I do have the ability to speak like one. 3. Spelling and sentence construction. I am not perfect in writing myself but I am a very good reader that I can identify if you wrote it correctly. 4. Logos and website itself. I am blessed with a very curious eyes and mind. I searched the logo. Thanks to technology who taught me to differentiate fake from original. 5. Thanks to my cousins all over the world and helped me trace if this and that existed. Scammers really don't know when to stop until they can take advantage of trusting people. I don't know why they can even sleep tightly at night of their doings. My advise to everyone, be very careful specially if they ask for details. They will definitely befriend you and make you fall into trap. Three things, NEVER TRUST, STAY CURIOUS and BE INVESTIGATIVE. Ask the right questions. Let us spread this and make everyone aware of these type of criminals. Exhaust all your resources to find the truth. Validate every information. Being keen would never be too bad at all. Good Luck everyone. Be careful.