Who wants to be a gringo?

I hate to say it, but if you read this aloud, it’s hard NOT to think of Charlie Chan:

Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU RECEIVE IMMIGRANT U.S .A VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER.

You have been selected as one of the lucky winners of the U.S Visa through our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine, your application was applied and processed by our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine which randomly extracts and screens 50 thousand of emails addresses around the world. This visa program is held annually as part of our New Year lottery programmed to give free easy U.S Visas to citizens of developing countries around the world to enable them travel to the U.S and start a new life and work. The U.S Department of Citizenship Immigration released millions of US visas till the end of the year program. All the selected lucky winners will get the constant legal status of the U.S inhabitant, an opportunity of free country entrance and departure, the right to be working in the USA legally and getting American Salary, Green Card holders also receive health, education, retirement, taxation, social security and other benefits.

All I have to do is send

$1,590 per family (legally married couple with or without children, and any winning applicant is hereby required to pay the fee for handling and submitting his/her application on his or her behalf. The payment of the processing fee should be directed to any of our regional office where your winning details falls for the processing of your visa claim application documents.

(No the parenthesis never did close — but I’ve been know to write just as badly). This amazing offer came to me in Mexico, from the “Asia-Pacific Office” of the U.S. Consulate in Kentucky — which has a telephone number in Thailand.

Me one number-one lucky gringo!