How can I pass up an opportunity to bug Dr. Pedro some more? Well, obviously I can't. Let's see if he'll take the bait.
Dear Comrade Pedro:
I could scarcely believe it when I saw a message from you in my email. It took everything I had to hold back the tears of joy. Obviously you are a man of incredible integrity, absolutely incredible.
Please accept my apologies for my last message to you. As the attached newspaper clipping will show, I have been on the run from the authorities. When I went for my flight at Heathrow, they were already waiting for me at the airport. I managed to make it to France by train, and have been hiding out in Paris since then.
In my panic, I sent you the message you read previously, hoping to warn you away. Since I couldn't be sure the police had seized my computer, I had to be oblique about how I stated things.
Presently, my connections with the Marxist Underground Guerrilla Unit (MUGU) ("Mugu" means "Big Fool" in Nigerian. One sees this occasionally out of the scammers, and is often used to refer to their intended victims) have kept me safe, but I'm thinking Nigeria might be a safer haven.
Thank you again, my dear comrade,
Hargrove
Marxist Detective