Mr Showerhead's blog: "???"

So A few days ago, I get this email...

This is the only way I could contact you for now,I want you to be very
careful about this and keep this secret with you until you receive the
tape and pics i am going to give to you.
You have no need of knowing who I am or where I am from.I know this may
sound very surprising to you but it's the situation.I have been paid
some ransom in advance to terminate you with some reasons best known
to him.It's someone I beleive you know very much.Besides,this is
the ist time I turn out to be a betrayer to him .
Now listen,I will post the tape and pics to you,but before that, I need
$12,000. I repeat, do not arrange for the cops until we have both
sorted this out as my employer wants you dead at all cost. Payment
details
will be provided for you to make a part payment of $5000 first,which
will serve as gurantee that you are ready to co-orperate,then i will
post a copy of the tape that contains his request for me to
terminate you and pics which will be enough
evidence for you to nail him by informing the cops before he employs
another person for the job. You will pay the balance of $7000 once you
This is the only way I could contact you for now,I want you to be very
careful about this and keep this secret with you until you receive the
tape and pics i am going to post to you.
You have no need of knowing who I am or where I am from.I know this may
sound very surprising to you but it's the situation.I have been paid
some ransom in advance to terminate you with some reasons best known
to him
.It's someone I beleive you know very much.Besides,this is
the ist time I turn out to be a betrayer to him .
Now listen,I will post the tape and pics to you,but before that, I need
$12,000. I repeat, do not arrange for the cops until we have both
sorted this out as my employer wants you dead at all cost. Payment
details
will be provided for you to make a part payment of $5000 first,which
will serve as gurantee that you are ready to co-orperate,then i will
give a copy of the tape that contains his request for me to
terminate you and pics which will be enough
evidence for you to nail him by informing the cops before he employs
another person for the job. You will pay the balance of $7000 once you
receive and confirmed the tape and pics.
Warning; do not contact the police, and be skeptical about where you
go until this whole thing is sorted out,if you neglect any of these
warnimgs, you will have yourself to blame. You do not have much time,
so
get back to me immediately via email : garcia_vbee@yahoo.es
Note:I will advise you keep this to yourself alone, not even a friend
or a family member should know about it because it could be one of
them.

Now the email addy that sent it was more or less the same except it was a .com instead of whatever the hell that is... so I got curious and replied (rather rude mind you) and apparently this taint thinks Im a 70yrold middle class woman :|

Then he proceeded to give me a name, number, and actual address to send the money to... its some flat in England.

As far as scams go, you gotta admit this one is WAY more exciting than the whole "My friend in christ, I need your help" one