Another scam has happened to another of my gullible friends. She was woken at 5 am by a black woman, about 50, wearing a hat, who informed my friend that her father had died in a north London hospital and she required ?38.50 to get her and her brothers to the hospital by taxi. She proffered an out of date passport as proof of her good intention. My friend fortunately told her to try the police station - only after she had woken up a bit.