This Advance Fee Fraud email really takes the cake because of the effort that the criminal has put into it. He has used every Islamic term in the dictionary, yet asked blatently for money at the end of the message. Even though he says he is in Nigeria, I traced the IP Address back to Belgium. Nice try!

While al-Hakim appointed several viziers (Katib), none of them lasted more than a few years. The great majority of them were ordered killed by al-Hakim as they fell from favor for any real or perceived transgressions, financial or loyalty.

Most of those viziers were Christians. Some of them served as physicians as well.

An example is Ibn Abdun, who initially was co-vizier, then later sole vizier:

Because of his eccentric and erratic behavior, people must have talked a lot about his orders, his actions, his mental well being and more.

This can be deduced from the repeated orders by al Hakim, instructing the public not to question or discuss his orders.

Al Maqrizi mentions several instances of such orders:

وقرئ سجل بترك الخوض فيما لا يعنى واشتغال كل أحد بمعيشته عن الخوض في أعمال أمير المؤمنين وأوامره

Due to him being unpredictable, eccentric and in a position of power, al-Hakim was much feared by his officials, soldiers and subjects alike.

On several occasions, they would fear his wrath and he would issue declarations of safety for various factions in his service as well as the public.

At one point, he ordered a collection of wood and reeds at the base of a hill. Everyone in his employ was fearful, as well as the general public.

Al-Hakim repeatedly exhibited erratic, eccentric and contradictory behavior. He seemed to have been keen on the morality of his subjects, repeatedly issuing orders for this to be done or that not to be done. This goes as far as micromanaging what is eaten and what is not.

Moreover, he would forbid something then later allow it. He would repeatedly enforce trivial orders he issued.

The following article is from The Record.

Woman loses $140,000 in e-mail scam

Cambridge victim's fraud loss is largest ever in Waterloo Region

FRANCES BARRICK

WATERLOO REGION (May 10, 2005)

A Cambridge woman was swindled out of $140,000 after being told by e-mail that a long-lost relative had left her a fortune.

Thisis the largest financial loss ever reported by an individual fraudvictim in the region, Staff Sgt. Wally Hogg, head of the Waterlooregional police fraud branch, said yesterday.