What are the chances that you would come across another Wang, who not only isn't Chinese, but he is also called w'Angamba? One in six billion, which at the last count was the earth's population.
Well, I just did, albeit in cyberspace.

It all started when I got a weird e-mail in my mailbox. "Hi Wang, how is your babe? When are you inviting us for the wedding?" read the message, sent to my yahoo account, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
I assumed someone was pulling my leg. Or some chick was trying to catch me out, not knowing that I have been in this business for so long that I would jump over a trap with my eyes closed. So I promptly trashed the e-mail and forgot all about it.

A few days later, I received another e-mail from the same person: "Eh, you man, you can really be quiet. You are too embedded with your cute babe? Now, could you do me a favour? Call Doreen and ask her if she received the money I sent by Western Union. She was pestering me so much but now that I sent the money, I haven't heard from her! Her number is 0772******."

This wasn't someone trying to pull a fast one on me. It could only be a case of mistaken identity. I certainly didn't know any Doreens, let alone the phone number provided. I trashed the e-mail before curiosity got the better of me and I retrieved it and dialled Doreen's number.
"Hey, this is Wang, how are you doing Doreen?" I said.

"Wang! Long time! You even sound different! I'm good, how are you? How is Sylvia?" she obviously thought she knew me.
"Sylvia and I kind of broke up, which is why I am calling... Can we meet for a coffee?" I said. Not that I know the Sylvia she was talking about; I just had to make up something.

"Sure! I'm upcountry at the moment, but we can meet on Saturday," she said. We agreed to meet at Ban Cafe. The trouble is, I'm thousands of miles away from Kampala. Damn! I would have checked her out, and decided whether she was worth revealing myself to and coming clean. As it happens, I will never know.

I have since written to the other guy informing him that he was mistaking me for someone else. It turns out that there is another Wang w'Angamba, whose email is This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Of course, I didn't tell him that I gave Doreen a buzz. It was bad enough that he had been detoothed.
I hope he doesn't read newspapers!

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