What's In A Name?

Not much - imagination, that is.

In my experience, Jamaican fraudsters display a lack of originality and a boring consistency in the aliases they use, which feature mostly common English and Spanish surnames.

As proof, I offer a sampling of the monikers employed by the scammers who ripped off my dad:

• Roger Richards
• Roger Roberts
• Claude Jones
• Jay Johnson
• Tony McGregor
• Robert Tyler
• Mr. Brown
• Mr. Washington
• Mr. Johnson
• James White
• Bob Bradshaw
• Alberto Perez
• Charlie Anderson
• Anthony Garcia
• Omar Smith
• Michelle Moore
• Paul Robinson
• Mark Ashley
• Pat Hilton
• Kevin Bailey
• Mrs. Anderson
• Earl Hickman
• John McKnight
• Mr. Fisher
• Marv Turner
• Victor Martinez
• John Fernandez
• John Mills
• Trisha Moore

Begrudgingly, I must concede creativity points to the crook who dubbed himself "Anton Ego" after the surly food critic in the animated film Ratatouille. Knowing full well my father had no clue who Anton was, by using his name the con man was basically giving my dad The Finger.

Given such cynical gestures, can there be any doubt how ruthless these criminals are?