Beware of fake shaikhs bearing gifts

The news of Sam Allerdryce resigning as England manager after giving advice on how skim profits to 2 fake foreign businessmen brings to mind so many examples. In particular The fake shaikh (real name Mazher Mahmood) and his many stings. One for example John Alford, Alford had been a child star in Grange Hill and as a adult in London's Burning with some minor success in the pop charts. Mahmod in his shaikh disguise met Alford to discuss him starring in a film he was financing luring him with talk of meeting De Niro and Stallone. At some point Mahmood asked Alford if he could get some cocaine to which he duly he said yes and came up with the goods, thus giving the now defunct News of the World it and Alford was found guilty and sentenced to nine months.  Though you could say the only public interest of the story was to show how stupid and gullible Alford was. Mahmood is back in the headlines only this time he is the one in the dock accused of tampering with evidence in the case of Tulisa Contostavlos, many people are awaiting in great interest in the outcome of the case