My reply to the email would be as follows...
Dear Sir,
This tragedy has placed me into a horrible depression. So much so I am barely able to type this response. Yes, a thousand times yes, I wish to help my establish this trust to ensure the future good name of the Vestal family, but I find it hard to motivate myself to go forward knowing the pain a suffering a distant relative has suffered. As you may not know, the Vestal family is all too familiar with natural disasters and the pain and destruction they cause. It was my late Uncle Fester was struck by lightning many times resulting in an unexpected side effect that allowed him to place light bulbs in his mouth and they would illuminate without any power source.
But I digress. I need to be motivated out of my funk to help you in this task. This may come across as a interesting request, but it would cheer my soul, and provide me with proof that you are actually a barrister, that if I could receive a photograph of you wearing the barristers wig, with womens undergarments, preferably red, with stockings. I would of course keep this confidential. That act would be all the proof I would need to legitimacy of your title and sincerity to help establish the foundation.
You may not know, but I am a very wealthy man, with many philanthropic hobbies. I have many hundreds of thousands of dollars at my disposal if needed to assist in establishing this foundation.
I look forward to your response, and the picture to cheer my damaged soul.
Yours very truly,
or..just ignore it...iether way...you are a rich dude
