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I got one of those Nigerian scams in the mail.  The person actually paid international postage to send me a letter.  I must be special.  But then I gave away my fortune to the Postmaster.

Are there even steel mines in Florida???

I get those scam mails from all over. Here's a few from today:

joseph okoro of Sierra-leone
HANNA MALIK, daughter of Chief Oti Malik, the king of ogoni Kingdom (wherever the hell that is)
Mrs. Linda Kloh (Ivory Coast)
James Oliver, International Lottery (co-ordinator) (No location)
DR.MRS MARIAM ABACHA  (this one's actually Nigerian!)
PRINCES EZE (No location)
And Lora Yeagar...no wait. That's a penis email.

...and who's Krystal Staley? Just a blank email from a mac.com address.

If I was going to write a letter to scam someone, I would make damn sure the grammar was correct. A fourth-grade teacher would cringe at how poorly that was written.

PROPOSITION;
I discovered an abandoned deposit in my company owned by one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family as a result of an automobile crash. He actually deposited this funds amounting to US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve million united states dollars), for safe keeping in my company here in Amsterdam. Company file records shows that the funds was actually for a project our late costumer wanted to start in the near future (a multi million Dollar steel plant in Florida, USA), before his sudden and untimely death. As such since his death none of his relations or next-of-kin has come forward to lay claims for this property as the heir, this is the basically the reason why I have contacted you. My company cannot release the property unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our operating guidelines.

"Dearest one?"

Even spammers and email scammers hate you!

Yeah, not even the spammers love you.

If I were you I'd build a webpage full of nothing but your e-mail adress again and again. 

Maybe that will help you to feel the love.

Are there even steel mines anywhere? (steel is manufactured)

w00t. Now I've got one from the Netherlands too.

FROM:MR.SESAY MASSAQUOE,
AZC SNEEK,
THE NETHERLANDS.
PLEASE I WANT YOUR RESPONSE OR REPLY TO MY LETTER TO
BE SENT TO MY MORE PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
legaldarp@netscape.net
DEAR FRIEND,
THROUGH THE COURTESY OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, I TAKE
LIBERTY ANCHORED ON A STRONG DESIRE TO SOLICIT YOUR
ASSISTANCE ON THIS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND RISKFREE
TRANSACTION WHICH I HOPE YOU WILL GIVE YOUR URGENT
ATTENTION.
I AM MR.SESAY MASSAQUOE  I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS
LETTER ,THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING OUR PRESENT
CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.
I ESCAPED WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN  OUT OF SIERRA-
LEONE TO GROU-JIRNSSUM,A VILLAGE IN THE NETHERLANDS
THROUGH THE AID OF THE UNITED NATIONS EVACUATION TEAM
WHERE WE ARE NOW PRESENTLY RESIDING  ON TEMPORARY
POLITICAL ASYLUM.
HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION I DECIDED TO CHANGE MOST
OF MY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND
OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR
SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF STATES  AHMED
TEJAN KABBA MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE SWISS
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL
MY TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES,HENCE I AND MY WIFE  ALONG WITH MY CHILDREN,
DECIDED LAYING LOW IN THIS OUR TEMPOERY POLITICAL
ASYLUM CAMP HERE IN GROU JIRNSSUM IN THE NETHERLANDS
TO STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS
BETTER,SINCE PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBA TAKING OVER
GOVERNMENT AGAIN IN SIERRA-LEONE ONE OF MY  CHATEAUX
IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT,AND AS SUCH WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR IDENTITY
SO THAT OUR INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
CONFISCATED.
I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF THIRTY MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS(US$30,500,000)WITH A SECURITY COMPANY FOR
SAFEKEEPING.
THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM
KNOWING THE ACTUAL CONTENTS.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO NOW IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST
THAT YOU WILL ASSIST ME AND MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY BY
RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.
THE ACCOUNT REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT CAN EITHER BE
PERSONAL,COMPANY OR AN OFFSHORE ACCOUNT THAT YOU HAVE
TOTAL CONTROL OVER,YOUR AREA OF SPECIALISATION WILL
NOT BE A HINDERANCE TO THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF
THIS TRANSACTION.
ACKOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE,SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO
MY FAMILY AS OUR FOREIGN TRUSTED PARTNER WHO SHALL
TAKE CHARGE OF OUR INVESTMENT ABROAD WHERE WE NOW PLAN
TO SETTLE.
I WANT YOU TO ASSIST US IN INVESTING THIS MONEY,BUT I
WILL NOT WANT OUR IDENTITY REVEALED.I WILL ALSO WANT
TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCKS IN MULTI-NATIONAL
COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON
SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL
TURMOIL,HENCE WILL NEED YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND
ASSISTANCE.
MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASIZE THE HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALLITY WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS AND HOPE
YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE WHICH WE
REPOSE IN YOU.I SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF THIS
BUSINESS,I.E TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY
BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES
INCLUDING REMUNERATION FOR YOUR SERVICES.
I SHALL INFORM YOU WITH  THE NEXT LINE OF ACTION AS
SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE.
IS THIS PROPOSITION ATTAINABLE?IF IT IS,PLEASE KINDLY
FURNISH ME IMMEDIATELY BY E-MAIL WITH YOUR DIRECT
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO ENHANCE THE
CONFIDENTIALLITY WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS.
BEST REGARDS
MR.SESAY MASSAQUOE.
ATTN:PLEASE REPLY TO MY MORE PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS
BELOW AS STATED ABOVE:
legaldarp@netscape.net

lmao....

Wie sehr lustig
Unwissenheit ist Gl

...and who's Krystal Staley? Just a blank email from a mac.com address.

I keep getting blank e-mails too.  It's got to be some new spam or virus.

There's no way this many people keep forgetting to type in content to me.

I had one like that... It had a little white square jpg in html, which was "distant" with my mail in the url. They get confirmation the adress is valid when you look at it.. smart bastards