Who responds to an e-mail like this one??? I’d almost like to send out fifty thousand copies just to see what sort of person writes back:
“This sum of US$6,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank… According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim this fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foriegner to stand in as the next of kin to Mrs. Ann Barbara Myers… The money will be paid to you for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.”
In addition to Nigerian bank scams the recent spam harvest also includes numerous stock tips, opportunities to enlarge a prominent body part “safely and naturally”, e-mails from moral and upstanding women wanting me to visit their web sites, and my personal favorite, the chance to buy “Affordable Califirnia Health Insurance”. Unfortunately e-mail spam can’t be handled in the same way as junk mail.