Great Spam Game

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

We all get spam. Sometimes it's really great. Post it here.

Dear Beneficiary,
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Eng. John
Ferguson; I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned
undelivered.I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address
stated on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Eng. John Ferguson made
you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Seven Million One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (USD$7,100.000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament
to his WILL.Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with
you in the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous
friends abroad who wished you good. Eng. John Ferguson until his death was a
member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic &
Electrical Engineers. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to be
involved in charitable projects. His great philanthropy earned him numerous
awards during his lifetime.Late Eng. John Ferguson died on the 13th day of
December 2005 at the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for
execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I
reach you this time, as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as
possible to enable me conclude my job.I hope to hear from you in no distant
time. Yours in Service,
BARRISTER CINDY RICHEY

[pieces o nine]

I got these regularly at a former job; somewhere I still have the complete, printed collection. I'll bet that none of you suspected how many incredibly wealthy, devout Christians of Nigerian citizenship have slipped from my family tree and died, tragically and incommunicado, leaving their vast fortunes to ME ME ME.



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oi'm not shur wye me pigge be flyin backwerds, loike...

[Swatopluk]

There was once a nice editorial cartoon showing the Nigerian prime minister (or appropriate cabinet post, not sure) at his desk asking "Why is nobody answering my emails?"   

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Lol, I'd love to have long-lost wealthy Nigerian relatives that die and leave money to me, too.  I'd never have to work again, according to the sheer amount of money I'd be inheriting.  Possibly the next several generations of my family wouldn't either.

[pieces o nine]

Well Scrib, if ye axes noicely, oi will dez-ignite ye as me oan  long-lost rellytiv an pass me vast emayle forchoons on to ye wen oi shuffils orf this morrrtal coyle.

Be wotchin yer inbox fer thee notiss; hit will be rowted throo Nigeria fer tax porpoises...

[Darlica]

I have a name.lastname@internetprovider address I no longer use after I switched operator but I still keep it because I don't want somebody else to get it. The inbox is always full of I get Nigeria letters and messages that I have lottery wins to claim but I seldom open them just transfer them to the trash.

Lindorm however as well as the usual Nigeria letters, lotteries and V!agrra junk, gets marriage proposals alleged young (often) Russian women who write to him in English so bad one can smell the fake.
Poor girls at the pictures, I wonder if they even know their pictures are being used and I wonder who writes them...