Remember the e-mail where Osama was captured. I got that e-mail. At least I was aware of the virus. I just got rid of it.

Very similar to yours: "I am _________, a legal practitioner and personal attorney to late Engineer ___________ an international contractor in the oil industry before his untimely demise on the 27th of September 2003 United Kingdom. Before his death, I assisted him in the deposit of some contract funds valued at $22 million with a bank. The funds have remained unclaimed since his death and such unclaimed funds are appropriated and returned to the treasury after 4 years as a matter of banking policy. Considering the lack of success in my bid to locate any of his relatives for over 3 years now, I hereby solicit your consent to enable me present you to the bank as the beneficiary Next of Kin to my deceased client. I am contacting you for two reasons. Firstly, you both share the same Origin and name which makes the claim logical and credible. Secondly, strongly believe that the Bank does not deserve to confiscate the funds and these reasons led to my resolve to contact you to claim the funds. Know that this deal is 100% risk free because I have in my possession the personal file of the deceased which contains some of the information we shall need to prove your legal relationship with my late client, which means that the fund will definitely be paid into the account of whoever I present to the bank as his next of kin. Moreover this is a legal and risk free transaction that does not in anyway hamper or contravene the monetary laws of your country because it is an inheritance fund. All I require from you is your assurance that my share of the funds shall be held in trust for me when it is released into your account by the bank. Be rest assured that the fund shall be released to you by the bank upon presenting all the necessary legal documents that will be used to substantiate whatever claim we make on your behalf at the bank. On my receipt of your consenting reply, i shall give you a detailed Briefing on this proceedings. I await your immediate response, I appeal to your sense of fairness. Reply Urgently. Regards, ___________________

the craziest i've received are from online dating services. i never bother reading them though. but, their subject lines included the following, "See pictures of singles in your area." and "Meet black singles in your area."

i have gotten one from a 12 year old princess in africa saying that all of her family has died in a car crash and that she needs my help to get her parents money. she want me to give her my account # from my bank so that she can deposit millions of dollars into my account and then she was going to come over to the usa and meet me and to give her her money and i would be alound to keep 20% for helping her to get her parents money.

Ah ... the famed "Nigerian Letter"... though now the folks in South Africa have learned about it (7 years after it had pretty much died out) and are trying their hand at it. I've gotten hundreds of these emails over the last 12 years. Probably a dozen in the last 2 weeks. Though I don't recall any specifying an amount down to the penny: it's always been nice round millions - even tens of millions. BTW, the way the scam works, if you respond, they'll try to rope you in, and get you to send them a few thousand dollarsto cover basic expenses/fees ... or to show "good faith". If you appear to be a particularly gullible mark, they'll try to get you to come to Africa - where they'll rob you, hold you for ransom and possibly even have you jailed until your family pays big.

if i get anything that i dont known about or don't want i do not open it i judt put a check mark by it and either put it in spam or put it in the trash bin then later i will go to the trash bin and empty it and then it is gone

I know this isen't the same as a "personal" mail, but its the same kind of concept. I'm talking about the "Congratulations"-banners, where it says that you're number 1 million visiting this page. Adblocker is everything I need *smile*. About the mail scams, I've replied to some of them, and it has been quite funny to see how far they will go for the money. (: If you receive one of these scam emails, it is important that you do not respond to it in any way. The scammers are likely to act upon any response from those they see as potential victims. Although it can be educational and even entertaining to "bait" these scammers, such endeavours should only be attempted under controlled conditions. The people who run these scams are criminals and could even resort to violence and intimidation to meet their aims. You should delete the email without replying. Before you delete the message, you might like to report the scam by forwarding the email to the address supplied on the FraudWatch International website.