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scamorama for lots more amusing advance fee frauds.

From what I have read, the Nigerian mafia is running this kind of scam since the early 80s, and believe it or not, there are people who do fall for it. The fact that they are using now modern tools (email and computers) to carry out their activities is just consecuential. The problem is so big, that the US treasury department has created a task force to deal with this kind of criminals.

There is an excelent site which reports the millions of variations of the first contact letters, fun stories on how to play these guys, and stories on how to make them dance like a chicken. Worth the reading if you have time for it (but then again, you are reading this, aren't you?).