I refer of course to ex president Estrada of the Phillipines... his wife has emailed me asking for help..their calls are bugged...so they have chosen me to help them get out 17 million dolllars (they have promised to pay a disbursement to me for my trouble) ...i have been told to keep this classifed email under wraps, but knowing what good kind honest folk live in CVO I think it only write I should share this good fortune with you all

can anyone tell me what i should do next????

select the mail, press shift-delete to move it to the folder designed especially for this kind of correspondence.

If you want to see how some people react to these scams, have a look at http://www.419eater.com/. The site is about "baiting" 419 scammers. The site explains the use of 419:

"Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud Overview

The perpetrators of Advance Fee Fraud (AFF), known internationally as "4-1-9" fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes, are often very creative and innovative."

Some of the exchanges between would-be fraudster and "victim" are hilarious. The down side of this is that thousands of people each year are cheated out of large sums of money.

419eater is brilliant. take a look at http://www.universityofnigeria.com/

They are now using regular snail mail too.

I just got a letter today, informing me that I have won 254,000 euros on El Gordon (Spanish Lottery). Said my name was one of 18 people sharing 2.4 Million. My name was entered by random,as part of a general international ticket allocation. I just had to send form back to La Primitiva, which was the letterhead and it was all being handled by La Estrella de Seguros. Trouble is they asjked for my bank details and a photocopy of my ID card or passport. It looked very genuine even a hand written signature and an offical looking stamp on the letter.

So I've got the new Porsche ordered now, but I don't think the money will turn up. Especially as I didn't send the form back.

Hmmmmmmm

maybe I should do the lottery anyway

well what a surprise, I was also one of the few people to win the lottery, only mine was the european lottery!!!!! Pinkiebluesky

You know the old saying ..you can,t con an honest man