What 'top employer' is HQed out of Downer's Grove? I've been down there and there's a Starbucks and some Restaurants and a drugstore. Anyhow, I doubt I'd qualify.

Also, hey, strat's a Jeffrey!

Deer Sir or Madam,

I am am a TOP senior Banker officer at major world Bank in Nigeria. I come to you, friend, im my hour of need, to request a mutually beneficial proposal. My accounts have been frozen due to the instability of my country and I need help retrieving them. I currently have US 7.5 MILLION $ and I will be willing to offer you generous service fee of US 500 THOUSAND $ for me to use your banks accounts access.

Please reply with Bank Account No.s and Social Security No.s for immediate deposit of your account. I am really trusting you, friend, please make sure to deposit the funds (excepting your fee) into the specified account I will send you in are next correspondances.

Truly yours, friend,

Johnathan Brown
Banking Officer, Worlds Banking

Abge I can one up you on that

Treat As Urgent.

My name is Mr Gupta, a UN genocide crime abuse journalist.

I seek your utmost confident to secure Eleven Million Dollars into your bank account for joint investment. I accept to offer you 30% of the total sum as gratification..

The funds was given to me by a particular Head of state as a gesture preventing me from revealing a war genocide proves i had against him since 2008 to the media.

But in line with the moral principal of my services as journalist, I must not own more than Ten Thousand Dollars in my bank account.

Due to this regulations, I decided to contact you for assistant to secure the funds into your bank account until i successfully process my resignation in the nearest future.

I strongly count on your ability to protect my interest while this funds is in your bank account.

Please provide me with your contact details if you accept this offer.

1) Your Full Name .
2) Your Residential Address.
3) Your Private Mobile,Telephone and Fax numbers where you can be reached at all time.

As soon as I hear from you, further details of the funds transfer will be unveiled to you.

My Best Regards.

Mr. Gupta
Investigator Journalist
E-mail : [email protected]

This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost confidentiality. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Wow! You should take him up on that generous offer! 6.6% of his total net worth! He's a generous man! ;-)

haha that's a good one. Mine was made up. I'll take a look through my spam for good ones.

wow, this ones really detailed:

From: Mr.Lewis Boateng Sarfonaa.
Manager: First International Bank Of Ghana,
Bank Of Ghana Ltd.
Office Location: High Street Greater Accra.
Accra Ghana West Africa.

Dear Friend,

I am contacting you for an opportunity in my bank that will be of mutual benefit for both of us.
I sincerely and highly apologize for interfering on your privacy.
I got your contact through this media which i believe that you are the right person to carry out this transaction,
kindly accepts my sincere apology if my proposal disregards your moral ethics.
This is the brief information of what i am talking about, On January 11th 1999, a German estate developer,
Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, deposited US$2,000,000 (Two Million United States Dollars) under our portfolio management department for a period of three years,
And the deposit matured on the 18th of February 2002 with over 100% growth which amounted to a total of US$6,520,000 (Six Million,Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
Upon maturity,a notification was sent to his forwarding address but all to no avail. Several attempts were made to contact him but without responses. After a month, another reminder was sent to him from my desk and evidently
I discovered from his contract employers that Mr. Andreas Schranner died in the plane crash of an Air France Concorde flight 4590 which crashed on July 25th 2002.On further incident investigation,
I discovered that he died with his wife and entire family,
As all efforts to trace members of his neither family nor relatives proved futile. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site. ( Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm )
Mr. Andreas Schranner, has long passed away and since his death none of his next-of-kin or relations knows about this transactions no-one has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir.
He died without identifying with anybody about these funds, which has since matured and the roll-over on the funds also expired. This sum of US$6,520,000 (Six Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
is still in my possession in my Bank lifeless as unnoticed because there will never be anybody to lay claim on the inheritance. So I am proposing to you to stand in as the next of kin to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that at the expiration of Nine (9) years such funds will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds. The money will be approved into your account and subsequently,
we shall share in the ratio:70% for me and 30% for you as gratification for assistance rendered. I will visit your country for the disbursement, according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account.

Please for proper identification and easier communication you are advised to reply me with this following information below:

a) YOUR FULL NAME..........
b) CELL PHONE NUMBER...
c) MARITAL STATUS.....
d) AGE................
e) COUNTRY.............
f) OCCUPATION..........
g) PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS........

I humbly crave your indulgence in portraying sincerity towards this matter,
as trust stands to be our watchword in this transaction.
My assurance is that your role is risk free to accord this transaction the legality it deserves as with all moderately put in places we are certain in actualizing a hitch paid transfer of the fund without any impediments.
My position with my bank already guarantees the swift execution of this project.
I will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.
Kindly signify your willingness to assist by sending me an e-mail or telephone number true the email below for further procedures relating to this transaction.

GOD BLESS YOU.

Looking forward to your positive response

Regards
Mr. Lewis Boateng Sarfonna.

I just got this one. The ridiculousness of these scam emails are quite amusing. I love the subject line.

From: Mark Edward <[email protected]>
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS PROJECT?

Mark Edward
Audit/Remittance Dept,
Ecobank Intl Ghana Ltd,
Accra-Ghana.

Dear Friend
It is my sincere pleasure at this moment to exhibit my total trust bestowed on you in accordance to my Proposed partnership/ relationship with you of which I am fully convinced that you will really welcome my partnership with you in this transaction Being very skeptical in dealing with Africans in such transaction, Ranging from the height of fraudulent activities encompassing the African communities.

I am Mr Mark Edward, 52 married working with Ecobank Intl Ghana Ltd,One of African leading banks in Ghana West Africa Region,In my department i discovered file of a dormant account of Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(US$6.500.000.00) deposited for the past Six (6)years.

The true owner of this funds/ account was Late DR.GEORGE BRUMLEY,a citizen of Atlanta,United States of America, who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,East Africa You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html . After going through your profile and with great commitment to prayer and fasting ,i felt relief and alleviated in spirit and decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.

Regarding the short period of fifteen (15) bank working days allowed confirming and submitting the reports by the Board of directors of my bank, which may lead to the cancellation or terminating of the account. It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement ,since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can i give you this trust?
3. Can you sponsor this project? if so, What will be your commission?
Consider this and get back at me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention,urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves. I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project,Kindly send your reply to my private email:[email protected]

Respectfully yours,
Mr.Mark Edward