I’ve already heard about email scams for quite sometime now but this is the first time that I actually got one:

From: dr.kumalo007@latinmail.com
To: samuel.bilibit@gmail.com
Date: Apr 16, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: Money Transfer Information from account# 1978248331000

Plot 142 road,
Trans-Amadi,
Port Harcourt

Sir/Madam,

I am Dr. Brian Kumalo from Africa.I am 44 years old and happily married with three lovely children.A banker by profession and also a christian by religion.

I dont know you,but I got your email contact from my web directories and was moved to contact you in due time for your permission and kind help before proceeding.My aim of writing to you this business letteris based on the fact that I want to invest what i recently discovered in my bank
in your country which involves a lot of money($10.7 million United States dollars cash) which belonged to late Mr Andrew Philips an American with account number 1978248331000 and this is why I have contacted you as a stranger so as to be sure this money leaves the shores of my country in Africa for good.As an assistant,I propose 20% to you.

It is not really my policy to discuss the nature of my business online on
the first day till you show interest in this deal.Please feel free to get
back to me for further details as I await your reply in earnest.

Regards,
Dr Brian Kumalo

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Of course I didn’t reply to this email. But If I did, here’s how it’s going to be:

Dear Dr. Ku(pal)malo,

Ilara ta tits, butete kang dako!
By the way, are you related to James Bond?

Sam