I will give these dorks props for trying to be original.

The Subject on my email was "!!! Puppies For Adoption !!!"

And the message was:

"Hello,

Am Ashley Brent,i got your e-mail address from an email surfing marketing company with US chamber of Commerce, and My Late Grandma was a puppy breeder,She died about 6 month ago and she left English Bulldog,Yorkshire Terrier and Maltese before she pass a way,the female puppies recently give birth to 3 litters puppies,they are so adorable...but due to my work as a Construction Engineering ,My Job does not permit me to take proper care of these little puppies,I love to take care of them myself but due to the nature of my job i does hardly have time for my self,So i decide to look for someone,who is caring and lovingly parent...who will take good care of them and will to adopt them from me,If you are interested in having one of them,please contact me as soon as possible...for more details and information about adopting them from me and also do let me know the type of the puppies you are interested in adopting from me and in case you want Yorkshire Terrier,English Bulldog Or the Maltese?Do let me know as soon as possible.

Looking forward to your prompt e-mail again.

Thanks.


Eng.Ashley Brent"



Come on, I can smell the scam from here!

Heads up! Unsolicited crap like this is a scam! Just some FYI for ya. Heads up is better than heads down!

Yep, I have got several of something similiar...

Missionary couple in Africa, afraid for the safety of their beloved family pet...

Want someone in The States to take him...

They will even pay Airfare to send him back... I just to need to pay the fee here...

(Someone will pick it up from me and make all the arrangements to eme, after I cash their 'Cheque' keeping $200.00 for my trouble because it's cheaper to prepay from this side and too, because of Customs regulations.)


Yeah right!

The latest thing is Russian scammers...

That particular email, seems Nigerian. The thing about that, is the Nigerian people have gotten a bad wrap, or at least some of them.

The real deal, starts here...

The Nigerian scammers have been around for years. Not just in the computer age, but in snail mail all the way back to the early 1900's. These scammers have swindled millions. I think in 2003 or around there) there was a large bust. The Nigerian scammers are now known as the 419. The bust took place in Spain, but the scammers were operating under Nigerian gangs.

Here is where it gets hairy...since that time, any scam is automatically considered a "Nigerian scam". That is not the the case, i have researched this, and this is what i have found.

In the past four or five years, there is a new breed of scammer. These people operate from all over, including the United States. They "mimick" the Nigerians, using fake broken English. This is a ploy, that most of you can identify from childhood, false blame.

These people primarily prey on older people, mostly older women. The lonely and vulnerable. I know this because i have researched it. You will not find this post on the net, these are my words.

You can, however, go to Google and research this yourself. There is tons of information, tips on identifying, how to report...etc.

I keep saying to myself...these people can't possibly be successful, but they are...to the tune of millions and millions...sad, but true.

i smelled something fishy considering the typos, but like mark said, typos may have been there purposely.