mail scams

[viking60]

I get a ton per day and mostly some African guy has died with no one to claim the multi billion heritage. So if I would only provide my data and maybe a small sum - it is mine.
But this is a new one:

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YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ?550,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS)
and a Dell laptop.IN THE MICROSOFT 2011 PROGRAMMER,CONTACT Mr. Roland Edward AT
microsoftonlinepromotion@superposta.com,With your REF NO:YM35447XN And Batch
NO: PK/E/05563

Yours sincerely,
Kristena Cowles''

Wow I have won! - And I did not even participate

Do people really believe in these kinds of free lunch offers? This is a 419scam and naive idiots must be falling for them because they have been around for 10 years.
You are hereby warned - and far to intelligent to fall for this crap. But it is a problem and it can get violent. People that actually went to Nigeria have been killed.

[R_Head]

Here is some funny....

Kristena Cowles

Cowles? Really? In an African Tribe if you do not have a Cow you are Peniless; so that is another word for broke?

Heck, I am so broke this week that I am Cowless, Pigless and Chickenless...

[dedanna1029]

Heck, I am so broke this week that I am Cowless, Pigless and Chickenless...

Dickless, homeless, governmentless, lost without a frikking clue, but you've "won 1T GBP". Ain't it great.