Vanity: I got this spam email

[ImAmericanFirst]

I hope this is the right place to ask about this. I rarely do vanity posts.

What should I do when I get an email like this? Should I report it? Or just ignore and delete as I normally do?

It reads..

[ImAmericanFirst]

FROM MOHAMMED HAMZA. 2-3 NELSON MANDELA AVENUE SANDTON CITY , JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.

TEL: 27 73 185 1608.

ATTN:PRESIDENT/C. E . O,

GREETINGS AND MAY THE PEACE OF THE MOMENT BE WITH YOU .IT IS INDEED MY PLEASURE TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER , WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE SURPRISE TO YOU AS WE HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE AND I AM DEEPLY SORRY IF I HAVE IN ANY MANNER DISTURBED YOUR PEACE/PRIVACY.PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR THIS UNUSUAL MANNER TO CONTACT YOU .BUT THIS PARTICULAR LETTER IS OF EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY PRIVATE IN NATURE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE A GREAT DOUBT AND DISTRUST IN YOUR HEART IN RESPECT OF THIS MAIL,COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT , SO MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE INTERNET TO FACILITATE THEIR FRAUDLENT DEEDS,THEREBY MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR A GENUINE AND LEGITIMATE BUSINESS CLASS PERSONS TO GET ATTENTION AND RECOGNITION.THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO KNOW WHETHER I WILL BE PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD. BUT HONESTLY LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF.

MY NAME IS MOHAMMED HAMZA. I LIVED AND WORKED IN IRAQ AS A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR DURING THE LATE PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN ERA. I WAS A GOOD FRIEND AND A PARTNER OF MR HATEM KAMIL ABDUL FATEH WHO WAS A BUSINESSMAN/CONTRACTOR AND ALSO THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF BAGHDAD. I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION THE SUM OF US$18M (EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS), IN CASH THAT WAS ENRUSTED TO ME BY MR HATEM KAMIL ABDUL FATEH SHORTELY BEFORE THE AMERICANS STORMED BAGHDAD THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE FALL OF SADDAM.

AS THE WAR RAGES ON WITHOUT KNOWING WHEN IT WILL STOP , HE ADVISED ME TO MOVE AWAY WITH THE FUNDS AND THAT HE WILL JOIN ME LATER. I THEN,TOOK THE FUNDS OUT OF IRAQ FOR SAFE KEEPING AND DEPOSITED IT SAFELY IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND KEPT THE BOX CONTAINING THE FUNDS THERE SUCESSFULLY. MY FRIEND HATEM KAMIL WHO GAVE ME THE BOX WAS NOT AS LUCKY. HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE KILLED DURING ONE OF THE BOMBARDMENTS THAT HIT THEIR HOME IN BAGHDAD, WHICH HAS LEFT TENS OF THOUSANDS DEAD AND INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS UP TILL NOW.I AM DESPERATELY NOW IN EXILE WITH MY FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA AS ASSYLUM SEEKERS.

I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR URGENT HELP TO ASSIST ME CLAIM THE FUNDS FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY FOR INVESTMENT IN A VERY GOOD RELIABLE PROJECT IN YOUR COUNTRY. A LOT OF IRAQIS HAD LOOTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND RAN OUT OF IRAQ INCLUDING TOP OFFICIALS, MANY OF WHOM SUCCEDED WHILE MANY DIED IN THE PROCESS. I THANK GOD THAT I AM ALIVE AND CAME OUT OF THERE INSPITE OF THE ESCALATING HOSTILITIES THAT HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE DAY AFTER DAY.

HOWEVER, I WANT TO HAVE AN INVESTMENT BASE IN YOUR COUNTRY, AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT TO HELP ME SECURE/CLAIM THE FUNDS FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND DEPOSIT IT IN YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

INASMUCH AS WE ARE REFUGEES HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THEIR LAW DOES NOT ALLOW REFUGEES TO OPERATE AN ACCOUNT OR HAVE A BUSINESS ESTABILISHED UNTIL YOU GET YOUR PERMANENT RESIDENCE WHICH WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS OF WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF BEFORE I DEPOSITED THE FUNDS.

IF YOU ACCEPT TO ASSIST ME,I AM OFFERING YOU 30% OF THE MONEY WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR ALL THE EXPENCES THAT COULD BE INCURED ON THE PROCESS OF THE TRANSACTION. AND REMEMBER TO GIVE ME YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AS REGARDS TO THE FUNDS.

THIS IS RISK FREE BUT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT.PLEASE FOR YOUR EYES ONLY YOU CAN VISIT THIS WEB LINK ...http://talkleft.com/new_archives/002483.html) AND GET A PICTURE OF A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN IRAQ AND HOW INDIVIDUALS /SOLDIERS LOOTED MONEY AND RUN AWAY.

BEST REGARDS,

MOHAMMED HAMZA.

NB:REPLY TO {mhamza26@hotmail.com}.

[JennysCool]

You need to contact the expert, lowbridge.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Reply to Mohammed and politely inform him that his caps lock key is broken.

[JRios1968]

Fish-on-the-head PING!

[theDentist]

Send him the money, of course. ;-)

[JRios1968]

What a difference 33 seconds make...

[lainie]

Ignore and delete.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Set fire to your underwear. The email will no longer be of concern.

[ImAmericanFirst]

Ignore and delete

Thanks

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

wonst@nigerianscams.org

I forward scams to the above EMAIL address!

[areafiftyone]

Jeeze I didn't sign my name right. You can send me the money just open up the account under areafiftyone. LOL - Just ignore it.

[trisham]

LOL!

[pandoraou812]

I just ignore them. I would never write back. I never even open emails from someone I don't know usually but I have gotten a few of these. Its a scam. I don't know where you report them if you find out let me know please so I can report mine . Thanks ~~Pandora~~

[JennysCool]

I like your tagline.

Good lord, is it Friday yet???

[oh8eleven]

I rarely do vanity posts.
I can see why. I think your New Year's resolution should be total abstinence.

[trisham]

Heavens to Betsy! I believe you've hit the jackpot!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

see post #10

[1rudeboy]

I'm wondering why someone who gets spam chooses to spam the rest of us with the spam.

[End Times Sentinel]

My daughter lost one of her baby teeth, and it smelled like the inside of her mouth.

Anything to be concerned about?

Oh, wait, I'll start my own thread and ping you to it!

[Bernard Marx]

Delete and forget is a good policy on 419 scam letters.

For more info check out: 419 Scam

Scroll down to find U.S.-specific info.