[Small Farmer]

It was in 1979 that I saw the first of what came to be known as advance fee frauds - where someone has an account with a huge amount of money that can only be released to you.   I wish I still had it: it was handwritten in three different colours for emphasis and had us all creased up.

When Ferdinand Marcos was deposed there was a a stream of letters asking for help in dealing with the 100 tonnes of gold that was allegedly held in his name.

The arrival of email just widens the target audience - the gullible and the careless. 

[Lesley Silvester]

Jaykay, I quite often get those too but usually from banks I don't have an account with 
So thats an easy scam to deal with. Delete, delete, delete

Same here.

I advertise as a private tutor and I used to get a lot of emails from people who wanted me to teach their son/daughter  English for several hours a week over several weeks.  They would pay me a large sum of money for tuition and accommodation if I sent them my bank details.  Oh yeah!