England Still Giving Away Money

[Pound notes, plus a few dollars, at the donations box of the British Museum. Image credit: Lawrence OP.]



These folks are insistent - in the last week I've received at least four copies of this message, with the only difference being the Internet Protocol (IP) address the e-mail was sent from. It must be genuine, then, right?

From: HANS <xxx@xxxxx.xxx.js.cn.invalid>
To:
Subject: DELVERY NOTICE REPLY X.X.X.X
Date: Oct 14, 2009 12:14 PM
Attention:

I am a Diplomat named James Hans, mandated to deliver your inheritance to you in your country of residence.

The funds total US$7.5 Million and you were made the beneficiary of these funds by a benefactor whose details will be revealed to you after handing over the funds to you in accordance with the Agreement I signed with thebenefactor when he enlisted my assistance in delivering the funds to you.

I am presently in United Kingdom and before I can deliver the funds to you, you have to reconfirm the followinginformation so as to ensure that I am dealing with the right person.

1. Full Name
2. Residential Address
3. Age
4. Occupation
5. Direct Telephone Numbers

After verification of the information with what I have on file, I shall contact you so that we can make arrangements on the exact time I will be bringing your package to your residential address. Send the requested information so that we can proceed.

Regards,

James Hans

Unfortunately, I'm way behind in my financial dealings. All these wonderful inheritances and international money deals, not to mention lotteries I win without even entering, are keeping me jumping.

It's on my to-do list though, really.

[NOTE for the uninitiated: As always, this e-mail came (multiple times) to my Cujo359 e-mail account. It's a scam. I've disguised the real e-mail address, but left the country domain intact, and I replaced the IP address with X's.

Maybe it would be a good idea to publish the IP addresses, since they appear to be e-mail servers that allow unverified relays. I assume everything else in this e-mail is fictitious, as should you.]