Actually, I have seen Nigerian scam letters etc before, although for some reason I hardly ever get spam at the moment. I just posted this as the kind of response I would use if I ever foolishly decided to reply to an e-mail such as this. - and, yes Nick, I did get the joke.

From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 10:18:36 +1200

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 09:30, you wrote:
> some people just don't get the joke do they?

I suppose it's also a ( remote ) possibility that he's never seen a Nigerian /
Zimbabwe Scam letter before.
Shall we expose him to some?
I've got several in the spam corpus.


> On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 09:11:46 +1200
>
> Luuk Paulussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > DEAR SIR/MADAM
> >
> > MAY I SUGGEST THAT IN YOUR NEXT E-MAIL YOU DON'T WRITE IN CAPS IF YOU
> > WANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. ALSO, CORRECT USE OF CAPS MAKES THE MESSAGE
> > MUCH EASIER ON THE EYES
> >
> > REGARDS
> > LUUK PAULUSSEN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
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> > http://www.xtra.co.nz/products/0,,5803,00.html !
>
> Nick Rout
> Barrister & Solicitor
> Christchurch, New Zealand
> http://www.rout.co.nz


--
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell


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