These scammers are just getting plain sloppy.

I got this email this morning:

>From: thomas_cole
>To: thomas_cole@ig.com.br
>Subject: Dear Shannon
>Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:23:07 -0300
>
>From The Desk of:
>Barrister Thomas Cole & partners.
>25 Wilson Road Olodi Apapa
>Lagos- Nigeria.
>Private / Highly Confidential
>Email:thomas2000cole@yahoo.com
>Subject Matter: Invitation to act as Next-of-Kin
>
>Dear Shannon,
>
>I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things
>unfold,we will know each other better. I will start by introducing myself to
>you.My name is Thomas Cole a solicitor at law.
>
>I am writing in respect of a foreigner Richard Burson Shannon,who happens to
>be my client an oil merchant and contractorwho perished in a plane crash of
>31st October 1999[WITH EGYPTIANAIRLINE 990] with other passengers aboard .
>
>Since the demise of my client I personally have watched with keen interest
>to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
>claim his funds of US$28.5m(Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand
>United States Dollar) and all the relevant documents in the bank has no
>record of any next of kin. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
>shall be used as his next of kin so I have contacted you to assist in
>repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they
>get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the huge
>deposits were lodged.
>
>Particularly, the Equity Development Bank Plc where the deceased had an
>account valued at about Usd28.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to
>provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.
>
>seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased sinceI
>read your profile I know you can assist me as I need somebody who is
>trustworthyand willing to assist me get the funds transfered.Whcih the
>account whichmy late client operate is valued at Usd28.5 million dollars can
>be paidto you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount
>on amutual agreed percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim as
>the deceased Next of Kin willbe provided.
>
>All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
>I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimatearrangement that will
>protect you from any breach of the law and you shouldendeavor to keep it
>confidential.
>
>Please get in touch with me,at thomas2000cole@yahoo.com,to enable us discuss
>further about this transaction.
>
>Best regards,
>Barrister Thomas Cole.


And so I responded:

Dear Mr Cole,
Most Barristers do not use Yahoo as their mail client. Nor would anyone in their right mind use a public email client to send such "Private/Highly Confidential" matter. A quick google can easily reveal that you are using a server in Brazil. You guys need to figure out a better way to run this scam. You should consider managing some kind of database that guarantees that you don't send the same email signed by diferrent "high ranking officials" but with the same scam to the same person within a 3 week period. That is just sloppy.
Good Luck with your endeavors,
Bee Mc Polo (let's see if that name rings a bell)
PS someone is really falling down on the job over there, good luck with that.