If you have e-mail, you've probably gotten an message from a Nigerian scammer. You know the drill. Someone overseas (usually in Nigeria or South Africa) has selected you to help him transfer millions of unclaimed dollars to the U.S., of which you will receive a hefty percentage. Except, of course, you need to pay a few thousand dollars in administrative fees or bribes. After which, you never hear from them again.

Surprisingly, a lot of people fall for this scam, blinded by either greed or stupidity. This is serious stuff. Some people have embezzled money from their companies to pay for this scam, or traveled overseas only to be kidnapped or killed.

That said, these scammers are bulk mailing, so if I "reply" from a different e-mail account they are none the wiser. I've taken to making up bizarre characters who reply to these scammers and see just how weird I can get before these guys figure out that I'm messing with them.