Who Could Believe This?

I get plenty of span mail, and always read it as entertainment material. But the lamest piece I ever got, the most obvious scam attempt of all came yesterday. It is below. Take a look.

DEAR BENEFICIARY
WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT OUR DIPLOMATIC AGENT LEFT WITH YOUR ATM CARD CONTAINING US$5.5 MILLIONDOLLARS (FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) SINCE YESTERDAY HOWEVER THE DIPLOMATIC AGENT CONVEYING THE PACKAGE MISPLACED YOUR ADDRESS AND HE IS CURRENTLY STRANDED AT (GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIR PORT KS) OVER THERE IN USA. WE REQUIRED YOU TO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BELOW SO THAT HE CAN DELIVER YOUR ATM CARD TO YOU TODAY.

NAME: ------------------------------------------------
ADDRESS: --------------------------------------------
MOBILE NO: -------------------------------------------
NAME OF YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT: ---------------
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION: ----------------

PLEASE CONTACT THE DIPLOMATIC AGENT WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS RECONFIRMED BELOW: CONTACT PERSON: MR. JOHN L. WILLIAM, EMAIL:(johnwilliamtnts@gmail.com) THIS IS THE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO REACH HIM OVER THERE IN KANSAS CITY: 316243 5619.

THANKS
MRS MARIA JONATHAN
DIRECTOR TNT EXPRESS COURIER BENIN REPUBLIC

How crazy is that? The spelling, usage and grammatical errors alone make it trash can material. Only the most naive person could believe it has any element of truth to it. But the content itself is totally bizarre. The "our diplomatic agent left with your ATM card" line is is strange. Haha I imagine anyone believing a fairy Godmother in Africa is trying to give him or her 5.5 million dollars would have to wonder how, though stealing his or her ATM card the Godmother "misplaced your address" and can't send the money.

Then there is the clarification of what 5.5 million dollars the figure is when written in English text. Haha One would think a scam artist would at least scam in a literate version of the language used to trick the e mail receiver. Hmmm Maybe "over there" in Kansas City they just don't write English well. Yet, I wonder how many of that type respond to that mailing. Some people must or we would not have such junk mail in our boxes every day.

Oh...if you give them your personal information and they can rush that 5.5 million give them a few thousand of your proceeds so they can attend an English language school and con more convincingly next time.