Email scams

By now, anyone who has had an internet connection in the past 20 years is well aware of the Nigerian 419 email scams

Today I received this …

Hello,
I am really sorry to bother you with this email but i just want you to know what i am going through right now. I am sorry i didn’t inform you about my traveling to Malaysia for a Seminar,i am presently in Malaysia but unfortunately for me i lost my wallet and other valuables in a taxi. I can easily access the internet for now but i do not have access to phone and i also cannot afford the pay phone simply because i do not have a dime on me at the moment. I want you to please assist me urgently with a loan of £1,300 to sort out my hotel bills and to get myself back home. I have tried the embassy here but they are not responding to the matter effectively,i want you to know that i will pay you back as soon as i return,so kindly let me know if you can be of help so that i can send you the details you will use to send the money to me and i think the best way i can receive the money is via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER since i still have my passport with me.

Jordan.

It obviously works (or they wouldn’t be doing it) but who the hell are the people who would receive a message like this and think, “you know what, I better just transfer £1,300 to some random guy that I’ve never heard of has he sounds like he’s in quite a predicament”.  Come on people.