I got one of those from a nice Somalian widow. Just £7,500 for legal fees and I can have half of her hundred million fortune.
Some people will believe anything they read! Now as soon as this billionaire king sends me half of his wealth in exchange for the use of my PayPal account I'll be laughing.
We have a saying here in Bulgaria (not sure about the English equivalent), which goes something like "there will be players as long as there are suckers" or something of the sort. Truth is I love to read scam letters from time to time, especially Nigerian Scam, the stories there and the promises of billions always make me chuckle But the fact is that, as amazing as it may seem, there are STILL some people that fall for that and its just mindblowing. My favorite one is about a LAWYER who was scammed for nearly $200k with one of the oldest tricks - the Inheritance Scam. I mean, come on, condolences to the affected, but believing someone from a third-world country, famous for its high poverty rates (i.e. most countries in Africa), can have millions of dollars and wants to share them with a random person, on a random email...well...you're probably asking for it