I must admit I haven't been bothering to add to my collection lately. I've just been deleting them without reading - but the first paragraph of this one raised a smile. Goes to show the importance of being Ernest!

Dear beloved,

I and my younger Brother, are delighted to write to you.I
am sorry if this mail will come to you as a surprise, We
just felt like empting ourself to you, to confide in you, as
we are faced with total frustration and hardship. our
Ernest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and
blessings.
I am Miss Rumiana Winfraid from Sierre Leone.we are an
orphan being that we, we lost our parents a couple of
months ago.

our father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting
board until his death,
he was assassinated with my mother on their way coming back
from work by the rebels following the political uprising in
Cote 'D Ivoire.

Before our father's death he made us to understand that he
deposited the sum ($9.5m) which he told the bank,that it
was for the importation of cocoa processing machines. Now
that our parents are dead,please we want you to do us a
favour to stand for us as our Daddy's forign bussiness
patner on whom the money in the bank belongs to. and also to
stand as the beneficiary. so that the bank will transfer it
to your bank account with all the documents that was issued
to our daddy on the day that he made the deposit.   

I and my younger brother Micheal have plans to do an
investment in your country, like real estate and industrial
production and also to start our education there in your
country.This is our reason for writing to you.

Please if you are willing to assist us for what l and
younger brother Micheal are going through here are so much
for us please we want you to stand for us so that the bank
will follow your instructions . please l and my only brother
has agreed with good faith that you will stand for us please
indicate your interest in replying soonest. so that we will
have every cost to live like other of our friends that we
are seeing around us with there parence.
please we want you to be our guidiance so that we will
still have a cost to live on this earth. please write back
to us in other for us to know your intrest to help us

Thanks and God bless,
Best regards,
Miss.Rumiana Ruru & brother