has a dedicated address

419@spring39.demon.co.uk

to which copies of emails including full headers can be sent .. never ever (they advise)
reply to any of them!

Altho' I have .. hopefully and helpfully putting several Africans in dire straits in contact with each other and they never replied back (?)

But as regards the lyricism of the letters .. I lived in Africa for 7 years and eventually got to understand the transliterations and phraseology in letters .. except for one which nobody (even old timers) could get:

"Dear Madam / Sir

I am standing on your face to write this letter ....."   what was all that about :)