I don’t know what to think. Just got an African money-laundering letter that begins:

Dear Sir,
You may have seen this business before and ignored it. I know I did – many times! However,please take a few moments to read this letter.

The sender bears the curious name Robinson Zulu.

What next? Deposit one hundred thousand dollars to each bank account on the list, then open an account at an African bank and make a copy of this letter . . . .

I see that Pobox’s spam filter has learned to spot at least some Nigerian scam letters. That must have been tricky, as they vary more and look a lot more like normal mail than most junkmail does.

Oddest junkmail of the month:

The Illuminati Order would like to invite you to visit with us at:
http://www.illuminatiorder.org

This invitation is at the request of someone who cares about you but she wishes to remain ananymous.

Kind regards,

Grandmaster
The Illuminati Order of Bavaria

P.S. as a special gift, invest in [censored]. It is an illuminati stock which will make you a great deal of money if you buy while it is under $1

The website does not exist, though the domain is registered to someone named Allah Satan’s Bitch.

Another odd one:

Hi my name is Angelica Lyximboorg; I am 22 years of age.
I am new to the internet, and I found your e-mail on one of the news groups.
I was just wondering if you would be kind enough and walk me thru on how to post a massage on the board.
I heard it’s to do something with outlook express or something, I am just a little bit confused and all =)
If you can explain to me how to use the news groups forum that would be great.
Here is my e-mail address which I use daily Angelica22_aAfjGf@hotmail.com

It would appear that a significant number of netizens have taken to rejecting mail from 211.x.x.x, and that the Chinese spammers know it: I got several spams today that advertised a website in China (at least china-motion.com appeared in traceroute) but used a mail relay in the West.

It’s ages since I got a spam of the form “For $39.99 we’ll submit your site to 273 top search engines . . . .” Remember them? I always wondered who the heck would buy that service.

It had to happen: I just got a “Nigerian scam” letter from someone representing himself as “the secetary of Africa White farmers co-operation (AWFC) OF Zimbabwe.”

Got a spam today which ends thus:

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How have you lived this long without knowing that?