OK, dammit, this one almost got me...

[WilliamPitt]

You know those wacky emails from Nigeria asking you to help move, like, ten billion dollars? "In the name of God I reach out to you via this medium. I am (insert name) from the Defense Agency in Nigeria, please help, etc."

I just got this:

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Re: Electronic Voting Mechines

We Here at the upper chamber of the law making arm of the Federal Government of
Nigeria dissatisfied with different substandard voting mechines here do need your
company to supply our Country with Electonic Voting Mechines we are ready to invite
you for procedural teasting of this mechines and also make sure that that pass the
required test set by the Presidence for the Country,s forth comming Election Under a
secific arangement by your company and member of the senate who will ratify the
Credibily of Voting mechines
I await your Response Immidiately Vie this Medium

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I have no voting machine company. At least, I don't think I do. Got pretty drunk this weekend, so anything is possible, but...

[helderheid]

1. Damnit Will. I should have known you were drunk when we set it up.

[Nye Bevan]

2. You know, that guy in the Internet cafe in Lagos...

the one that the other scammers pay to translate their letters into English, never really seems to do his job properly.

And he always gets away with it-- who is going to reply with a detailed spelling and grammar critique?

[RebelOne]

3. This is a new scam. I wonder what the catch is.

[Squeech]

4. HAHAHAHAHA

I think they were just teasting you.

(That's testing crossed with teasing.)