Over at IveTriedThat, Joe is running a contest and the prize is a some fame in the form of a mention on his blog. Time will tell if the back link is worth the effort of writing this, but it’s fun so here goes my own, original scam email.

If I find out that anyone is actually using this email to make money I’ll be forced to sue you for at least half the profits.

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Hello {FIRSTNAME}

I’m sure you don’t remember me, but I was the shy redhead in the back of your 3rd grade class back in {CITY}. I always looked up to you but was too shy to say so. While we never again shared a class room, I did watch you from afar as you grew up and admired your success. As we entered high school and I finally built up the courage to say hi but my parents shipped me off to a boarding school in Europe.

At the time I hated them for sending me off, but I now realize it was what I needed. At the boarding school I overcame my shyness and after getting a degree from Oxford started one successful business after another. I now own a chain of hotels spread across a dozen tropical resorts and have my hands in a 18 successful Internet startups.

However, all this success comes with the price of loneliness. I have ever found that special person because I’ve always held them up next o you and they just don’t compare. You were my first love and nobody an replace you. I will be traveling a lot in the next month but will land in St. Thomas for a ground breaking of my newest hotel 5 weeks from today.

Please join me for the celebration. I will be out of touch for a couple weeks so please contact my esteemed assistant at SHAD1745@aol.com and he will help you make arrangements and wire you some money for a suit and travel expenses.

Love and Kisses,
The shy redhead.