It's a scam. I get those email practically every day, I have no idea how they found my address, or if they just send them out randomly.
If you google a long text string from the email, you'll find several scam sites where the email was reported by other people. Chances are Yahoo is already fully aware of that particular scam.
I swear I get these every day, and they can be very imaginative. Here's one that just came in this morning:
Quote:
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Daniel Ford the son of the late Terry Ford, a farmer In
Zimbabwe; I am contacting you for assistance due to the recent problems
that my family is facing in Zimbabwe.After the last general elections
in my
country when the incumbent President Mr. Robert Mugabe won he adopted a
very aggressive land reform programme. During this period of the Land
Reform Act of which many rich White farmers were killed, our farmland
was attacked, looted and burnt down by militants sponsored by the
dictator President Robert Mugabe and in the process my father was
killed.
Before his death, he had traveled to Europe to deposit the sum of
$23,000,000.00 (Twenty Three Million United States Dollars) with a
security/finance company in Europe, as he foresaw the Looming dangers
in Zimbabwe. The amount was meant for the purchase of new machineries
and Chemicals proposed for new farms in Zimbabwe. This cash was kept
with the Security Company for fear of seizure by the Government, as
President Mugabe had declared war on white farmers.
We have been unable to travel to Europe due to the recent problems in
our country Zimbabwe we cannot secure a visa. It is due to this
situation that we have decided to contact you for assistance to make
claims of this fund from the security firm in Europe on behalf of my
family. As soon as you claim this fund you will transfer it into your
account, deduct your share and secure our share until we come over to
your country.
For your assistance you will be entitled to 10% of the total fund,
While 3% will be used for any expenses that we may incur in the course
of this transaction.
Note that you will assist us invest our share of this funds in a
profitable business in your country with your supervision. Please get
back to me immediately so we can proceed.
please contact me via this Email: danielford@eqqu.com
Regards and God Bless.
Daniel Ford.
NB: For more information on the death of my father and the problems in
Zimbabwe see the links below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/afr ica/772524.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/afr ica/1878846.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/ africa/03/18/zimbabwe.farmer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbab we/article/0,2763,181153,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/ africa/08/09/zimbabwe.farmers
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I never answer these, although sometimes I google them to see how widespread they are.