Tempting to run a similar scheme myself. Magic Beans that import hidden money for Nigeria, improve your sex life and make your PC run faster. But I will probably wait until they are out of Beta.

I would like to purchase some of these fantastic beans.

Here is a cheque, write any number you like in the amount and I will sign it

I got this last week and thought it was a new twist on the Social Engineering.

Trusting my own scepticism more than any AV product, I wouldn't have opened this even if I had a real phone line (which are easier to tap than VOIP. 3rd party VOIP is of course easier to eavesdrop than VOIP on DOCSIS or LLU from your own ISP).

I imagine this one will do well.

The best business plan ever made sounds like this "People are really stupid, now how can we use that to get them to pay us exorbitant amounts of money?" If they open it, they deserve what they get.

Judging from the subtly incorrect English in the spam, the writer's probably from Sofia.

In any case, if I thought someone were really listening in on my phone conversations, they'd be treated to my original composition, "Solo Adagio for Police Whistle and Foghorn."

Any of the authorities doing anything about this?

Fix a picture in your mind of just how gobsmackingly stupid the average person is. Got that? Now realize that, almost by definition of average(*), about half of all people are even stupider than that!

(*) Yes, for the math geeks, that would be the "median" person, not the "average" person. See Figure 1.