Known Scam?

[Xerxes]

If the money is truly untraceable, with some difficulty. That is why I say cash is "more secure" only in as much as it is more difficult to unravel what has happened. The underlying principle is, however, exactly the same.

[maxima]

Muppets.

Muppets never hurt anyone. Nigerians do.

[booradley]

scam

yes it a scam similar to the nigerian 419 fraud.

its simple.

if its too good to be true then its NOT.

bit like idiot who get lottery scammed.

if you are no paying into a lottery you CANT WIN.

[realityhack]

Forward the email including headers to NHTCU (Now part of SOCA). This is money laundering. Copy monster.co.uk's abuse inbox.

[threaded]

if you are no paying into a lottery you CANT WIN.

Not strictly true. The odds of winning a lottery only decrease slightly in proportion if you don't enter to if you do.