If you’re like most people, you’ve gotten at
least one of those African Scam e-mails. They mostly read like this (I
paraphrase):

Hi, I’m related to somebody who
has been looting my small, underdeveloped nation and stashing the money
abroad, and I want my share; if you’ll just give me information about
your bank account I’ll funnel it through there and leave you a
ridiculously large sum as a gratuity!

This roughly translates as:

Hi, if you’re stupid enough to give me your account
information, I’ll take all your money!

Originally they all seemed to come from Nigeria, but they’ve evolved
since then; now they come from all over Africa and other third-world
locations. But today I got one with features
I’ve never before seen: it’s formatted neatly, with appropriate use of
upper and lower case.

Somebody notify the New York Times.