Puppies!
The 2008 Award for Innovation in Advance Fee Fraud goes to the (presumably Nigerian) scammer calling him/herself Mary Ann Wooden and claiming to be an LDS missionary in Africa. Sadly, it seems that Mary Ann's teacup Yorkie terrier hasn't done well in the African climate, and needs a kind person to adopt her.
So far, so plausible ... but Mary Ann claims to have discovered our email “through an email surfing Affiliated with the US chamber of Commerce”, whatever that means, and her familiarity with the English language is patchy at best. I suspect that if you agree to take this bundle of joy off her hands, there'll be a customs fee to pay, and then another unexpected charge, and then another and ...
Still, going after soft-hearted dog lovers is a master stroke. Well done, "Mary Ann", you obviously have a brilliant career ahead of you.
http://www.spamnation.info/blog/archives/2008/03/puppies.html