F*cking with e-mail scammers

Why hello there, reader of this obscure little blog. Please allow me to ask your opinion about something. As I'm sure you do too, I receive lots of SPAM. Haven't you always been curious about the person(s) behind the messages imploring your assistance to either transfer a large amount of money and/or make an "investment" in American businesses?

Scanning through the SPAM folder his morning, I received just such a message. The only reason it caught my eye was that I laughed out loud at the random capitalization of some words. My original intention was to merely blog about this precise issue, but then I thought ... hey, wouldn't it be fun to engage this person(s) in a conversation as if I were actually suckered into the scam?

So, gentle reader, what do you think? Shall we play along for a while? I propose that I respond, post it here, and of course ask your ongoing input as to how you think we (as a group) should play the game.

This is the entire message, redacted so that the scammer's address cannot be spotlighted by a 'net spider.

From: "xxxxxxxxxx"
Date: December 23, 2008 12:29:00 AM EST
Subject: Hello / partnership request
Reply-To:

Hello,
I am a Civil Lawyer. I have a Client that has Interest in Investing in Your Country, can You be of Assistance? I shall give Details when You Reply.
xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx