Naked Security reader Mark forwarded a spam email that he received this morning. The subject line reads: “Contact somebody from the UN via his err Chinese Yahoo! address. You probably see a million like this but jeeeeeez.” It’s true that more and more email scams appear to reference the commonly encountered scourge of bogus lottery emails, fictional inheritances and other advance fee frauds that are frequently filed under the title Letters from Nigeria Although you may not be duped by such messages, it’s perfectly possible that you know someone elderly or vulnerable who might be.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/11/stop-contacting-scam/