Flietas, Amy C. (2004) “The top 9 e-mail hoaxes” Bankrate.com, 8/13/2004

If you have gotten hoaxes before, most of them cost you money. Some have a virus attached to them or are interwoven into the message.

So here goes:

NIGERIAN SCAM LETTER. Will you send money? A bank that you have never heard of can release the money to you, but not the send. Why? This individual is under house arrest or something. If you send the money, you can double your investment in a week.
Don’t believe it.

WORK AT HOME. You can make a ton of money by sleeping late and then doing some easy task. Just send money for supplies to get started. You will lose the money.

YOU WON! You won something and all you need to do is send money for shipping and handling. You won a trip. You just send money for airplane trip.

There are numerous variations from the above scams.