How many people fall for this crap?

So I am going through my spam folder today just to be sure nothing accidentally got sent there that is not spam and I noticed a few scam emails. Now these are crazy emails that I would hope most people with a brain would not fall for, but you read about poor unsuspecting people falling for them all the time on the news. Here are some of the ones I got I am copying and pasting:
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I am Matvei Miroslav, a Personal Assistant to Mikhail Khodorkovsky. I have a
profiling sum in an excess of $25M (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars)
which I seek your partnership in accommodating. You will be rewarded with 30%
for
your partnership. Please respond if interested for more details.Reply through
my
most private email address: matveim@gmail.com
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From Mrs. Susan Shabangu
Deputy Minister of safety & security,
South Africa .27-73-3916372.

E-mail: mrs.sshabangu01@gmail.com

URGENT TRANSFER ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir/Madam

First, let me start by introducing myself as Mrs.Susan Shabangu, a mother of three children and the deputy minister of safety and security since 29th April 1996 to date under the auspices of the president of South Africa Mr. Thabo Mbeki.

After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of us$30.m (Thirty million, united states dollars only) you can view my profile at my website www.gov.za click on, contact information,then click on deputy minister, and click on safety and security finally,click on my name Susan shabangu and read about me. The proposal, after the swearing in ceremony making me the deputy minister of safety and security, my husband Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu died while he was on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.

After his death, i discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account which amounted to the sum of us$30.m with a security and finance institution in south africa of which i will divulge information to you when i get your full consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent transfer of the funds into you a comfortable and conducive account of your choice.

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he executed with the government of south africa .Though i assisted him in getting this contract but i never knew that it was over-invoiced by him.I am afraid that the government of south africa might start to investigate on contracts awarded from 1990 to date.If they discover this money in his bank account, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in south africa and this will definitely affect my political career in government.

I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banker so that this fund could be wired into your account directly without any hitch. As soon as the fund gets to your account, you are expected to move it immediately into another personal bank account in your country.

I will see to it that the account is not traced from South Africa . As soon as you have confirmed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest son with my attorney to come to your country to discuss on business investments. For your assistance, I am offering you 25% you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund. If you agree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an email. Due to my sensitive position in the South African government.

Please do not call on the office line, because of the sensitivity of this transaction except of the above direct line; you can contact my son Alex Shabangu direct line +27-73-3916372. I prefer you send me email than call. All correspondence must be by email to my private email address,mrssusanshabangu_01@

hotmail.comIf you want to speak with my banker, that is fine and okay by me. You will have to send down you private telephone /fax number so that I can forward it to him to reach you from time to time this is for security reasons. Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute confidentiality of this transaction must succeed. If you do not feel comfortable with this transaction, do not hesitate to discontinue.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.


Susan Shabangu
Dept. Minister safety & security
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YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,
THE SUM OF US$ 3 million us dollars
PLEASE CONTACT
Mr. Clyde Sobers
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.
FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE FUND RELEASE
Call him on phone +27 780899251 SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD.
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION
Today your e-mail id was selected through the computer ballot system, as a winner of SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY award sponsored by Telkom the official partners of Fifa World Cup.
You have to contact your claim agent for your payment and remember to include your personal information for smooth transaction.
Claim Agent: Contact Mr Clyde Sobers
Email: saclaimsagent8@gmail.com
Tel/: +27 780899251
You have been mandated to provide him with your winning details for verification purpose;
(1) Your Tel (Mobile):
(2) Your Nationality/Country:
{3} Your Full Names:
{4} Your Occupation
{5} Your Age.
Ref No.06 08 010 19 30 42
Batch number: 13/26/DC36.
Security code: 676
Amount Won: US $3,000,000.00 (Three million United States Dollars)
You have to contact him not later than three working days.
Congratulations once again.
Regards,
Mr. Smith White

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I just can not believe some people fall for this!