I used to get these thing ALL the time. I am talking like once a week at the least. They get very creative. And sadly yes, some poor fools fall for these and sent them their bank account numbers. Some of the stories get really bizzare. One was claimed to be from the wife of a African president. Her husband recently died and she had to stash the funds someplace so the local gov. didn't take it from here because it had been leagally gained. Some of the stories were very impressive, makes me sad these guys aren't working for hollywood. Sad when identity theives can write better stories than paid script writers.