One of the worst spam email scams I've gotten in a while.   Almost as bad as the spam email warning me about spam emails  selling fake viagra.Greetings!

   I am Mr. Scholes. I have been waiting for you since to contact me
 for your Confirmable Bank Draft of$800.000.00 United States Dollars, but
 I did not hear from you since that time. Then I went and deposited the
 Draft with FedEx Delivery, West Africa. I travelled out of the country
 for a 3Months Course and I will not come back till end of march. What
 you have to do now is to contact the FedEx Delivery as soon as possible
 to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the
 expiring date.

   For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge,
 Insurance  premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it
 is not a  Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your
 Country. 

   The only money you will send to the FedEx Delivery to deliver  your
 Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($185.00 US)
  Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Delivery Company so far.
  Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
  $185.00US Dollars.I would have paid that but they said no because they
 don't  know when you will contact them and in case of  demurrage.

   You have to contact the FedEx Delivery now for the delivery of your
 Draft with this information bellow:

Contact Person:  Mr. Philip Wayne
Email Address: fedexcourier002@live.com
Telephone:+(234) 8053258392 

   Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address() and
 Direct Telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery
 and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your
 package over there and
know when it will get to your address. 

   Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this
 mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their
 Security  Keeping  fee of $185.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. 

You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your
 Draft. 

  Yours Faithfully,
Mr Scholes

Published by cypheroftyr

Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers, attendance at the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make the industry better and more inclusive for everyone. She’s part of the Rivals of Waterdeep actual play stream on twitch.tv/rivalsofwaterdeep, a partnered Twitch variety broadcaster; and often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics online, at conventions and as a public speaker.. She’s also contributed to publications at Green Ronin, Paizo and Monte Cook Games and is the co-developer for the Fifth Season RPG based on N.K. Jemisin’s three time Hugo award winning Broken Earth trilogy. She’s the creator and Creative Director of Into the Mother Lands, a Twitch supported RPG and Actual Play stream, airing weekly on her channel, twitch.tv/cypheroftyr. Additionally, she is a Senior Annenberg labs Civic Media Fellow at USC. She’s also the creator and Creative Director of Into the Mother Lands, a new sci fi afro-futurist RPG developed with a team of all POC and Black creators; live streamed on her twitch channel, /cypheroftyr. She’s named as one of The Game Awards Future Class 2020, a diverse group of builders, thinkers and dreamers whose voices elevate and diversify our artform. It recognizes individuals around the world who represent the bright, bold and inclusive future for video games. She was also named as one of Gamers of the Year 2020 by Kotaku along with three of her contemporaries. She was also invited to the Xbox MVP program in February 2021. Her work to make the industry more inclusive has been highlighted in Game Changer, Directed by Tina Charles, WNBA star & olympian as well as filmmaker. The short documentary premiered at Tribeca 2021, as part of the Queen Collective; an initiative started by Queen Latifah, supported by Proctor & Gamble in an effort to get more Black women into film making. Game Changer was also featured as part of BETHer’s 2021 Juneteenth Programming on 19 June 2021. Tanya is the programming & diversity coordinator for OrcaCon and GaymerX. She also serves on the Board of Directors for OrcaCon and was named the Chair for Take This in January 2023. She often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at conventions. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications. She’s the editor of Game Devs and Others: Tales from the Margins (2018, CRC Press) and contributed to The Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox. (2019, CRC Press) Writer Bio for pubs: Tanya is the Founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a not-for-profit organization based in Chicago. She’s part of Rivals of Waterdeep, an actual play D&D show on twitch.tv/rivalsofwaterdeep; the programming coordinator for OrcaCon & GaymerX; and often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at conventions. She’s on the Board of Take This as well as a Stream Ambassador, and was part of the inaugural cohort of The Game Awards Future Class. Her work to make the industry more inclusive has been highlighted in Game Changer, Directed by Tina Charles, WNBA star & olympian as well as filmmaker. The short documentary premiered at Tribeca 2021, as part of the Queen Collective; an initiative started by Queen Latifah, supported by Proctor & Gamble in an effort to get more Black women into film making. Game Changer was also featured as part of BETHer’s 2021 Juneteenth Programming on 19 June 2021.