My college roomate's boss had been contacted by people claiming to be from africa (might have been nigerian) about making a movie about his mirical horses, but he had to send like 3 grand to initiate the contract but then they asked for like another 5 grand then they dissapeared. My roomy told him it was a scam and the boss didn't believe him, so he lost a good amount of money. I have never recieved one of these emails myself, though i have heard of them, it was comical to read through it, good post jake!

~mike