> Spammers sue antispammers
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html
>
> Peter

I notice the reference to Nigerians at the bottom of that article. The most
persistent of the small amount of spam I get is from Nigerians. Usually
"URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL" or "BUSINESS PROPOSAL" along
the lines of

=============================
FROM: PHILIP RADEBE

Dear Sir,
       REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
This letter may come to you as a surprise but it was out of my sincere
desire to share a mutual business relationship with you. I got to know of
you through an international directory forwarded to me by the family of late
President Kabila of The Democratic Republic of Congo, in which your

blah blah blah sob story boo hoo
==============================

It's so predictable it's filterable to the bin

After many many months of one or three a week, you'd think they'd
give up on my address by now, like every other spammer does when
there's no reply. But they haven't. I think they must be a little bit thick.
Actually I think they're a lot thick, and you'd have to wonder what sort
of bandwidth they chew up with this pointless mailing

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