Pretty quickly you can see the wide gap between the English of the writer of the original contact letter and the scammer who purchased the letter from him. DAER MY GOOD FRINED,
THANKS FOR YOUR MAIL AND AM HAPPY ABOUT YOUR MAIL I WILL LIKE US TO PUT HEAND GETTHAT AND GOT THIS FUND OUR FROM THE BANK AS YOU HAVE KNOW THAT JOHN CREEK HAVE DIED LAST THREE YEARS AGO OUR BANK START LOOKING FOR ANY OF JOHN FAMILY BUT THE BANK COULD NOT SEE ANY OF HIS FAMILY SO THAT IS WHY I NEED YOUR ASSIST SO THAT YOU WILL STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO JOHN AS SOON AS WE HAVE GET A LAWYER WHO WILL STAND ON YOUR BEHALF SO THAT THE LAWYER WILL GIVE YOU ALL NEEDED DOCUMENT THAT WILL BACK YOU UP AS NEXT OF KIN TO JOHN I WILL LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN LOOK FOR A LAWYER FROM YOUR SIDE OR WILL I LOOK FROM HERE SO THAT YOU WILL DISCUSS WITH THE LAWYER AS WELL I WILL NEED YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER /FAX NUMBER ALSO YOUR MOBILER NUMBER SO THAT I CAN DISCUSS WITH YOU YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS IS NEEDED . (First thing we're going to do is buy ol' Edom some punctuation)
AM EDOM SO MY SON NAME IS JOHN SO I USE MY SON NAM TO DO THAT OK, AM WAITING FOR (Oh... well that clears up any confusion about your name)