Trading Bank Accounts For Stupidity

Yes I know, an update has been long past due, but in the real world, there is a little thing called life, and I have been living it. :D I haven't been on my computer at home for 2 days and had nearly 40 emails, 10 of which were junk. I used to NEVER get junk mail. How the heck do I get this junk? I mean, usually you can tell by the subject line that it's junk; "Get Your Medicine Online!," or "Debt consolidation," so you delete it before you read it. But there was this one that said "please help me," so I thought it was somebody from the DevShed forums wanting help with a PHP script, but I was wrong.

The email was some guy claiming to be from Africa or Canada or something talking about how he needed a bank account to transfer 45 million dollars to, then transfer it to his account. The email stated that if I was willing to help, they would give me 30% of the money. I was like, "Alright!" so I sent him my bank account number along with a few blank checks and my credit card. NOT! The sad thing is that people actually fall for this outrageous JUNK! I mean, HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE!?

I am sorry. I hope none of you all have done something like this. Not only is it illegal to launder money like that, but it's also absolutely insane. I don't even give people I don't know my Lexwave pens anymore (even though I still have like 250 of them.) Please, if you get an email that asks for any personal information, know that it is a scam. Even if it looks like it is from a respectable company, know that no respectable company would ask for anything personal via email because email is EXTREMELY insecure. Ok, I am done now.