the best way to deal with Nigerian spammers

From Wired, a brief review of Delete This at your Peril: One Man's Hilarious Exchanges with Internet Spammers...

Author Bob Servant found a new way to deal with spam: write back, stringing the schemers along with financial promises in exchange for outlandish requests. From demanding that Nigerian 419 spammers provide compensation in the form of diamonds and live lions to courting a fake Russian bride with a real emu, Servant's communiqués may inspire you to come up with your own creative responses.

Hilarious!