Be careful. It's not as likely if this is an American scam, but a lot of scam operations (especially the Nigerian ones, etc.) are run by the mob and those aren't the kind of people you want to piss off, especially if they know your real name from your email already.
For the rest of CP, you may as well take the rest of the day off and start reading some of the stories on this site. They're long but legendary:
http://www.419eater.com/