Anybody else ever received this email before?

You are correct, it is a classic Nigerian 419 scam, and it is one of the most frequently reported scams to the FBI. These used to be sent by the millions via postal mail before the Internet even existed, and have only increased as email has made it so much easier (and cheaper) for the scammers.

I don't get many because I guard my email addresses, but I've still gotten more than my share. According to the advisory on the FBI web site, "While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money."

Advisory from the FBI web site on common fraud schemes, including the Nigerian 419

http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm

Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud

Nigerian letter frauds combine the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, mailed from Nigeria, offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that the author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. Some of these letters have also been received via E-mail through the Internet. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in Nigeria in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

Payment of taxes, bribes to government officials, and legal fees are often described in great detail with the promise that all expenses will be reimbursed as soon as the funds are spirited out of Nigeria. In actuality, the millions of dollars do not exist and the victim eventually ends up with nothing but loss. Once the victim stops sending money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts and credit card balances until the victim's assets are taken in their entirety. While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law. The schemes themselves violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence the label "419 fraud."

If you receive a letter from Nigeria asking you to send personal or banking information, do not reply in any manner. Send the letter to the U.S. Secret Service, your local FBI office http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm or the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. You can also register a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel

Yep. Over...and over...and over again. I agree with the poster who said to forward them to the authorities. These aren't just a nuisance; they're potential identity robbery to anyone who opens them, and could have viruses just for clicking. Watch out, don't click on ANY attachment or URL in the email.

~~Yes, continuously on almost a daily basis. I spam them, but I keep getting them from a different name anyway.

Hard to believe anyone falls for this stuff cause it's been all over the news not to fall for them. It must be working for these to keep coming in and everyone I know gets them all time too!~~

I've been on Y!A for over a year, so I have a lot of contacts. I have that option turned off in my profile because it would drive me nuts...

20 times a day. I forward them to local law enforcement.

all the time I just delete them they are one of the oldest scams