Weird email messages--what would the spam purpose possibly be?

[Timemaster_Tim]

Years ago, I had somebody trying to fax to my home landline. It appears to have been set for infinite auto retry as it kept calling every 5 minutes. I finally got fed up and used the fax receive on my modem to answer the call. It turned out to be a detailed quote in response to an RFQ. If they couldn’t be arsed to check the number before faxing, too bad.

[Giles_Habibula]

I just got this one that was just so darn cute I had to share it:

U.s. Department

Attention: The justice department hereby email you regarding the scam activities on the internet

U.s. Department of justice
950 pennsylvania Avenue, Nw
Washington, DC 205330-0001

Department of justice

Attention:

The justice department hereby email you regarding the scam
activities on the internet, we have a notice right in front of us
that you are having something to do with some internet spammers
all in the name of the compensation funds and winning funds. this
emails you get usually come from the spammers who claim to be the
FBI, INTERPOL,EFCC,UNITED NATION, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND and
some other scam names that mostly comes from Africa countries
like, GHANA,NIGERIA,BENIN REPUBLIC.

we got the notice on our desk this morning from the inspector
General of head internet security (Gen. Daniel Doherty) You are
asked to stop all contact you have been in so far with any of
those so called spammers or else your case file will be stamped
as money laundry.

You are advised to get back to us with all that have been sent to
you by those spammers to hasten our investigation on who is
behind all this and who have been collecting your hard earned
income…

Note: you are asked to get back as soon as possible…or we will
have to inform the local police in your area. and your case will
be worst if you don’t cooperate with us to get those spammers red
handed.

That is why we email you to know more details first because that
is the easiest way to reach our good citizen’s, so you are to
provide all the necessary details and we shall inform you if
truly there is any consignment for you at all, our duty is to
protect our entire citizen’s and keep them away from any harm or
what so ever damage they are into.

You are advised to get back to us as soon as possible or your
name will be listed among those to be persecuted by the act of
money laundering.

You are warned.

God Bless America.

Best regard,
General Mascott Bradley.

edit: So I just Googled General Mascott Bradley, and apparently this email has been around since at least 2015.

[YakAttack]

I got emails a few times intended for another person with the same exact name as me. The thing is, we lived in the same town, and went to the same university. (I was a student, he was a professor. My landlord actually worked for the guy.)

[marxeil]

Best email evar!!!

[Skipper]

I got a similar one the other day but in defense of it, my wife and I were searching for funeral/burial insurance for her mother.

But hey, you can compare now for free.