Most recently I got hit up by an account that started off well enough.
First email said "Hello".
Second email said "What are your hobbies?"
Third email said, "I realize we just met, but I feel like I know you and can trust you. My mother is sick, dying of cancer, and I just need $3,000 for her surgery. I hate to ask, but you seem like a nice person, so could I have just $950 from you? This is totally true and legit and my life is so hard because of it!"
And all of this done with sub-par spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. It may just be really snobby of me, but these kinds of errors are the first things that set off warning bells in my head.
Holy Crap..that is fast...