So they were indeed Nigerians
I have been having a hard time trying to block their e-mails, swear at them and they are manual spammers (likely) about making me rich with transfer of huge sum of money. I am not sure if the recent spurt of lucky lottery winnings are part of their gullible way to leech money from innocent people; may be even the Iraq gold, money transfer scams are from them.
Wired carried an article today, Netherlands Nabs Nigeria Scammers.