Please help this has gone too far

I've been getting these emails on a regular bases ever since the summertime last year (I was selling things on ebay, ecrater and craigslist) and I have not responded to any of them, but it's getting worse I have been getting letters with the exact same stuff word for word and I do not know how they got my street address but I am worried that someone might show up at my doorstep demanding money or something.

Here is one of them via email:

Dr Joseph Spencer <[email protected]
Attn Please;
This e-mail is to inform you that we the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD World Bank) had meeting with the United Nations & Benin Republic Government representative regarding the payment of your long awaited fund and we had an agreement with them that the remittance of your fund should be carried out through MONEY GRAM OFFICE,
You have been approved to be paid Two Million United States Dollars ($2,000.000.00 U.S.D) only. Your fund of Two Million United States Dollars has been forwarded to Money Gram Payment Center for immediate transfer to you. Your payment will be sent to you by Money Gram, the amount you will receive per day is $7,500usd (Seven thousand Five Hundred Dollars Per Day )The Director Money Gram Payment Center of Benin Republic will send you the current standards track details you need to pick up your $7,500usd payment by Money Gram,
You will receive every day till you receive the $2.000, 000.00 United State Dollars, through this Money Gram which is safe and reliable with less cost.
The Director Money Gram Payment Center has already signed your payment, now you are free to comply with Money Gram payment office.
Director//: Dr Joseph Spencer
Mobile//:+229 99 68 38 98
Email//:([email protected] )
The Money Gram Payment Center has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.
Note that the Director payment needs these details from you to process your payment:
DATA:
(1) Receivers Full Names......
(2) Country/City..............
(4) Txt Question..............
(5) Txt Question..............
(6) Mobile Phone..............
Comply now because as soon as you sent this required details to Dr.Spencer he will start sending your payment by Money Gram. And do let me know immediately you start receiving your money for us to share the joy together.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Roberta Michelle
Secretary of publicity for and on behalf:
IBRD World Bank
Cotonou – Benin Republi

Welcome to Scamwarners Zell.

He's not likely to turn up on your doorstep as he's located in Benin (telephone code) and the cold weather would kill him, and he'd be scared of being in an alien country, even if he could get a visa.

I'm afraid that if your e-mail address gets known, either by being posted in a forum or even by replying to a scammer by mistake, you'll get scam mails like this.

It's annoying, but it's best to just ignore them and delete them.

Hi TerranceBoyce thanks for replying, I have been ignoring them but to my surprise they don't seem to take a hint, why don't they just stop?

talk about daaamn

If they get a take up rate of 1% then the money they make is all profit.

One of the jobs we do is to attempt to reduce their success rate below a level that makes economic sense to keep doing it. I doubt it will ever happen, but in the mean time we manage to save a lot of people from losing money.

For revenge I go to 419eater our sister site which is a site for those who have time to play with scammers. It shows how to do it safely.

Sad to say they will not stop. The particular email you published has been doing the rounds for quite some time. So it's nothing new. As Terrance suggested, you have nothing to fear or be worried. The thieving tricksters life consists of deceit, hiding behind fake names, lies and stealing peoples money under false pretences. The tosser is not going to travel all the way to your locality because it's real identity would then be known. It's sole purpose in life is to deceive people and not spend money visiting people. I'm afraid once a scammer knows your e-mail address, they sell your details / pass onto other scammers for their hit lists and you become fair game. May I suggest you ramp up your email settings, most unwanted messages will go straight through to the keeper without you noticing. The ones that slip into the inbox, you simply ignore. The scammers will soon stop, because they waste money on internet time for no reward from you. It's important you do not reply to any of them. Failing that, perhaps construct a new email address that is only known to your family and trusted friends.