Hit Man Spam Scam

The Associated Press has a story about a new twist on the email scam. Instead of offering a lottery winning or transfer of $23,467,416.28 to your bank (just need the account number), this one promises to cancel the contract out on the recipient's life for a payment. Nearly identical versions of the email have surfaced in Arizona and New Jersey, and, in under a month last winter, the FBI received 115 complaints of receiving something similar. Some incorporate publicly available information on people to make them seem legitimate. Maybe the "to whom it may concern" should have been a giveaway?