Mark your calendars for email fraud...

I just received yet another 419 scam email. It's the usual kind of dreck, addressed to me with my name in the wrong order (surname followed by first name), laughably far-fetched, you know the drill.

I was about to send it the junk folder without so much as a second thought when a date caught my eye.

It turns out that I share my birthday with the death day of the (one assumes former) Minister of Internal Affairs of the Ivory Coast.

To wit,

My name is Marie Doue I am a dying woman who have decided to donate
What I have to you/ church/charity Organizations. I am 54 years old
and I was diagnosed with esophageal Cancer for about 7 Years ago, I
am married to the former Minister of Internal Affairs and who worked
in various capacities before he died on 5th of July in the year
1989.

So -- is this mere coincidence, or is this scam getting smarter and have
they looked me up in order to include a date that would strike my fancy? (I vote coincidence, but hey, it's topical, right?)