The Widow of an African Prince Becomes an Agent of the British Airport Authority

I just received this email:

British Airways Authority(BAA)
Baggage Claims Unit (S506)
London Heathrow Airport
PO Box 5619
Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2PG

This is British Airport Authority (BAA), the world's leading airport
 company. I wish to inform you that a box containing US$5.5 Million
 has been received through our Heathrow Airport in your name as
 appeared on the tag attached to the box. I have personally examined
 and scanned the box and discovered it to contain (US$5.5Million). I
 decided to contact you before sending the box to the UK's Customs  for
final scanning and official reports.
In view of this, I am contacting you to ascertain the correctness of
 the name that appeared on the tag and also inform you that the box
 has since been deposited with the UK Treasury Insurance Authority at
 the airport for safe keeping pending the outcome of this contact.

As soon as I hear from you, you will be directed to contact the  clearing/releasing officer.

I want you to contact me urgently on my private email at juddinn@sify.com before sending the box to the customs.

Best regards,
Mr. J.Uddin
British Airways Authority(BAA)
London United Kingdom

The scammers are now trying different tactics. Interesting how they are now trying to appeal to a different human emotion to get people to act on the message.

Before you had a fanciful story about an exile African prince who has money, and his widow just needs your help to launder it.  Only you.  It tried to make you feel special, important, and appealed to the imagination.  Of course, it sounds to good to be true.  But that didn't stop some people for falling for the scam.

Now they want you to trust the message first and foremost.  The above email starts off like an official letter. London Heathrow Airport is an actual airport.  And everything is very straight to the point.

Obviously they haven't perfected this yet, although I suspect it will only get better and more convincing with time as they test.  Would an official really ask you to send them email to their personal address?  For an issue regarding $5.5 million? 

Be on the lookout for these and similar frauds.