The right response to a 419 scammer?

This person is more than a little peeved to be getting ANOTHER 419 (Advance Fee Fraud) solicitation and quite clearly just snapped, lost all control and blasted the scammer:

NOTE: I have removed the person's name in the interests of privacy and please remember that this is a 419 SCAM so don't answer the mail or click on any links. PLEASE.

Here is the original e mail:

From: Jim Siew

To: xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com

Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:58 AM

Subject: Attn; xxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Please accept my apologies if this mail does not meet your personal values. I am Barrister Jim Siew, the personal attorney to my late Mr Saenz xxxxxxx whom I refer to as my client. Before the U.S /Iraqi war, my client, a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of ten million two hundred thousand United States dollars for 18 calendar months with the bank here in Malaysia. Upon maturity several notices were sent to him, even during the war in 2005, only to find out that him and his family have been killed in a bomb blast that hit their Bagdad home.
After further investigations I discovered that my client did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the documents of the deposit with the bank. He confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one knows about the deposit except me. Right now, the ten million two hundred thousand United States dollars is lying in the bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is, according to the banking law here, at the expiration of 5 years; the fund would be confiscated and reverted to the banks treasure as unclaimed deposit.
And right now, the board of the bank have taken a resolution to confiscate the deposit if I as the attorney fail to provide the next of kin/beneficiary to the deposit within 28 working days. Against this back drop, I propose to you that I present you as the beneficiary to the deposit since you are a foreigner and have the same last name as my client so that the proceeds of the deposit be paid to you for both of us to disburse.
MODALITY:
I want you to know that I have planned for the successful execution of this transaction. As the attorney, I will prepare and file all the necessary documents to back you up as the next of kin/beneficiary to the deposit. All I require from you at the stage is for you to provide me with your name and address so that I can commence the proceedings for the release and transfer of the deposit to the account you would provide to the bank. Remember to include your phone number for better communication.
I assure you that there is not risk involved; all would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would protect us from any breach of the law. And once the deposit is transferred to your nominated account, we would share in the percentage of 60% for me and 40% for you. Should you be interested, send me you name and address to enable me commence action. According to my plans, this would take us less than two weeks once we commence.
I shall provide you with more details when you respond. Hoping to hear from you soon.
Kind regards,
Jim Siew

Then the response, poor old Jim clearly caught our friend on the wrong day!

From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To: Jim Siew

Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:48 PM

Subject: Re: Attn; xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear Mr Jim Siew

It is sick little shits like you that we intend to get off the internet forever.  This reeks like a scam at a spitting distance.

How you obtained my email address is of no importance to me at the moment - what is important to me though is that sick little shits like you are around to try and scam innocent people. 

But be warned the innocent is hitting back and we may not get you but we sure will get some of you.

Signed

I'm not stupid you dickhead!

Now while a lot of people may be very happy to see this response an unfortunate side effect of replying to these messages in any way at all is that it establishes for them that they have a real, live person at the other end of the address AND one who responds.

This will result in a whole slew of new approaches and quite possibly other spam.

So my advice is that no matter how angry you may be, no matter how tempting it may be to strike back you are far better off just hitting the delete key.

You can contact us at scamstop@mercuryadvisors.co.cc, if you feel you need professional assistance.

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