Does this stuff actually work?

I received some great spam this morning. Who actually falls for these things? I like how email to excite is "secure".

David Taylor
11 Taylor close
Monrovia
Liberia.
My name is David Taylor brother to former Liberia president Charles
Taylor I seek your partnership in helping me invest the sum of 8.5million
US dollars on properties in your country This funds are proceeds from
sales of our country natural minerals resources to some companies in
Europe while my brother was still in office.
If you know that I can trust you with this funds and you have property
investment experience reply to this my secure email address -
dd11taylor@excite.com