MSNBC - How to catch a con

So recently i seen on Tv of this guy who was getting alot of spam mail in his email box... He said he never bothered deleting the spam, and one day he called up MSNBC (the people that do that "Date Line" show) and said what if he could catch a con by replying to a spam email...

So If that guy thinks he has alot of spam mail he should check mine...