Nigerian scam spam: What a classic! A Dr. Somethingorother contacts YOU for a unique deal: He needs to take money out of the country, but they won't let him do it with his account, so you are to provide your account details. You'll get 5% of the 57 gazillion dollars he wants to transfer.
Well, guess what. It's a scam. And this is what happens to people stupid enough to believe it:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/27243.html