What sort of scam is this?

[feng_shui_house]

(found in the comments on a You-Tube)

who can help me ? i want to be someone's adopted son.

i am a chinese boy,i have two brothers (one was dead in the coal mine ),i have graduated form university . if u need a son to look after u ,i would like to show filial obedience to u just like my blood parents . i am kindhearted and clever ,i can adopt myself ,but i need help to bridge over the difficult at the moment.if u accept me ,u and my blood parents are all my parents forever. (I omitted the phone number and email given)

Comments

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Not chinese / Asian but they do place importance of having a son as only a SON can do the prayer to the ancestors bit.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

The spam seems aimed at English-speaking (probably US) folk so I doubt that has much to do with it.

I'm glad LJ is back. It was pretty much dead for me earlier.