No Relation to Britney?

Janella Spears, a few fries short of a Happy Meal

This Sweet Home, Oregon woman managed to send $400,000 to scammers using the old "Nigerian" e-mail scheme over a period of two years despite the fact that everyone told her to stop.

Janella, who reportedly is not an idiot although we've seen no evidence of that, mortgaged the house, cleaned out her hearing-impaired husband's retirement account, and got a loan using the car as collateral.

She was determined to collect the $20.5 million some long lost relative named "J.B. Spears" had left her.

According to the AP: The scammers sent Spears official-looking documents and certificates from the Bank of Nigeria and the United Nations. President Bush and FBI Director Robert Mueller were also involved, the e-mails said, and needed her help.

Besides her insatiable greed, Ms. Spears was narcissistic enough to think that she was a key player in an international drama.

Says she of blowing her husband's retirement money: "The retirement he was dreaming of — cruising and going around and seeing America — is pretty much gone for him right now," she said.

Maybe he has a life insurance policy on you, sweetie, so don't count him out yet.