Dear Hans, The chance of it being a real inheritance email 0 % !!! The likelihood that you will be taken taken by a SCAM artist 100 % !!! Don't do anything they ask! Delete it and move on. It is too good to be true! John in Arizona -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Haumann" <haumann@earthlink.net> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 12:20 PM To: "DVHH Donauschwaben" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DVHH] possible inheritance scam > > Hello fellow listers. > > I'm not sure what to make of this. Last week I received by regular mail, > a letter suggesting that I might be the sole surviving heir of an > individual who died without a will and left a sizable account in the UK. > The letter (which bore no official letterhead) claims that the originator > is a "chartered accountant" and "independent auditor" in the UK, and > suggests that the recipient of the letter has been identified through some > preliminary research as a potential heir. Based on the nature and some > unusual wording in the letter, I am highly skeptical of its validity. > > Since the surname of the deceased is that of a Schwob, I was wondering if > others on the DVHH list might have received a similar letter. > > Hans > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Saturday/Sunday edition of the Wall Street Journal today has a big article on page C1 that includes several paragraphs about scam emails and how it costs the scammer nothing to send out hundreds and hundreds of scam emails, and the money he stands to make if just a small number of people fall for his pitch. So it's wise to be very very wary of this sort of email. Beth -----Original Message----- From: donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John J. Kornfeind Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:42 PM To: John Haumann; DVHH Donauschwaben Subject: Re: [DVHH] possible inheritance scam Dear Hans, The chance of it being a real inheritance email 0 % !!! The likelihood that you will be taken taken by a SCAM artist 100 % !!! Don't do anything they ask! Delete it and move on. It is too good to be true! John in Arizona -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Haumann" <haumann@earthlink.net> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 12:20 PM To: "DVHH Donauschwaben" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DVHH] possible inheritance scam > > Hello fellow listers. > > I'm not sure what to make of this. Last week I received by regular > mail, a letter suggesting that I might be the sole surviving heir of > an individual who died without a will and left a sizable account in the UK. > The letter (which bore no official letterhead) claims that the > originator is a "chartered accountant" and "independent auditor" in > the UK, and suggests that the recipient of the letter has been > identified through some preliminary research as a potential heir. > Based on the nature and some unusual wording in the letter, I am highly skeptical of its validity. > > Since the surname of the deceased is that of a Schwob, I was wondering > if others on the DVHH list might have received a similar letter. > > Hans > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message