Just a note to all that have responded. Hans said this was "regular" mail, I still think it's a scam and he should destroy it. Eve On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Beth Tolfree <cbtol43@bak.rr.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Syrmia Regional Coordinator http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia

Thanks Eve, You are precisely correct. The letter was received by regular mail. My note was intended to see if anyone else on the list had received a similar letter and to caution others to be skeptical of its provenance. Hans H On May 10, 2014, at 9:04 PM, Eve wrote: > Just a note to all that have responded. Hans said this was "regular" mail, I still think it's a scam and he should destroy it. > > Eve > > > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Beth Tolfree <cbtol43@bak.rr.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > -- > Syrmia Regional Coordinator > http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia