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I'd have to say both. Lol, all those times that my father has told me he would never, EVER, betray my mom or his family, and then I find out he had MILLIONS with another family?! I'd be so angry, but then I would fight back and made sure the money went to MY mom. Lol. It'll be a war.

To be honest I wouldn't contest it, and I wouldn't be rocked either. I would definitely just let it go and let his other children fight over it themself as nothing is better then sibling rivalry. I would not want to take his dirty money and would rather earn it myself.

This is a case of two families who didn't even know that the other one existed. One family was very wealthy, and the other family was very poor. I think that the only fair way to answer this question would be to imagine that the two families were pretty much equal when it comes to income, but each family grew up thinking that what they knew about belonged totally to them. Would you want a strange family coming over and laying claim to your personal inheritance? I don't think so. So, by the same token, it wouldn't be fair to do anything other than recognize this other family as strangers with only one thing in common: they shared one of your parents with you. Their inheritance is what they grew up with and to which they might likely have some sentimental attachment. Don't take that away from them! Who knows? It might be the best part of your shared father that you have. Perhaps, you were the blessed one who didn't grow up with his money but you grew up with his love and interaction. The kids in the other family might have been sent off to boarding school and seldom got to see him. The grass isn't always greener on the other side--AND the grass that you had no part of while growing up really doesn't belong to you!

I didn't know that they had them from Russia. I have only gotten those that have come from Nigeria or South Africa. But they don't send them that much any more like the use too. I almost fell for them at first but later realized it was a scam. I would trip me out if my father did but I live with mine so I know that he doesn't have another family. I know that there have been plenty of people that have fell for these emails though. If that was not so they would not even send the at all.

they want your personal id so that they can steal from you

I would definitely be shocked if I found out that my Dad had another family with money and all. I would look into the whole situation, get the facts straight, and then of course look forward to the money that i had coming, even if it meant fighting for every dime! By the way I get those Nigerian e-mails as well. They immediately go to the trash!

My dad had enough to cope with with my mum. I would probably let the siblings have the money as I had my father. I'll never be rich wil I?

Well, if that happened with us I'd want to know who else was daft enough to have a family with my dad! I suppose if he had some hidden millions and he'd left it between me and unknown siblings then I would want my share. Actually, I know my dad wouldn't have done anything like that but if he had loads of money with another family, I'd want to know why we hadn't got any of it during his lifetime! So I would certainly want it.

I wouldn't contest anything. I'd just marry my brother! LOL Now about those 'winning' emails. Here's one I got recently that really takes the cake of all cakes. My response is at the top and no I didn't sign it and sent it from a blind email address. Hope you approve and YES I did report it to the FBI. They have a website! Imagine that! LOL My reply: Are you bloody kidding me? You have the nerve to use the name of the FBI for your fraud and expect me to believe it? I'll be forwarding this to the REAL FBI. I'd leave town now if I were you! Below is the email: From: ROBERT MUELLER Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:31 AM Subject: FROM THE DESK OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION!! To: ROBERT MUELLER III EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC. FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET ATTENTION: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C (FBI) wrote to inform you that we operates 56 field offices in major cities through out the United States of America many of these offices are further subdivided into smaller resident agencies which have jurisdiction over a specific area. These resident agencies are considered to be part of the primary field offices. FBI Headquarter, located in Washington D.C. The FBI have purposely create an email in order for us to contact you personally, soon we will provide you with a line you can reach us with for more information about this contract winning funds. You are hereby advise never to be skeptical regarding our services for you and also the services of Central Bank of Nigeria because we are monitoring their services through our NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM, as a Citizen of United States is our duty/responsibility to protect your best interest at any time most especially regarding your pending funds, so be rest assured. In regard to the previous mail sent to you consigning your contract payment of $4Million United States Dollars which was recently endorsed by the central bank of Nigeria. It might interest you to know that we have already contacted the person in charge of your transfer (Mr Berry Douglas), and he assured us that he will contact you as soon as possible." It goes on and on, but essentially just repeats itself and names 'phoney' names, so I've left it out.

Hi P1kef1sh, I receive these emails all the time too and report them as spam each time but if I were to receive a genuine one and upon investigation it did turn out to be genuine too right I would contest the Will. I wouldn't be at all suprised to find out there was another family, money yeah so I would want some! Ellie :D

Lordy Piky,what have you been reading?!!ok,well my plan of action would be to inwardly digest,and cogitate,then after having given the matter great thought,I would just leave them all to it...and Mr Ruby would be shouting in my left ear..its always the left one..Fight for your rights!!!and I would be soothing his troubled brow..by then the thought of the numerous trips to the maker of books would more than likey be uppermost in his mind..and I would be thinking..Wonder what we are going to have for tea!...now you may well think well Ruby thats a load of old baloney,but if you knew me inside out Piky..you would realise that lol its the truth!

i think i will be rocked to the core.... and, i think i will not want any money.... i just want to forget the whole thing.... and bagamy is illegal in singapore...

BWAHAHAHAHA - good old Dad - I always knew he had it in him! What a pity that as soon as you bank the moolah and stand rubbing your hands together with glee on the patio of your Italian piazza, all the illegitimate kiddies start oozing out of the woodwork to claim their share! Oh Daddy ... what a tangled web you wove! (Time to crawl back into the two-man tent behind the grocery store and get on with life as you're forced to know it ...)

That's a definitely interesting thought. I would probably end up fighting. I would also end up admiring dad for being able to put up with two women.

it si difficult situation tio think. first of all i love my dad so much it will be hard for me to believe. we all know what he has. also these scams are really funny. don't they know we all know these are scams.

That would be hard to swallow, to find out your father had another family for years, I think I would want to meet them first. These would be my brothers and sisters, I am sure that once they got to meet me and see that I am truly one of his children, and if I am the oldest, then his first child before them, they would not want to contest the will any farther. I would be rocked by the fact, but I also think I am as much and maybe more entitled to my share as the rest.

I won't take even a chance but I'll take a glance with my siblings, so I can see who among them looks like me.

hi even my gurl receives plenty of such mails and its really very irritating.but there are many times when my gurl wishes that it was for real.as for ur question i wud really be very much delighted if i knew that some relative of mine has left me with such a huge sum-it doesnt matter if i hv to share it wid others as long as i get something in hand.

i get those kind of emails all the time. i wonder do they have anything else to do with their time beside write stuff like this. its a waste of time, they will not get far try to scam people with lies like that. i got one before through christianet. a lady was posing to to be friendly. she sent me an email like the one u are talking about. i wrote back and told her to not contact me again.

I do receive a number of these email scams too. There's something new about these scams. Now they're coming from the UK and Spain. I would have been a billionaire by now if they were all true. And for me, they go directly to the trash bin too. But if it were true, I wouldn't contest the will. I would be happy with what I got. I wouldn't waste my time spending them in courts and in sleepless nights thinking about how the court will rule my request. I'll just be happy in my own world with the things that I've got right now. A thought provoking discussion.