I'm Rich!

@BarBaraPrz (45638)
St. Catharines, Ontario
February 11, 2013 1:49pm CST
Or at least I will be once I contact Mr Cheu Seng Lee at the Agricultural Bank of China in Hong Kong... No, this isn't a spam email. It's an actual paper and envelope letter with two stamps in the corner correspondence. Mailed from Bilbao, Spain... Apparently someone with my family name made a term deposit valued at US$5,700,000 in this bank. But sadly, he and his entire family died in a car accident in Sichuan province and he didn't name any next of kin, yada yada yada... How novel to send out actual mail.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
12 Feb 13
then you can buy mylot yepeeeeeeeeeee.... you can make us all your slaves... I am envy but people just get good fortunate.. and they are called LUCKY FORTUNATE ONES... lol
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
That's my plans exactly.
@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
OK, you win!
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
12 Feb 13
hmmm.. boss.. Barbara... nice to meet you.. I am so envy at you... hahaha... my friend on line gave me 375,000 pounds, an old antique grandma's necklace, an ipad, a samsung galaxy, bouquet of flowers and what else... a diamond ring.. through package. hahahaha.... now I am richer than you... wait you have millions... but pounds have higher value than dollars isn't?
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
11 Feb 13
Into the recycling bin it goes..where it belongs.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
Shows my age, doesn't it? Do kids even collect stamps these days.
@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
Too bad I don't know any kids collecting stamps...
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
11 Feb 13
@camalich (1117)
• Spain
11 Feb 13
You got this "pishing" mail in your real mail box?? Awesome! And it is for contacting some chinese guy and the letter is send from Spain?? I Incredible! lol I've received those fake emails many many times in my email, but never heard about anyone getting a real mail...
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
That's how they used to do it before email.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
Well said!
• United States
12 Feb 13
we used to get those the ones saying "You won the lottery!", "You won a cruise!" in our mailbox. I actually called in about the lottery one. They asked for my credit card info. I hung up.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Feb 13
Oh well, it must be real then. When you get your money, how about a trip to California?
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@MoonGypsy (4606)
• United States
11 Feb 13
what i wonder is how they got his actual address?
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
Certainly! But first I'd have to get a passport...
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• United States
12 Feb 13
@ MoonGypsy. These marketers pass your info along to each other. Sometimes it ends up in the wrong hands.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Feb 13
It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick. By the way, Mr Cheu Seng Lee seems to be the foreign exchange credit manager of the Agricultural Bank of China in Hong Kong : http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_the_foreign_exchange_credit_manager_of_agricultural_bank_of_china_in_Hong_Kong_branch Maybe this mail is not a Nigerian scam relocated in Hong Kong with an office in Bilbao?
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
I'd need a little more extensive answer than that...
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• United States
12 Feb 13
There is such a bank. http://www.abchina.com/ , but can't find anything about this Mr. Cheu except wiki answers.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
12 Feb 13
I saw it too : perhaps the sender created this to make his scam credible, although I would not be surprised to learn that this person is real and that his name is used against his will.
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• China
12 Feb 13
Obviously they delivered it wrongly. Sadly!The man seemed to be a tycoon.He never thought he was killed in a car accident..
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
The man never existed. It's just a scam.
• China
13 Feb 13
So that's how it was!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Feb 13
BarBarsPrz oh scams come in the mail even addressed tol us. I got a check for five thsan dollars I wass to put on cost of having the 6 million dollars I won or the cruise to some Place. Well the check when I showed it to our banker it was bogus and since I had not signed up for this sweepstake how could I have won anything. So I was to put the bogus check in my bank and spend a thousand to get the 6 million dollars. So I gave all that crapola to the postal authorities to let them know they were being convicted of fraud. and convict them of fraud.they wanted my social security number and bank number and I called and told them those are two things nobody is getting and that I gave your scamming letter to the postmaster general for prosecution and do have a good day.
@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
I'm constantly winning cruises, too. Sure, the cruise may be free, but I would have to pay my own way down to Florida or wherever... and probably have to pay departure tax, etc.
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@GreenMoo (11834)
12 Feb 13
I wonder what he was doing in Spain? Presumably he popped over there to mail your important correspondence because it's so much closer than Hong Kong is ....
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
That must be it. I'm still wondering why a relative of mine would take his entire family to China and invest that kind of money over there...
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
12 Feb 13
The name seems familiar. I got something similar this evening, except for in my email. I didn't open it because I already knew what it was about.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
Yeah, we're all rich.
• United States
11 Feb 13
I get those all the time in my mail box. It seems that they are the only thing that is keeping the post office open here lol. They are getting sneaky sending them out to random people. They probably bought a database with a bunch of addresses and are sending out those letters to the addresses they bought. I wish that it was real cause let me tell you that amount of money would really make my life a ton better. LOL.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
Well, of course, I'd have to give a percentage to Mr Cheu...
@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
I think I found a picture of him... agriculturalbankofchina.com
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@Lucky12 (767)
• United States
12 Feb 13
Yeah that is crazy how they are now going to mail boxes. I think that these people are crazy and anyone can get an address now. I mean you can pay for things online when you look up someone or just do an address and that is it. To be honest people don't care who they send mail to now days as long as they are scamming someone. I find it crazy how these things just come around. All I can say is I hope that no one falls for these things.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
So do I. I can see some gullible people thinking it must be legit because it's a "real letter".
@tiffnkeat (1673)
• Singapore
12 Feb 13
Have you asked why is a letter originating from a man from Hong Kong ended up a Bank in China that is mailed from Spain? Be careful, very careful. Whatever it is, make sure you DO NOT send any money to get this inheritance. Otherwise, you may be taken for a ride. Be on the safe side of reason. Don't let the amount of money cloud your understanding of the world's evil schemes. I am not envious, I am just cautioning for your own sake.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
Yes, dear.
@Ashu1970 (63)
• India
12 Feb 13
Be prepared to shell out some money before you contact Mr. Cheu, because, invariably, in such cases, they will ask you to deposit certain money in some account in the name of various charges to actually credit the said amount in your name. Once you deposit the money in their account, wait for ages to get a credit. May be your grand grand... children will receive the same message saying Mr. BarBaraPrz your great grand grand .... father had deposited US$....... in our bank.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
Really.
• Philippines
12 Feb 13
There are so many scams out there fooling around to many people out there. Don't fall into that trap promising you a good fortune. I for one also received that kind of letter. It came from United Kingdom saying that my email address was chosen as the winner of their grand lottery. And for me to claim that prize, I have to shell out some money. What a scam! My advise to you, ignore that letter and throw it into the garbage can.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
I get those, too.
@MoonGypsy (4606)
• United States
11 Feb 13
ha ha ha. i love these kinds of emails. the only reason why the are able to get away with it is because it's from someone international. there still should be some kind of controls of these kinds of emails.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
This was an actual letter, not email.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
11 Feb 13
Novel, but stupid. You could make a copy for the post office and possibly have them prosecuted for mail fraud. My goodness, imagine if all these things were true--so many tragic car crashes, millions of people killed on the roads! Why is it always a car crash?!
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Feb 13
I suppose it's more believable than being eaten by lions...
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
12 Feb 13
I got an actual check in the mail once.. but I was supposed to cash it and wire more than half of it back. Made a lot of sense, didn't it?
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
Sure does... not.
• United States
12 Feb 13
Wow... Actual spam snail mail? I was checking my junk inbox earlier in case an email I'm waiting on had landed in it. I have apparently inherited a vast sum of money from several different sources and can invest that money in a "special business offer."
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
So you're lucky, too.
@lampar (7584)
• United States
12 Feb 13
Wow! You will be 5.7 million richer in addition to your present wealth so long you contact Mr Cheu Seng Lee in Hong Kong, not in Spain immediately. That is the only requirement you need to full fill. .It is indeed novel way to spread wealth beyond Europe.
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• United States
11 Feb 13
I got a real paper check for a huge amount. I turned it into the post office, but they said they would probably never catch these scammers.
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@BarBaraPrz (45638)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb 13
I once got a check for 5ยข. I was supposed to send it back with my entry to a Readers Digest contest and I'd get a book or something... I cashed it. Made the teller look twice.