I am about to inherit $7.5 million!

[street]

It's too bad that you do not share the same surname with the unfortunate heirless man, else I would suggest to Mr Li Jie to forge the will in your name. I will take only a small referral fee from you.

That is just the way my luck goes! If didn't have any bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. Lol

Thanks NW-Bound

 

[NW-Bound]

That is just the way my luck goes! If didn't have any bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. Lol

Thanks NW-Bound

So, you are saying that only lucky people will get an offer from Mr. Li Jie?

I looked closer at the envelope. My name and address are printed on a stick-on label, probably printed by a computer program from a mailing list. The letter has my name, and also the surname of the deceased Bound.

Mass mailings and envelope labels can be generated easily with a mail merge program, and this function is built-in to word processing programs such as MS Word or WordPerfect to personalize each letter for different recipients.

The difference between snail mail and email scams is the postage cost. With the C$1.30 postage stamp, the cost accelerates up quick if Mr Li Jie sent out 1000's of snail mails.

So, how many letters has he sent out? I don't know my name got into his mailing list. This is what I am curious to find out. Is it a list of fools who happen to have some money?

Now, because he sends out many letters, he has to answer each respondent in a personalized manner, but how does he know who is calling back? There cannot be multiple heirless dead and rich clients that he is currently handling.

I think I would have another person answering the call at first, in order to screen the call. He/she can pretend to be Mr. Jie's secretary. "Mr. Jie is out of the office, may I have your contact for him to call you back?" He then can peruse his mailing list to find your name and address, in order to call you back in a properly manner. "Oh hi, Mr. Bound. I have been dying to hear from you. How are things in AZ?"

I'd never do this, because I'm too chicken, but you could consider turning the tables om Mr. Li. Here's a website with tips:

https://www.419eater.com/html/baiting.htm

I was tempted to call Mr. Jie, but would not want him to have my phone number which he does not now have.

I can make up a throw-away email address to contact him, but the truth is that I am not that much interested in baiting him.

He has my address, so I have to be careful, even though he apparently lives in Canada.

I guess I can troll him by email to see how he responds. "Hello Mr. Li Jie. This is Richard Lanier answering your letter".

This would cause him to scratch his head when consulting his mailing list. "Who the heck is this Richard Lanier? I never did send him a letter. "

 

[SecondCor521]

My spouse had the same challenge.

A long loser relative fell off his perch. Because my spouse is such a wonderful person he left his entire estate to her. I think it was Nigeria.

We decided to ignore it for fear that money would change our lives too much.

In all seriousness, I did have a good high school friend who was informed about the time she was graduating from high school that a distant relative had died and was leaving their large fortune to be split among the whole family, including my friend.

At the time I naively thought, "How lucky for her!" Now with life experience I think it was an early domestic version of the standard Nigerian prince scam, and I hope she and her family didn't get played.

 

[Walt34]

The difference between snail mail and email scams is the postage cost. With the C$1.30 postage stamp, the cost accelerates up quick if Mr Li Jie sent out 1000's of snail mails.

So, how many letters has he sent out? I don't know my name got into his mailing list. This is what I am curious to find out. Is it a list of fools who happen to have some money?

He must think very highly of you, as a special kind of fool, to invest a whole $1.30 (Canadian) in sending you that letter. For example I must not rank in your class of fool since I've never received one of those letters. I only get the standard Nigerian Prince emails, and not very many of those.

 

[pjm-7]

Are you sure about the name Mr. Bound? Maybe he meant Mr. Bond, as in James Bond.

 

[ivinsfan]

He must think very highly of you, as a special kind of fool, to invest a whole $1.30 (Canadian) in sending you that letter. For example I must not rank in your class of fool since I've never received one of those letters. I only get the standard Nigerian Prince emails, and not very many of those.

You know you can't catch a fish without bait and bait costs money... but I did get a call from Publishers Clearing house yesterday...

 

[Koolau]

DW sent in for a free "cat toy" but used the name of the cat. You'd be surprised how many free offers DW received in the cat's name for years following. DW had dutifully filled out the cat-toy questionnaire such as "place of birth" - under the neighbor's porch, etc. Still got the toy. Still got the offers of insurance, exterminators, even a couple of credit cards, etc. from the cat-toy folks selling the name. YMMV

 

[Nick12]

The hackers from the East are very ingenious in their ways.

 

[CaptTom]

DW sent in for a free "cat toy" but used the name of the cat.

Our bird Jimmy (with my last name) got an offer for a credit card (or something, didn't open it) Friday. He's been dead probably 10 or more years now. We only used that name on some mail-in offer once, back when he was alive. They don't give up!

 

[Time2]

You are going to be filthy rich!!

Well, if you accept the offer and,

go play in the mud, at least you will be filthy!

 

[street]

^ True!!

Just having some fun NW-Bound, I have not received such a thing that I'm aware of. Lol Seems like a lot of people have through the years from what I remember on here.

 

[TriumphTR3fan]

If this scam has been around since at least 2012 there must still be a few that think this could work. That says a lot about people, greed & gullibility.......

 

[NW-Bound]

Are you sure about the name Mr. Bound? Maybe he meant Mr. Bond, as in James Bond.

The mistake in spelling would be Mr. Jie's, not mine.

If this scam has been around since at least 2012 there must still be a few that think this could work. That says a lot about people, greed & gullibility.......

The scammer must make enough to send out snail mails with postage, instead of emails which cost nothing. Out of 100 or 1000 snail mails, how many fish does he catch? It makes you wonder about his success rate, and how much he reels in. Maybe snail mails look more "serious" and more formal.

 

[troutnut1]

I’d negotiate for a better deal. Remind him that you will have to pay more than half of it in taxes and it will dramatically increase the amount you’ll have to pay for medicare premiums(IRMA). If you can get at least 7.5 million you can then come back here and ask permission to retire early and we can hem and haw about it. But you better hurry. Most of them mysteriously lose their email access in a few days. Have fun!

 

[gooddog]

Was so tempted to make up a new user account under the name "Mr Li Jie" egg this on.


Have you considered sinking your new found wealth into pumpkin futures?

 

[NW-Bound]

I’d negotiate for a better deal. Remind him that you will have to pay more than half of it in taxes and it will dramatically increase the amount you’ll have to pay for medicare premiums(IRMA). If you can get at least 7.5 million you can then come back here and ask permission to retire early and we can hem and haw about it. But you better hurry. Most of them mysteriously lose their email access in a few days. Have fun!

Mr Li Jie may be able to help me evade taxes by keeping my money in a bank account in China. I suspect he will want some additional compensation for this service.

 

[maestro]

Surely, NW-Bound, you know we are way beyond April Fool's day. Mr. Li from China has you by the big ones, which we all knew you had. But please, run away, or else scam the guy back, if you can find a way. Maybe tell him you have 3m more to add to his offer to make it worthwhile, set up a brand new account, zero balance, and see if he can just deposit it in your account NOW....not that I've ever done anything like this before, but really, who do they think they're dealing with?!?

 

[NW-Bound]

Surely, NW-Bound, you know we are way beyond April Fool's day. Mr. Li from China has you by the big ones, which we all knew you had. But please, run away, or else scam the guy back, if you can find a way. Maybe tell him you have 3m more to add to his offer to make it worthwhile, set up a brand new account, zero balance, and see if he can just deposit it in your account NOW....not that I've ever done anything like this before, but really, who do they think they're dealing with?!?

I think Mr. Li Jie has more dead, rich, and heirless clients than just the Mr. Bound that he wrote to me about.

If anyone cares to PM me with his true name, address, plus phone number, I can forward the info to Mr. Li Jie, in order for him to see if he has another client matching your surname, which he most likely has.

I will ask for only a small fee for this service, to help both you and Mr Li Jie claim the money that otherwise goes to the government of PRC.

 

[NW-Bound]

I'd never do this, because I'm too chicken, but you could consider turning the tables om Mr. Li. Here's a website with tips:

https://www.419eater.com/html/baiting.htm

I forgot to say that I went to that Web site, and found a similar story as mine, except that the "banker" claimed to be Judy Hsu, the CEO of the real Standard Chartered Bank of Hong Kong. The deal was similar to mine: splitting the money left behind by a person who died without a will. "Judy Hsu" wanted him to open an account in Hong Kong, but it had to be funded with $10K in real money, and the money was to be wired to Dubai!

The story was posted Feb 2021.

I don't have the time to do a reverse scam to Mr. Li Jie, but some people do this for amusement.

See this: https://aff.419eater.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1820&p=8133&hilit=inheritance+china#p8133

PS. The anti-scammer corresponded via email. His real address was not known by the scammer, unlike mine.

 

[maestro]

I think Mr. Li Jie has more dead, rich, and heirless clients than just the Mr. Bound that he wrote to me about.

If anyone cares to PM me with his true name, address, plus phone number, I can forward the info to Mr. Li Jie, in order for him to see if he has another client matching your surname, which he most likely has.

I will ask for only a small fee for this service, to help both you and Mr Li Jie claim the money that otherwise goes to the government of PRC.

After that, we can all meet at "...Mr, Chow's..., now that the deal has been done..." - Glamour Profession, by Steely Dan [emoji16] great jam, good fun thread.[emoji106]

 

[NW-Bound]

After that, we can all meet at "...Mr, Chow's..., now that the deal has been done..." - Glamour Profession, by Steely Dan [emoji16] great jam, good fun thread.[emoji106]

I did not know about this song, and am listening to it now. Thanks.

It's hard to catch the lyrics, so I have to look it up on the Web.

 

[SecondCor521]

His real address was not known by the scammer, unlike mine.

That's pretty much why I'm too chicken to play that reverse scam game. I'm unsure what they might know or figure out. I really don't want to piss off those kinds of people; they could be dangerous.

 

[RobbieB]

They are dangerous, they are criminals, felons that need to be in the big house or on the other side of the sod.

 

[WWDog]

A elderly neighbor lady fell for one of those scams. Her relatives live in states that are some ways away. All this during the covid shutdown. Dear wife and I helped recover a large portion of what she was going to send the guy. He had sent her pictures, mushy letters, and several legal looking documents. A cursory search found the picture of the poor guy that had endured being used in several of these scams. It took some time to convince her that it was all a scam. The covid shutdown made things more difficult and added to her feelings that this was the real deal. These people are real scum. The wife and I have her over at least once a week to make sure all is well and compare notes with her kids to make sure all is well.

 

[Gumby]

Some guy named Fisher keeps sending me envelopes offering to manage my money so that I'll be financially secure. He must be really good at it, because the envelopes are really big.