Quote Originally Posted by Barbara View Post

Do you know that this scam orginiated from pre-e-mail times?

I got a letter like that in my company about 15 years ago.

I never forget the good old saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch"
I got a couple of those "original" real paper letters, too!!
Seems to me it was longer than 15 years ago ... but who's counting?

I remember showing it to 'Max' at the post office ... it had a "real" foreign
stamp and postmark; hand-addressed; "official" stationery; the real thing!
'Max' just >grinned< from ear-to-ear ... "Your first one, huh?"
She did her best to 'splain that they came in batches - and EVERYone got
one, sooner or later. "Toss it" was her suggested solution.

I called the Postal Inspectors to report that a 'Mail Scam' was afoot ---
call me back for the details!
A Postal Dude called back a day later ... all gung-ho and excited about my
"New Mail Scam" ... till I read him the letter.

He tried to be polite and sympathetic --- but his real suggestion was the
same as Max had given me - "Just toss it, and be happy you didn't reply."
And I thought I was 'special' ...