I just got email spam -- in the regular mail...?

[Beartracks]

So this is weird. I just got a letter in the regular mail, metered from Canada, purporting to be from a lawyer that presumably represents the estate of a woman with my surname who died 4 years ago from Covid; and because he couldn't locate any next of kin for her life insurance policy, wants to split it with me 50-50 (after some charitable donations, of course) because I'm in the same country and share "significant similarities" in my last name. Mind you, my last name is shared by thousands of people across the US. i can only imagine he sent letters to all of us. The website in the letterhead is brand new, registered in March 2025 by someone in Germany. This is just.... odd... because it's like an email scam, but an email scam being conducted through snail mail. Anyone else ever see something like this?

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[Skittles]

1. be sure to report it

not that I have much faith in our government right now but, you never know

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/

[Aussie105]

2. Snail mail scam shows up occasionally.

Trying to circumvent the spam filters and awareness people have towards emails offering to 'do you a financial favor'.

Ignore it.

[JoseBalow]

3. Smart scammers avoid mail fraud

to avoid postal inspectors and addition charges.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Been Going On Forever

That's why there are very harsh laws about mail fraud.
Fraud by email is just a modernization of the old mail scams.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. got a phone scam yesterday wanting me to update my medecare profile ? click.