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If you are one in a million in China, there are 1300 people just like you

A rare piece of spam made it past the ol’ Gmail filter the other day, so I ended up reading it. Here’s the thing: I’ve gotten spam where they claim some obscure relative has died and I get to inherit their fortune, but contacting me on the basis of my last name alone? Come on guys… do you have any idea how many Shihs there probably are in the world? Bonus points for including a wikipedia link to bolster your legitimacy though!

I am Barrister Yang Lim , an attorney at law. I discovered your email and information through internet search so I decided to contact you. A deceased client of mine, that shares the same last name as yours died as the result of a heart-related condition on March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia. And in the record there is no known successor to this deposit of the deceased who died without a will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake.

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at Eighteen million dollars is (US$18million dollars) lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, I can be reached on (yanglim8@gmail.com) for more information.

Best regards,
Yang Lim
Attorney at Law.