Dear John: My 87-year-old husband received this scam in the mail recently. I thought you might like to give your readers a heads up. C.W.

Dear C.W.: I can’t print the letter here but it is very interesting.

This is the same scam that’s been going on for years. Someone left money without a will and some nice person would like to give you a share.

The difference is that this crook decided to send an old-style letter to C.W.’s house.

This “lawyer” claims to be representing the estate of someone in Spain who died and left a big estate.

“He passed away a few years ago due to heart attack, since then I have made some enquiries (sic) to locate any of his extended relatives but to no avail,” the letter says.

The dead person and C.W.’s husband have the same last name — making the scam even more believable. So, to get the $11.5 million the dead guy left, C.W. would have to give the lawyer a bank account number to allow the money to be transferred.

Thanks for sharing this. I’m going to contact the lawyer via email to see if he responds.