You're not likely to write back (costing you a stamp) so the scammer is taking an anti scam baiting precaution.

>I know about scam baiting, but you said anti-scam.
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>Yes, these things exist but that's nothing to do with what I received. I got the typical "pitch" letter to me (although this is in good, grammatically correct English, well punctuated AND not all in upper case). The only other difference was that it wasn't by FREE email, where you can mailshot a million prospective "marks" for zilch, but posted to my name and address.
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>How can this be any mechanism of a scam baiter? I'm not a scammer.
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>>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting
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>>>Whatever that is, Agnes?
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>>>Burt whatever it is, it seems an expensive form of fishing.
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>>>>Hi Terry
>>>>sounds like an anti scam baiting precaution to me.
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>>>>Agnes
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>>>>>Beware everyone. Last week I received a scam about a man having a load of money tied up in a bank, after his father was murdered, and asking me if I want to help him get it out. This seemed to be the son of a white farmer who'd been dsipossessed of his land, in Zimbabwe.
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>>>>>I know what you're thinking - we ALL know of these scams. But this one had a difference: it was addressed personally to me (although the salutation wasn't) and arrived by snail mail, with a 2nd class stamp.
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>>>>>I haven't seen one of these for about 13 years!