Victoria police have seen a twist in recent inheritance scams.

At least six people have reported receiving letters in the mail advising that a person with the same last name as the recipient has died and has left over 23 million pounds in the bank.

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The letters indicate that the person should not reach out to the bank.

They also state that they are entitled to 90% of the funds with 10% going to charity.

Letters were addressed to each recipient individually and delivered to their residences.

Similar to online email-based scams, recipients of the letter scam were asked to reply via an email address.

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According to police, nobody has reported being defrauded in Victoria or Esquimalt in the scam.

Police would like to remind the public that this is, in fact, a scam and that no bank would offer anyone money in this way.

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