update..
ok guys.. got a phone call and another email from this clown..im not sure but this i think may be serious..
the second email involves the "procedures to follow", including scanning my i.d., and forwarding bank info for verification???? and then the "money will follow" once that is done..
so my guess is either as you all have agreed, a scam..or worse is the identity theft which would be quite serious.. and seeing that for some reason alot of us in aviation are getting the same email, is there something more here than we know???