For those who say it's a scam, what's the benefit of the scammer exactly?
In this case - I do not know what OP is hoping for. For success it must be 1) real wallet 2) opened by someone 3) honest "winner" share coins with OP.
Here, there is no clear gain for him. But in general it seems there is a huge "market" for
locked wallets.
For example that topic from Russian board:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5160025.0Or that topic, already mentioned by me:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5242967.0So you may buy password protected wallet and try your luck or you may just get one for free.
If you check addresses sold, most of them has public key exposed...