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Aug 18, 2023 · You can’t cash in on a stranger’s life insurance policy — even if a lawyer says you can. The FTC has heard reports from people in Korean, Vietnamese, and Latino communities who got letters in the mail from a supposed “lawyer” in Canada. The letter looks like it’s from a law firm and offers an “easy way” to get money using someone else’s life insurance policy. But it’s a ...
Aug 24, 2023 · If you get a letter from a law firm, you probably shouldn’t throw it away because it may be legitimate. But if you get one making this insurance pitch, the first thing you want to do is not respond.
- Gary Guthrie
People are getting letters in the mail from a law firm saying that one of their clients has died and they’re looking for the heir. You are, they say, that heir! (Spoiler alert: you’re not.) The letter goes on to explain their offer: they want to split the proceeds between you, some charities, and their law firm. But what’s really going on?
May 31, 2021 · RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Letters offering a huge windfall from a Canadian law firm have been hitting mailboxes in the area recently. When one came to a CBS 17 viewer, they asked consumer investigator Steve Sbraccia to check it out. The letter advised the viewer, a Raleigh woman, that an $8.9 million unclaimed insurance policy from a “distant ...
- Steve Sbraccia
Aug 10, 2022 · Hold on a minute. The FTC has been getting reports of people getting letters in the mail from a law firm. They are, they say, looking for the heir of a multi-million-dollar inheritance. And they think it might be you. (Spoiler alert: it’s not.) Here’s what they offer: they’ll split the inheritance between you, their law firm, and some ...
Feb 19, 2017 · Scam Alert: Anatomy Of An Inheritance Fraud Letter. I am an author, speaker and journalist. This article is more than 7 years old. My wife received a letter from Canada the other day. It was ...
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An inheritance scam is a specific type of scam that uses the tale of a person who is now deceased and has left their estate to the intended victim of the scam. The scam usually begins with an email or letter telling the person that they are a distant relative of someone they never heard of. That person recently died and the law firm sending the ...
