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Aug 18, 2023 · 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 scam.
Aug 24, 2023 · A fake law firm in Canada is sending letters to U.S. consumers pitching a scam on how to make money off of another person's life insurance policy.
- Gary Guthrie
May 31, 2021 · It’s a scam, one that has been tried before. An alert from the Louisiana State Bar warns about letters sent to people in that state supposedly from an Ontario Law Firm about a large inheritance from a distant relative.
This is not a lawyer — it’s a scammer. That’s the most important thing to know. But the letter sounds convincing, explaining that the firm has tried to contact family members. No heir, they say, has come forward to collect the multi-million-dollar life insurance policy or inheritance.
Dec 1, 2021 · The letter from the scammer uses the name and address of Doucet Droit, a real law firm based in New Brunswick, Canada. The legitimate address is where the reality ends. The sender claims he’s lawyer Phillip Mann, but he doesn’t work for the real Doucet Droit law firm.
Feb 19, 2017 · We got a letter in the mail the other day saying my wife inherited $7 million. Here's how I could tell it was a scam in a heartbeat.
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Feb 10, 2022 · The letter, which is just the very beginning of this scam, instructs the targeted victim to respond and begin the process of formally claiming the money. At this point, two things could happen.
