I received two letters a few years ago that I briefly thought might be worthy of a column warning about the scam involved, but decided it couldn’t be a serious problem and passed. A recent press ...

Police have received multiple reports in recent days from residents receiving letters claiming they have been left a family ...

Pennsylvania officials are warning of an email scam requesting recipients send money to receive a fake inheritance from a distant relative. Officials said the scammers, posing as state employees, are ...

Saanich Police are warning residents of an increase in “inheritance” scams in the community. On Tuesday, Saanich Police said ...

NIBLEY, Cache County – Utahns are receiving messages and letters about unclaimed money from a deceased relative, or at the very least, someone who shares their last name. But it's an inheritance scam ...

A 36-year-old Nigerian, Okezie Bonaventure Ogbata, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a transnational inheritance scam that defrauded over 400 victims, ...

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Nigerian national pleaded guilty in a Miami courtroom for orchestrating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded over 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans out of ...

MIAMI — A woman in South Florida received a personalized letter from a bank in Spain claiming she had received an inheritance from a late relative. When the woman responded, the bank representative ...