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 ...

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 ...

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, Fla. (CBS12) — A Nigerian man pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive inheritance fraud scheme that swindled over 400 elderly and vulnerable individuals across the United States out of more ...

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 ...

Sad elderly woman sit on sofa hold smartphone feels disappointed by received sms bad news. A Nigerian national who targeted elderly U.S. victims has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for ...

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 Nigerian national has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded more than 400 victims of more than $6 million, said the U.S.

The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) is warning Iowans about inheritance scams that increase during the holiday season.

A group of lawyers who defrauded the son of a founder by promising to resolve inheritance tax issues related to the site of an art high school in Seoul’s Gangnam District has been sentenced to prison ...