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 ...

A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, to over eight years in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded more than 400 elderly ...

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 ...

A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted two Aiken men in an alleged $8 million inheritance fraud scheme that attempted to divert the assets of an 88-year-widow’s estate to themselves. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...