ROCKVILLE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Rockville Police Department is warning the public about a scam that attempts to trick people into believing they have been named the beneficiary of a large life ...

FILE - The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. A Nigerian national has been sentenced to 97 months in prison ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.