Money you'll never get · stamped SCAM
The stranger with your last nameSCAM
A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.
Thank you for using the Life Insurance Policy Locator. Your request about your late mother has been sent to participating insurance companies.
If a company finds a policy and you are the beneficiary, it will contact you directly.
This service is free. Request number 2026-0081734.
I am the lawyer of a late client who shares your last name. He died in 2019 with a life insurance payout of $4.6 million and no next of kin.
I can present you as his beneficiary and we share the money 50/50. Please keep this confidential.
Reply with your full name, phone number and a copy of your ID to begin.
Always check the story.
A "lawyer" you've never heard of wants to pass you off as the heir of a stranger who shares your last name. There is no money: next come fees, and your ID is already in their hands.
noreply@naic.org is the NAIC, which runs the free policy locator you used.
chambers.whitfield@gmail.com is a free Gmail account.
Nothing. The insurer will contact you if it finds a policy.
Your name, phone and a copy of your ID, to "present you" as his heir.
No money talk, no secret.
$4.6 million, split 50/50, and "keep this confidential".
RememberYou can't inherit from a stranger because you share a last name. Delete it, and never send ID.
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