Before any transaction can be processed, however, the recipient must provide personal information or remit a fee. "These letters are fraudulent," police said in a news release Monday. "Members of the ...

Investigators are warning of an inheritance scam hitting Washington County. Last month, a resident received a letter in the mail claiming they are set to inherit $75 million from a long-lost relative, ...

A former police officer on the Eastern Shore of Virginia was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for wire fraud and ...

A former Eastville police officer must repay $747,050 after deceiving friends with fabricated inheritance story to fuel gambling addiction.

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — A Hood River grandmother says she was scammed out of her six-figure inheritance after con artists posed as her longtime financial planner and convinced her to send them $100,000.

Exclusive: There’s been a 600 per cent increase in share sale fraud and its cost Bevan Lisle his inheritance – a loss he says ...