The Shocking Call My Friend Got Today ! - Page 2

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

If anybody is looking to leave me an inheritance, I'm in the white pages...

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Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

@Tori3569 wrote:
@Ainhisg wrote:
How odd. Was the person who contacted her an employee of an attorney's office? From my experience, the attorney's office would have had the heirs' personal info when the will/trust was created. And if there had been a change in personal contact info, would have had the means at their disposal to find the heir. Something seems a bit fishy especially with the person divulging that they had to pay a search company to find her. And it seems very odd that an attorney's office (if that's who called) would be able to get an email address but not a phone number or address. I hope this whole situation is on the up and up, but I don't know.

Absolutely agree with everything written here. If it wasn't an attorney's office that called, I'd be very skeptical. I hope this won't be the type of thing where she has to pay to get the "inheritance ". I'm not usually skeptical of things at all, but this one doesn't ring true.

Or give out personal information.

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

Have you verified your friend's death? Try Googling her name followed by 2024 obituary.

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

None of this sounds legitimate to me.

I have a friend who genuinely was recently left something in the will of a friend and former coworker of hers.

However, she received a letter from the attorney handling the estate. She then had to go to an attorney or other official to have her identity verfied and forwarded to the original attorney before she was ever given any information.

A "friend" of a friend tracking someone down and emailing? I would simply say give me the name of the attorney or law office and I'll contact them directly. No "middlemen" or "friends" required.

I'd also be checking the obituaries!

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

Look up her obituary. It should be easy since you know the date and location. The person who contacted you could have obtained her information from that.

As others have recommended, give no personal information and send no money.

RescueLover · ‎02-06-2022

NO that is how these scammers likely start. They find an Obituary online and go from there!!

Where is @Goodie2shoes to read all this and warn her friend?!?!

icezeus · ‎10-30-2010

@Ainhisg

Not necessarily, I had to deal with a situation like this last year. I was the trustee of my aunts estate. I had to hire an attorney, and I had to provide the attorney with the contact information for them to reach out to contact the beneficiaries.

DottieBlue · ‎03-11-2010

@icezeus wrote:
@Ainhisg

Not necessarily, I had to deal with a situation like this last year. I was the trustee of my aunts estate. I had to hire an attorney, and I had to provide the attorney with the contact information for them to reach out to contact the beneficiaries.

And it was the attorney's office who contacted the beneficiaries and not just some "friend" via email. Correct?

Wsmom · ‎03-09-2010

The scams are plentiful. In the last two weeks two friends and I have all received different forms of scam attempts, me through FB messenger and the other two by phone, and they all had personal information. You can't be too careful. They are good and keep getting better.