PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Think you’ve inherited a life insurance fortune? Think again. Palm Beach police are sounding the alarm about a slick new scam targeting residents’ trust.
The Palm Beach Police Department issued a warning to residents on Wednesday about a new scam involving unclaimed life insurance policies.
Police said fraudsters are posing as attorneys and sending letters that appear to be from legitimate law firms. These letters falsely claim that recipients are entitled to a share of a deceased person’s life insurance policy, often because they share a last name or nationality with the deceased…