WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office is warning about a scam letter involving a life insurance policy.
A Wichita resident received a letter in the mail claiming to be from a law firm. The letter claimed they could get money from an insurance policy from a deceased person who shares their last name.
The letter claims they could add the potential victim’s name to the policy and then split the funds. The letter then urges the recipient to email them at a Gmail account.
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The District Attorney wants to make it clear that the letter is a scam and that you should throw it away or shred it if you receive one. The sender is only after your money or personal information.
Scams like these can seem legitimate at first. In this case, the scammer has gone to the trouble of creating a fake website for their phony law firm.
However, if you visit that website and look closely, you will discover that the images it uses are all stock photos, including the section giving “client testimonials.” Another dead giveaway of a scam is if the email address doesn’t have its domain name at the end and instead uses a free service like Gmail.