An ex-Virginia police officer reportedly orchestrated an inheritance scheme that drained a huge sum of cash from his victims.

A message pops up promising wealth you never expected, and suddenly your heart jumps a little. Who would not feel curious after seeing words like inheritance, fortune, or secret estate left behind by ...

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Scammers are trying to trick Caroline County residents with letters, emails and phone calls promising millions of dollars in nonexistent inheritance or insurance payouts.

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 ...

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. Kim Gradin and her ...

A former police officer on the Eastern Shore of Virginia was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering relating to a scam involving an inheritance claim.

ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. – A former police officer on the Eastern Shore of Virginia was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering relating to a scam involving an ...