Did you know that one common way for the probate courts to see if your loved one lacks capacity is to look to how they are handling their financials in West Palm Beach? Loved ones should be wary of internet scams and other ways that con artists are taking advantage of retirees in Southern Florida. If you think it could never happen to your parents, think again. Check out this recent spin on the Nigerian Prince scam, that got US attorneys involved.
Inheritance Scams
- There are possibly too many variations on internet scams to get them all out in one blog.
- A lot of these scams for some reason involve inheritance.
- Perhaps it is because an inheritance is an easy explanation for found money.
- Some of these scams will tell people that they have been bequeathed with a largeforeign inheritance from Spain or some where else majestic and far.
- The scammer will tell you that you are super close to your inheritance there is just one problem those pesky inheritance taxes.
- Simply forward some funds and they will take care of that though!
- This should have alarm bells going off in your head!
- If you are being told you need to front money to get an inheritance this probably a scam and you should report it to the police and at the least talk to an experienced Palm Beach probate litigator.
- The US state attorneys recently arrested some of these con-artists and the cheats they were playing to people all over the country – including West Palm Beach are nothing short of troubling.
Woman Going to Prison for Internet Scams
- A Nigerian woman was sentenced to ten years in prison in Federal Court recently after she used the internet to defraud people in what attorneys are referring to as a “romance scam.”
- These scams took a lot of different forms but many again played on people’s desires for a large inheritance.
- The woman made over 1.3 million dollars scamming people over the internet.
- One famous scam was the so-called inheritance tax scam where again foreign funds were locked up until a large tax bill was paid.
- Others were a bit more creative for example where she lifted over $200k from someone to pay an import fine on jewels.
- These are all common ways that con-artists are preying on the weak in and around Palm Beach County.
- If a loved one is falling victim to these kind of scams their financials need to be controlled by someone.
- Consider looking into a West Palm Beach guardianship to avoid these type of scams and fraud before they scoop away the family inheritance.
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