I too received an inheritance letter. It was so obviously a scam, I laughed at it. I was told that a former patient of mine (RN) was so thrilled with my care that he secretly obtained my name and address. I knew this was wrong, as I am a retired nurse who spent her last 14 years working for an insurance company. There were triggers that were also laughable. The name of the client, the hospital and the bank holding the inheritance were protected, and I was asked to keep this information to myself, to avoid multiple identity claims.
I received a letter yesterday from Eric Howard. It also states almost identical information a deceased millionaire left me “$ 2 Million”. I am glad that checked this web site. Many Thanks. SS. CA
I received a letter today indicating the same information as the other victims. I was curious to call them. I then elected to look them up on the internet to determine if this was a scam. The header looks suspicious like it was printed from a previous copy. I am glad not to investigate this any further. It is obviously a scam. Glad I did not move forward to call them.
June 22, 2020
Today, I received the same ‘Nurse’ letter for the same ‘2. Million U.S Dollars (sic)’ and the phone number, 1-888-901-0154. Apparently these scammers have a military and/or nurse data base and are sending out multiple letters, hoping one or more will stick. I am a member of a financial abuse specialist team, and this contact will be reported.
Be smart, be safe, be well. In that order!
Victim Location 70123
Type of a scam Other
My wife received a letter indicating she had inherited $2 million from a man who she took care of when he was in town and got sick on a business trip years ago. She worked in University Hospital as a Nuc Med Tech. The claim was that ***** ******* died 2 years ago and at the of the reading of the will my wife was named as a beneficiary of $2 million. The "Lawyer" who contacted us is ERIC H****** We have not given any important information to him yet.
He sent us an AFFIDAVIT and CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP FORM to fill out to claim the money from the Trust.
I contacted my LAWYER to ask him about this. He said he knew of a number of people who received this kind of correspondence from "LAWYERS" in Canada, and they turned out to be scams. We have not advanced this process at this point.
Like the above Nurses I received a letter in the mail stating I was a recipient of two million dollars from a deceased client that I had cared for in the hospital. Before he left the hospital the collected my information and put me in his will. I called the number and talked with a Mr. Eric Howard and he said it was true and would E-mail some forms to fill out and return to him with a picture ID like a driver license. So far I have not returned the forms because my fax is picking up his fax number, he called today and want to try and scan the forms and return them. I told him I believe this is a scam and a fraud and I will have my lawyer look this over and I will call you back. This is an alarming scary story, how many other nurses has he robbed of their own money. They need to be stopped and soon. Retired Army Veteran RN, 11 Jun 20.
I also received a letter like the above mentioned one. My first concern was the fact it was a firm from out of the country.
The letter was mailed from Baltimore MD however. I actually called and left a message for a Mr. Eric Howard after hours giving my seldom used home phone number. I have received several calls from a Michigan number but no message left. I will just let it play out until they get tired of calling…lol
Sad part is they must have somehow obtained a list of nurses and addresses to launch this scam.
They just don’t realize that nurses are by nature skeptical because we hear bull crap all the time.
Victim Location 32820
Type of a scam Other
letter mailed to me saying I am the beneficiary of a large estate and to csll them to process the forms to collect 2 million dollars
My experience is Identical as the nurse above. Please see my letter below. Scam
I also received the above letter almost word for word. I am a nurse so i took the time to investigate and found this website. The letter was mailed from Baltimore MD with a stamp not a postal machine. I hope everyone realizes this as a scam
Victim Location 95405
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
I was contacted by postal mail, the letter indicating that I was the recipient if a large sum of money as a beneficiary in their clients will. It was supposedly left to me by a former (now deceased) patient, whom I had ostensibly attended during my career as a health care practitioner, and provided a claim number, address, and telephone number.
I used Google Maps Street View to look at the address. There was no indication, on a very clear sign listing the building occupants, of the "business" that was on the letterhead. I contacted 2 of the businesses that were listed on the building sign, and they assured me that there was no business in the building under that name.
Using a Whitepages free search, I found that the phone number given in the letter was owned by Assurance Wawanesa. I called them for information, and a Wawanesa agent informed me that the claim number was definitely not from Wawanesa.
I called the number provided, and the after a brief conversation with the representative of "Linda Howard and Partners", I was informed that all of the accrued information was only due to a series of unfortunate miscommunications or misunderstandings. When confronted with the salient facts of my brief investigation into this scam, the representative sought to quickly terminate our conversation.
Victim Location 06468
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
I received a letter from this "Law Firm" saying they represent this recently deceased unnamed person who I cared fir when he was visiting the United Stated and a patient in the Hospital I worked in. He "secretly" collected my name and address and put me in his will for two million dollars as he intended to "astonish me with this great compensation".
I am further told I will need to send in a "claim application" (they don’t mention a fee but you know that’s the next step) and to keep this communication secret in order to avoid multiple people from trying to claim the money. Reply to them is by phone only, there is no e-mail or web address and I was never a healthcare provider – Dr, Nurse, etc.
I am going to call them to see what they say and t mess with them and waste some of their time. If I can get more info on location or anythnig that may violate laws I will alert the proper US authorities.