(MENAFN- Live Mint) A woman from Canada found herself in a 'too good to be true' situation when she was informed aout ₹4.2 crore proprety inherited from a distant relative she'd never heard of. When sixty-year-old Lorraine Gesell, received a call informing that she has inherited property of her distant uncle, she thought that she has been tricked by scammers, reported Daily Star.
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video An unexpected caller from Finders International, informed Gesell, that her distant relative Raymond Barry died alone at the age of 85 in 2021. Since he never married anyone and had no child, there was no one set to inherit his property worth more than £400,000 (equal to ₹4.24 crore), as per the report.
What did the caller say?
Finders International is an agency, which functions to trace next-of-kin and beneficiaries to properties . Its main task is to find the rightful heirs of a property, when its actual owner is not alive.
The agent informed her that she was an heir to Raymond's sizeable estate, according to Manchester Evening News.
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As per the report, Raymond used to work with an airline company as a cabin crew. Throughout his life, he had a two-bedroom flat on St Margaret's Road, Twickenham.
How are the two connected?
Lorraine's late mother moved from Ellesmere Port near Liverpool to Canada in 1951. Her maternal grandfather, George Moores and Raymond's mother, Leena Moores were siblings.
With the present details, Finders International, found Lorraine Gesell as the closest relatvie of Raymond alive.
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Amid the era of digital and cyber fraud, it was difficult for the Canadian woman to believe that she has inherited the sizeable state in United Kingdom from her distant relative. Her suspicion grew more as she was not aware about her relative.
“My son, in particular, was very suspicious. I mean it does sound incredible – 'someone you never knew has died and you're entitled to an inheritance'. It sounds like a fairy-tale [sic],” Gesell told Manchester Evening News.
How did they check caller's authenticity?
In her interview, Gessell said that after inquiring about her relative, she found the caller to be authentic after realising that she was not asked for any money for the payment of inherited property.
“However, the researchers at Finders were very good. They providing me with details about my extended family and of course there was never a request for money, so it did make sense to me,” she said.
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