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From fraud to windfall: My saga with German heir searchers

Thursday, February 22, 2018 @ 10:29 AM | By Jana Schilder

This story is a hybrid of: amateur cybersleuthing, antiquated website design, international estate law and precautionary paranoia.

In the middle of January 2018, an e-mail came across my computer. Subject line:...

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