Is Howard Shindell Law Firm a Scam or Legit Legal Firm in Canada?

My husband, who is deceased, received an unprofessional letter from Howard shindell law firm stating , blah blah blah, his address in Toronto , postmarked Buffalo,New York, with United States postage. Yes, that’s the ant of money in question, $10,550,300.,00. Also, it is 100% risk free

They send it out with the last name changed to match the person's to whom it is addressed. Obvious scam, but someone is bound to fall for it and has or they wouldn't keep it up. Bad punctuation, capitalization, copy is not even straight on the paper, the bolded recipient's name and "Late" person's name, thrown in. I don't understand why the the postal service can't prosecute. Main scammer is probably in Toronto, but pays people to send out "personalized" letters from all over. Disgusting.

Ire River a letter too and it makes me so mad that these scammers are doing this to people. Why don’t they get a job and quit this. Can’t the FBI look into this and the postal service for working withnthem

Man oh man Bruce A-Z has died so many times in this last 2yrs leaving $10,550,300.00 American highly confidential dollars to our dispare
HOGWASH I truly hope NO one falls for this scam
What scumbags

Got mine today too $10,550,300.00 I've won the jackpot! Not don't know any Dr. Bruce Stephenson, I do have family in Toronto, but the letter is post marked Buffalo NY. Total scam don't fall for it

I responded, and have already received my share of the 10,000,000! Just kidding. Don't fall for it.

LMAO

I warned him this was law enforcement. So idiot sent bogus Canadian Passport. Bingo! Now it entered FBI mail fraud. Cyber Crimes in Buffalo has the IP address.

I don't mind stupid criminals just hate being outnumbered !!!!!

I just got my letter re Bruce F. Looks like they set up a phony website.

I also received the same letter today! His name was Dr. Bruce Edmondson he also died of Covid 2 yrs ago. I called the number on the letter and he answered but not by Law Firm.
He said is this about Dr. Bruce letter you received and I told him yes. He told me that he could not discuss the details on the phone and to contact him by email. Sorry everyone my Dr. Bruce left me 10,550,300.00. It must have gotten interesting. HaHaHa! Such a scam. I wish I knew who to turn him into and I would. Thanks for all the comments!

Got the same letter, Dr. Bruce C.

I also received a letter relating to a $10,000,000 plus life policy with a name on it similar to mine. The policyholder, deceased, listed no beneficiaries. Who initiates a life in’s. policy and doesn’t list a beneficiary? I smell a rat. The letter also states that if I respond and participate in claiming the money the proceeds will be “shared” with the law firm. The firm also states they want 10% of the money to go to charity. If this was legit, the firm couldn’t tell the beneficiary how to “spend” the $. I assume contacting the “firm” will reveal a costly upfront payment procedure with no guarantee of successful results....no guarantee that the $ten million will be successfully collected. Of course, it’s tempting to contact the firm but I don’t want to expose my email address to them.

Yea got mine from Howard Swindle today totally bogus

I received a letter claiming that a real estate investor by the same last name as mine left $10 million and asked me to be in partnership with them to claim the money. With 10% going to charity and 90% will be shared between us

Laughably incompetent scumbag scam artists.
They could not even print out their letter properly. Its lopsided, with the print running off to the right from top to bottom of the page.
They neglected to include a document on which I could provide requested information.
They did not include a return envelope.
And that's all good, because eventually they will get ahold of someone with cognition problems who wlll go along with the scam and see their life savings plundered.
What a pathetic way to spend one's life.
Thankyou to the person who set up the Question and Answer page.

Same! Bruce died of Covid according to my letter. Scam. What a joke.

Tip : I can sometimes spot where these people buy or steal their info from. Whenever possible I always " mark" my info when entering online anytime I can.
For instance if my last name is John Smith and I get a questionable letter or peice of mail for John Smyth and I know where I used that spelling then bingo I know where my info was obtained from.

My husband received one as well. What a generous offer from this Mr. Shindell. We are SO excited to potentially hand over our bank account information and his social security number so that we can retire. NOT!!!!

Received same letter claiming Dr. Bruce Mandrick real estate investor died with 10 million life insurance policy with no one claiming it. Offer to send 10% to charity then split remaining 90%. Letter mailed from Buffalo NY. Total scam

Same here. Dr. Bruce with our last name. Of course we know we have no relatives with that name or $. What a joke. Scammers

I got one too. Same first name as others, Bruce. Definitely fake!

My letter says it was from Bruce Bennison.

I received the same letter, If it’s too good to be true, It probably is. Mine said Dr Bruce Daigle was a Covid victim, died 2 years ago and had a 10 million life insurance Policy, I’m thinking scammers and robber’s. I researched online and it stinks to me.

P. Daigle

Total scam. Poorly written letter, claims to be from Toronto, but post marked Buffalo NY. No return address on envelope. Claims to be a "partner", but no other name in the firm heading. Claims the Canadian doctor left money, but the amount is is U.S. dollars, not Canadian dollars. Web site is from middle east. No person with $10 million does not know where the money will go when they die. This scam artist is not well educated, and will hopefully die soon.

I received the exact letter saying the same thing.
A 10mil payout for an unclaimed policy to be split.

My husband received a similar letter about an unclaimed $10M life insurance policy in the name of Dr. Bruce G. This “law firm” wants 10% to go to charities, and a 50/50 split for the remaining 90%. Another reviewer got the same letter for Dr. Bruce M. Seems there are likely a whole bunch of Dr. Bruces with the exact same policy. One word… SCAM!

I got Dr Bruce S!!!

Got letter today he just wants 10 o/o for charity and half of all the rest surprise surprise but it had to be confidential

Yep. Scam. Got a letter today saying a relative of mine died and that we could “partner” to share the 10 million dollar payout. There are quite a few tip-offs in the letter that our suspicious but I could easily see someone getting excited and calling this outfit.

My elderly father who lives in Texas just got the same letter: stating some relative who was a real estate investor, left a life insurance policy worth $10,550,300.00. Seems like the late Dr. Bruce M, at least that is the name in this letter, left a lot of money for a lot of illegitimate kids.
They also say to keep it confidential and they only want 10%. How kind!
I hope no one falls for this scam!

Got the same letter to, except that my supposed relative is Dr Bruce S. Wow!! I truly hope no one falls for this scam.

How kind of the late Dr. Bruce A.! Died 2 yrs ago from COVID and left $10,550,300. What a crock of sh*t...haha. Hope no one falls for this SCAM!

Oh, and the address is for the Rehabilitation Sciences building. There is not law firm there, only medical.

Scam. The last number of the postal code is missing. No photos of the team. A friend just got a scam letter from them.

I think this is a scam!!! they sent me a letter saying they would help get a $10m life insurance policy payout for a relative that never existed. I am not sure how to report this or what could be done to help protect others that I am sure received similar letters.