Unclaimed Permanent Life Insurance Policy

Philip E Bertrand of Bertrand Partners LLP solicitors apparently in Quebec, Canada is sending the same email to a list of possible beneficiaries of a late relative's life insurance policy. The e-mail isn't personally addressed to us, nor is the name of the deceased relative mentioned. How can all the recipients be due a life insurance policy pay-out? They can't, it is a scam.

Let's look more closely at the e-mail received.

E-Mail received:

Date: 28/03/2026, 14:18

From: Philip E. Bertrand contrag@gac.rn.gov.br

Reply to: philip.bertrand@bertrandpartllp.com philip.bertrand@bertrandpartllp.com

Subject: Contact Me

Greetings,

I am contacting you for the second time about the unclaimed "Permanent Life Insurance Policy" that is under the ownership of your late relative which you do not know about. I would like you to contact me for further details.

Warm regards,
Philip E. Bertrand
Principal Solicitor
BERTRAND Partners LLP.
250 Grande Allée O #801,
Québec, QC G1R 2H4, Canada
Email; philip.bertrand@bertrandpartllp.com

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Notes

"Red Flags" sender e-mail address: contrag@gac.rn.gov.br. Why would a supposedly Canadian Solicitor be contacting us from a Brazillian government email account (possibly hacked) ?

They give a reply to e-mail address: philip.bertrand@bertrandpartllp.com. This gives an opportunity of checking the website bertrandpartllp.com. This website appears very generic and the domain name was only registered on the 12th May 2025, a very recent date for what purports to be a well established legal practice.

Bertrand Partners LLP and the address given in the email lead to another this time legitimate Quebec law firm. The address being given is a real Quebec address however the telephone number is an Ontario number. Philip Bertrand is also not listed as a genuine law prohessional.

 

 

Recommendation:

Just delete the e-mail.

 

 

Further Reading

Bertrand Partners LLP - Fake solicitors website

 

 

Michael Fowler

 

 

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