HAVE YOU RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM US?
Have you received a message from Raven Heir Tracing or Raven Research & Investigations?
Our teams regularly contact individuals and families throughout Canada, the United States, and around the world in connection with heir tracing, estates, inheritances, missing beneficiaries, genealogical research, and investigative matters.
Raven Heir Tracing and Raven Research & Investigations work together on matters that may require both genealogical research and professional investigative services. Depending on the nature and location of a file, you may receive correspondence from either company.
We understand that receiving an unexpected message about an estate, inheritance, or family member can raise questions about whether the person contacting you is legitimate. We encourage anyone we contact to independently verify our companies and credentials before responding or providing information.
Raven Research & Investigations (Agency Number 11098939) is a licensed private investigation agency in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and can be independently verified through the Province of Ontario's Private Security and Investigative Services public registry.
If you have received a message from Raven Heir Tracing or Raven Research & Investigations and would like to confirm that it is legitimate, please contact us directly. We are always happy to verify the reason for our outreach.
We want you to feel confident that the person contacting you genuinely represents Raven Heir Tracing or Raven Research & Investigations.
We will never ask you for money. Our firms are hired and paid directly by our clients for the research and investigative services we provide. If we contact you as a potential heir, beneficiary, relative, or other person connected to a file, you will not be asked to pay us a fee.
Be cautious of anyone claiming to represent us who:
• Pressures you to make a payment or transfer money
• Requests banking passwords, PINs, credit card information, or online banking credentials
• Refuses to provide their name or information that allows you to verify our company
• Contacts you from an email address or website that does not match our official company information
• Discourages you from independently verifying who they are
If you receive a message claiming to be from us and are unsure whether it is legitimate, do not rely solely on the contact information contained in that message. Visit our official website independently and contact us directly.
We are always happy to confirm whether the person contacting you is a member of our team and whether the outreach relates to a legitimate file.