The information still had not shown up as of this afternoon, so I called LCS and asked what was going on. She offered to email over everything that she had sent through the mail, to which I wonder why that did not happen in the first place.
Shortly thereafter I got an email containing a bunch of documents related to an account my father had opened with Franklin Templeton a very long time ago. I immediately called FT and asked if there was an old IRA in my fathers name. I should mention that the email docs had info about the account, my fathers date of birth, his social, the FT account number, a whole lot of things. As an aside, I wonder how easy it was for her to get those things? I would die if that type of stuff got out about me, but I digress. I explained the situation to an FT rep, to which he responded something to the effect of "We don't use that company (LCS) for that kind of service". However everything that he could confirm with out breaking any privacy laws, was exactly what I had received in the email, addresses were all the same, SS#, DOB, ect.
We eventually got to the point where he assumed I was knowledgeable about the situation and said that it would take about a week to look into my father's account and after that I should call back to see if I could be verified as the beneficiary. After he said that I mentioned I already had paperwork sent to me by LCS and I started to read the headers of the relevant documents, to which he replied everything I read off was exactly what he was going to send me to fill out, word for word. So it was clear that LCS was legit at that point. I assume he was new, or simply doesn't know about LCS for some reason IDK. I asked why the account had not escheated to the state, and he gave me a response I could not make out over the phone, I asked him to repeat and I just could not understand what he was saying. I'll just have to ask again before this whole thing is settled. I called LCS and told her the cliff notes of what transpired during the phone call, she literally burst out laughing at the thought that FT did not know about LCS, and that she knew I already had been confirmed the beneficiary that's how she started looking for me in the first place.
The next steps are quite simple, I get a couple of documents notarized, ship them off, and wait ~a week and then get a check for 75% of what the account is worth on that day. I effectively paid 25% for LCS to say Franklin Templeton. While not certain of this it seems if I knew about the account and just called up FT and waited ~2 weeks it would have been completely free of charge. So ~$1200 a word, which is beyond absurd of course. I do love capitalism though, and I suppose I should be thankful that I get to know my father thought enough of me to leave me something.
While a quarter of the value of the account is completely over priced for the services rendered I would have to say that LCS, and more specifically Molly, have been completely honest and professional during this whole thing and are clearly legitimate.
Lastly, thank you to everyone who has offered and opinion or help ITT, I really do appreciate it.