I found a very interesting post this evening at Samuel J Glovers Blog Caveat Emptor dealing with collection lawyers getting taken in by a variation of the Nigerian Scam. I really don’t know whether I should just shake my head in disbelief or just LMAO.
Here is how the scam worked:
The pitch is simple: An Asian company says it’s seeking a law firm to collect delinquent accounts in the United States.
Once the parties sign a retainer agreement, the company forwards a check allegedly from a past-due account. It asks the law firm to process the check, since it’s handling all the company’s U.S. accounts.
After the firm deposits the check, it deducts its fee and wires the remainder to the Far East. Then the check is discovered to be counterfeit.
The firm is left on the hook to the bank for the money it spent from the account
Sam found this information at The Plain Dealer.
What this should show consumers is that Collection Attorneys and Collection Agencies are so greedy that they fall for scams like this. That is who they target. Hapless individuals with no common sense or the exceptionally greedy. Junk Debt Buyers and collection attorneys fall in the same class to me. They use their abilities and knowledge to damage peoples lives instead of putting them to use to help people, they only look for ways to profit and not help out consumers.
If they would of done some research they would of discovered that scams like this run rampant and are easy to identify. You can thank www.419eater.com for the picture that describes how this collection attorney must feel. Click on the picture to read the whole story of a 419 scammer getting taken for a ride.
“There’s a sucker born every minute” - Unknown and often attributed to P.T. Barnum (from www.wikipedia.com)
If anyone can help me identify the name of this collection attorney these collection attorneys it would be greatly appreciated. I have a special page to dedicate to them.
