Fraud and the Attorney Victim!
The other day I received an email supposedly from a Dr. Jia Boa, in Canada, asking me to to take a case to recover $370,000 paid for equipment purchased, but never delivered.
I asked a few questions and received very vague answers. Then I received the exact same email request from someone identifying himself with a different name, except that the second request wanted me because I practiced in a different state (which I don't.) Both of the requesters were supposedly in Canada, which I doubt, but who knows.
I earlier reported on some attorneys who had been victimized by scams, but I wasn't sure this was a scam until the facts got funny and the second identical request came in from another email address. They even provided me with a web address of the company that had their money, and the company is in Oregon. I don't practice in Oregon.
One of the bad things is that even if one out of ten thousand emails gets an attorney to go along, it is a problem. This is another reason to be diligent. Attorneys beware. Know your client.
