Attorney Rip Off

Attorneys rip offs are a recent hit thing. Lawyer scams have been recently reported all over the US, however, they are not yet as common as more "traditional" Nigerian and Russian scams. Here is how it works. An attorney receives an e-mail from out of country asking for assistance in some legal or financial matter. An attorney checks the information of the sender, verifies that the contact information is legitimate and transfers money abroad. The check received from the foreign "client" is deposited in the attorney's trust account. Days later the lawyer learns that the check is fake, alas the money is gone and who cashed the attorneys' check is unknown. Read a real e-mail received by many victims recently at attorney scam.