BREAKING NEWS-FBI warns of ever increasing scams
Sometimes our news agencies fail to report things that affect many of us directly and because the information is not shared, many more are taken advantage of. This has certainly been the case during this economic turn-down and with so many struggling to make ends meet. A few that I thought would be of good use to know are taken from the alert email received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3. The IC3 continues to receive reports of counterfeit check schemes targeting U.S. law firms. The scammers contact lawyers via e-mail, claiming to be overseas and requesting legal representation in collecting a debt from third parties located in the U.S. The law firms receive a retainer agreement and a check payable to the law firm. The firms are instructed to deposit the check, take out retainer fees, and wire the remaining funds to banks in China, Korea, Ireland, or Canada. After the funds are wired overseas, the checks are determined ...