The ‘sue my wife’s brother’ scam
It seems that yet another alleged scam targeting attorneys is going around — one perpetrated by an non-existing person named Andy Liu and asking for help collecting a $555,000 debt…
Read moreScam alert — ISEA AB
I’ve got to hand it to the folks who came up with what I’ll call the “ISEA AB” scam — those folks sure do work hard to trick attorneys and…
Read moreIt seems the ‘appearance in court’ scam is alive and well
It seems that an old scam is making the rounds again — an email with a subject line identifying the communication as “Notice to appear in court” but is actually…
Read moreUtah blacklisting Internet fraudsters
Utah may be the first state in the nation to create an Internet registry for white collar criminals convicted of fraud. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the registry will…
Read moreInspect that deed in lieu of foreclosure agreement carefully
Recently I was reading about people around the nation who take out deeds in lieu of foreclosure and wind up getting called about owing debts on their mortgages years after…
Read moreRegions Bank warns of scam targeting lawyers
Regions bank sent out a letter (click here for a copy) to us here at the Nobles Law Firm warning of yet another scam targeting attorneys. According to the Regions…
Read moreScam alert: $7,000 federal grant
‘Tis the season for scammers, seemingly. I got a call this morning on my office phone from (209)759-4315 from someone offering a $7,000 federal business grant that didn’t have to…
Read moreScam alert: Ma-Shan Iron & Steel Co.Ltd
Evidently, this was a heck of a weekend for people trying to scam lawyers. I wrote about this one I received Sunday morning. Later that day, got another one from…
Read moreScam alert: Hisayo Yimada
As anyone who has spent more than five minutes on the Internet ought to know, the old WWW is full of scam artists trying to separate people for their hard…
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