"A“Nigerian” Scam Snatches Over $31,000,000.00 Out of Lawyers
In August 2011, it became public that the country of Nigeria had extradited to the United States a man who was then indicted for allegedly scamming more than $31 million out of more than 80 law firms in the U.S. andCanada
The scam appears to have worked as follows: One of several scammers would contact (usually by way of the Internet) a lawyer or law firm allegedly for legal assistance in collecting a debt. He becomes the client. Another scammer acting as the debtor would send a fake check to the law firm or lawyer, who would deposit the check into its escrow account and take out the firm’s fee before sending the balance to the alleged client. On the occasion when this “Nigerian”scam was carried out successfully, the alleged client got the money before the fake check was discovered.
It is hard to believe this scam would work on lawyers, but apparently it did. The indictment of this individual alleges that this “Nigerian” fraud group collected more than $31 million in this scam and tried without success to defraud an additional $100 million out of another 300 or more lawyers."
[page 120, Chapter Eleven, "The Nigerian, The Singapore, The Irish Lottery, and Other Internet Scams"].Legal Consumer Tips and Secrets: Avoiding Debtors' Prison in the United States [Hardcover]
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If you owe too much money, you can go to prison even though you have not committed a crime. You can also be kicked out of your home and face a myriad of other negative consequences. Even so, the largest religion in the United States continues to be "consumerism"-the deeply held belief that buying goods and services makes us better and happier. Attorney Charles Jerome Ware explores how you can keep spending, maintain your freedom, and stand up for yourself. He shares ways to prevent foreclosure, discourage identity theft and other forms of fraud, avoid debt settlement scams, and rebuild your credit. This insider's guide reveals hundreds of facts to educate and inform the faithful American consumer. Don't be bullied into living like a pauper when you can take reasonable steps to improve your financial position. Changing your life and avoiding pitfalls starts with learning <i>Legal Consumer Tips and Secrets.</i>
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Attorney Charles Jerome Ware is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. He has served as the special legal counsel to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, as a federal administrative law judge, and as a senior trial attorney in both the Antitrust Division and the Criminal Division of the US Justice Department. He lives with his family in Columbia, Maryland. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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