The Oregon State Bar recently posted the following alert on its Web site:
We have new reports this week that Oregon lawyers are being targeted by scammers. You can find details on the FBI’s website in a post entitled “U.S. Law Firms Continue to be the Target of Counterfeit Check Scheme.” The post also includes a link to a government site where you can report an attempted scam email. It follows: 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 to be counterfeit. Read Article
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A warning from a local couple trying to sell their home: Someone pretending to be the homeowner has been posting ads online claiming their home is for rent. “It’s scary to know that someone out there is using my husband’s identity to steal money from unsuspecting victims,” said Caroline Long. The Longs hired a Realtor [...]
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James and Ruth Kauff already had a pair of the hottest tickets in town. But instead of celebrating the Miami Heat’s 104-98 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder during last week’s Game 4 of the NBA Finals, they ended up spending the night in jail. Miami Police say they arrested the Deerfield Beach couple for [...]
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One of the capital’s monetary exchange offices located on I.C Brătianu boulevard was robbed on March 19, 2012 by two men who pretended to be officers of the Financial Guard. They took the sum of 100,000 euros for false verification purposes and failed to return the money. Read Article
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Rose Marks and her family of fortunetellers offered hope, but prosecutors said it came with a steep price. The Florida family claimed to confer with gods, spirits and even Michael the Archangel to cure diseases and break curses, asking for and accepting jewelry, gold coins and luxury cars in return. Read Article
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Prosecutors have charged two Idaho Falls men with burglary in connection with a phony receipt scam. Forty-year-old Jerel Edward Lewis and 39-year-old Brandon Scott Gaskill were charged Tuesday. Read Article
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A doppelganger Apple store, complete with blue t-shirted assistants, has been spotted in China by an attentive blogger in Kunming, China. Replete with winding staircase, Apple logo’s and Apple-a-like products the convincing fake was only spotted due to poorly painted walls and a flimsily put together staircase. Read Article
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The offer to buy his sailboats with funny money just didn’t float for Gordon van Gunst. The Calgary sailboat salesman found himself in uncharted waters helping police catch two scam artists in the act of passing off “black money.” Read Article
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Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is warning Arizonans to be wary of consumer scams and other fraudulent schemes that may appear as criminal predators take advantage of the disastrous Wallow fire. Read Article
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Two Eastern European women employed as so-called “B-Girls” in an alleged scam to fleece male tourists in South Beach pleaded guilty Wednesday to immigration fraud charges and agreed to testify against the others involved. Read Article
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