The Salt Lake City's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office has notified the Utah Attorneys about an e-mail scam, which claims of making quick money, as reported by the Republic on March 23, 2011.
FBI Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC) James McTighe stated that, con-artists are planning to keep attorneys over the web via e-mails to allegedly resolve a monetary dispute or serve as a facilitator in legal matters, which include divorce and debt collections, as reported by The Republic on March 23, 2011.
As per a press release by the FBI, an attorney is hired through e-mail and then after some time, the situation gets solved and the attorney gets a settlement check. The attorney retains their share and gave the remaining amount to the clients, who had hired them. However, the FBI claims that within almost 10 days the settlement check is returned by the bank as it is forged. The attorney must repay the bank full amount, however the "client" cannot be found, as reported by Kxlh March 23, 2011.
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