Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Industry Lawyer

Spoke with Ad Industries today. They said this is a scam. Nice one. What was the red flag on this one? "Our legal representative won't be able to take on this matter since it is out of their jurisdiction." Except this company is located in Washington (our same jurisdiction). So who hires lawyers that can't handle matters within their own state? Well, not Ad Industries. From talking to the folks at Ad Industries, their phone is blowing up and they are not to happy about the mass email to lawyers.


From: Ad Industries Inc.
Subject: Lease Contract Breach Reperesention.
Date: February 17, 2010 12:16:13 AM PST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Reply-To: jefftwillson@aol.com


Dear sir

On behalf of Ad Industries, we request your legal services and possible representation on a breach of equipment lease contract matter involving Ad Industries and a client in your state.

Our legal representative won't be able to take on this matter since it is out of their jurisdiction.

Do let us know your position in reviewing the particulars of our legal matter for possible representation as we look forward to a prompt response from you.

Thank you very much.

sincerely,

Jeff T. Wilson
Ad Industries
110 Columbia St
Vancouver, WA 98660

29 comments:

  1. This is still going on...just received one to my firm email address today and I am in Georgia. I never respond to these but was surprised to see that the scam now actually targets a legitimate business.

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  2. Got the same email today in California.

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  3. It gets better: we received one today at our offices in Amsterdam...

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  4. Got one in Spokane, WA today at my firm email

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  5. i too recieved an email of the same. there is a phone number. checked it out on google; no website, but states herein if you are the owner you can claim this business.

    these sleazy, cheesy idiots outta find something better to do with their time. who knows, maybe the fbi or violations.com would like thione.

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  6. We are law firm based in London, UK - have just received the same email today.

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  7. Our firm is in Chattanooga, TN, and we received it today.

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  8. We received this message today. Our firm is in Florida.

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  9. We received this message today. Our firm is in Las Vegas.

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  10. We received virtually the same message today. Our firm is in Winston-Salem, NC. I nearly responded b/c the target is a TX corp doing business legitimately in NC under certificate of authority since 1995.

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  11. Just rec'd one today - my firm is located in Connecticut. Thanks for the heads up. People should be warned not to open attachment and Google any such type of solicitation (which will leads to sites like this).

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  12. Received in williamsport, PA as well

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  13. Received this exact e-mail in California through website contact us arena.

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  14. I received this exact same e-mail today, on Memorial Day, to my firm e-mail address. I was about to junk it as spam and decided to Google to see if there was anywhere at FTC to forward these type of e-mail so that the defrauders potentially could be tracked down. If there is a place to report such scam e-mail, please let me know.

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  15. I got one yesterday as well.

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  16. Got one today in Georgia. Still going on.

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  17. I followed up for more information, they gave me the name and address of a (real) local business here in Arkansas that owed them the money. Scum bags need to go to jail

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  18. I am following up on this just to see how far they will go. The last one I just concluded was the famous collection from an ex-husband by a Japanese woman. I got them to FedEx me 2 separate checks and later another letter with a check. Total of the 3 checks was $982,000. All 3 were bogus cashier's checks.

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  19. This one (Ad Industries) is still going - in New York. June 21.

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  20. Orange County, CA, and I just got one from Mr. Wilson. No attachment. Thanks for the heads up.

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  21. Just received the same one today here in North Dakota.

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  22. Here's one I received on June 16. Using a return receipt service, I learned it came "most probably" from Lagos, Nigeria:

    Dear sir,

    My name is Elizabeth Wilson. I do require the services of an attorney to
    enforce the terms of a contract, resulting in owed funds.

    Repeated attempts to privately enforce the said agreement and settle this
    breach of contract has failed, hence the need for legal counsel.If you
    may advise on your availability, I will immediatelly make contact,
    providing additional information.

    Regards,

    Elizabeth Wilson

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  23. Received the exact Ad Industries email today in California.

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  24. Received this message today in Ocala, Florida. Mine was from J. Lang.

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  25. Also received one from J Lang yesterday.

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  26. Just got this email in PA. We're a collection agency though...

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  27. I just got this in Pennsylvania (I'm a solo attorney there). FYI!

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  28. i just got one today!

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  29. just got one today Indianapolis

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