Hooray! A New Market For Phishermen - Employment Lawyer

Starts out innocent:
Dear Attorney,

This is my second enquiring, Please respond
I am seeking legal representation from your law firm regarding a
breach of Settlement agreement with my former employer due to the
injury I sustained while working for them. I need Proper legal advice
and assistance to know the best way to handle this issue. If this is
your area of practice, please contact me to provide you with further
Information.
Regards,
Lian Chen

My response:
Lian,
I have absolutely no experience in this practice area. It would be a stone's throw away from malpractice for me to take on a case of this complexity. I wish you the best of luck.

- My Name

Seems like that response would put someone off, right?



Dear Sucker

Thanks for your prompt response. First I must thank you for picking up the consideration to represent me; My name is Mr. Lian Chen I am a Chinese American l lived in USA for 26 years, I’m contacting you regarding my injury compensation with the company I was working for in WA USA (GLOBAL EQUIPMENTS LTD.). I worked with this company for Nine years as an equipment operator. On 13th February 2010, l had an accident in the company yard when l was operating the crane equipment that finally leads to my disability as present. I then decided to relocate to my country for proper bone treatment July 7, 2010.

We had an out of insurance settlement that he will pay me the sum of $298,750.00 for my disability by the end of the year (December, 2010) but till this minute I am writing this mail to you, I have not received any money for my compensation as agreed. it is my belief that a Law firm like yours is needed to help me make collection or litigate the matter if he fails to pay as agreed. Attached herewith is the agreement that was duly signed by both of during inception of our transaction and copy of my passport as a proof of identification.

I do understand that a proper Attorney client agreement must be entered into by both parties which will demand a retainer fees, but l will prefer you to work on contigency bases on funds collected from my former company due to my present situation. I expect you to draw up an agreement to this effect if it is acceptable with you.
Your consideration of my request is highly anticipated, and I look forward to your prompt response.



I get emails asking me how I am so sure that these are email scams. It is not that hard when you have seen enough of them. You start to catch the spots where they have cut-and-paste. For example, in the email above, take the following sentence and paste it into google:

"it is my belief that a Law firm like yours is needed to help me make collection or litigate the matter if he fails to pay as agreed."

See? Not that hard. What phisherman lack is even a remote sense of imagination. They have been working this hustle for four years now with only slight variations.

Back and Forth

Dear Your Law Firm Name Here

Thank you for your swift response. I tried calling a couple of times and with the time difference it is a little bit difficult to get to you. My ex husband Simeon Nagasaki lives in your jurisdiction while I am presently living in South Korea. We agreed under this Settlement Agreement attached to this mail for a one time cash settlement of $950,500.00 usd to his credit, he has paid me$251,500.00 usd but still owing $699,000.00 usd. He is aware of my intention to seek legal actions. I will be pleased to provide further information on this matter on request.

I have already advised him I am planning on retaining your firm. Send me a copy of your retainer agreement so I can go through the terms and conditions of your firm, Also let me know how much it will cost me for your services and the mode of remittance. Thank you and awaits your soonest response.

Regards,

Lauren Nagasaki

Address: Sangsu-dong 394-10 Hoseong
Building 3G9 Mapo-Gu, Seoul South Korea
0082-31-656 7883

My Johnson's Lawyer

This one started out too vague to be certain. So we had to work it up a bit. See below.


On Mar 20, 2011, at 1:06 PM, "Johnson" wrote:

I need a commercial litigation lawyer to handle a collection matter, I will also need a referral if this is not your line of practice. Thank you as I look
forward to your response soonest

Sincerely,
Johnson


MY REPLY
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:32:47 -0700, "> wrote:

Sure. I am a not a commercial litigation lawyer but i really smart. Tell me about your case.

My Name & Number
Sent from my iPhone




SCAMMERS REPLY


Thanks for your urgent reply. I am a broker for Brenton Financial in the United Kingdom. We got your contact information from the online Lawyers Directory as a result of our search for reliable firm to provide legal services as requested.

We request your representation to counsel us in litigation and enable us collect a debt owed to us in the amount of $900,000.00USD by a delinquent seller in your jurisdiction. We are of the opinion that once our presence is established in your state via a legal representative, our seller will have no option but comply with payment request.

We believe that a normal scenario will require a phone call or demand letter from you to our seller if your services is retained. Although we believed that litigation should be applied as a last resort as we intend to preserve the relationship we have with our seller. Though we do hope not to resort to litigation unless all other options are exhausted but we will like the comfort of knowing that the option is available and letting our seller know that litigation may be enforced if the option becomes necessary.

We understand the concept of running a conflict check that is why we are providing our delinquent seller located in your state for your conflict check and to enable you present to us your retainer agreement for your services.



J&M Machine
1703 NE 43rd Street
Renton, WA 98056-1632



I will like to have a telephone conference with you on this issue as to let you know further details of this transaction. We happened to have place an order for Aircraft machinery parts worth $1,800,000.00, and they demanded we pay 50 percent of the funds before delivering our products. Payment to the seller was made in October of 2010 and our calculation shows that delivery is about five Months late, for the regular purchase agreement requires seller to effect goods not later than 60 days upon payment or legal action may be enforced if delivery delay exceeds 120 days.

It will be very helpful if we receive your retainer agreement for review. This will enable our board decide on the conditions of the retainer in our next board meeting. Also once we have reviewed your agreement I will forward you supporting documents i.e., proof of payment, sales invoice, Purchase agreement. This will enable your firm start working on this case.

We thank you for your business as we look forward to your prompt response.

Sincerely,
Ashley Johnson
Managing Director
Brenton Financial Inc
225 Green Field Crescent, Stockport,
Cheshire U.K SK4 3W4
Tel: +44-161-261-7420 Fax: +44-161-241-4867
Email: ashley@brentonfinancial.com
UK Finance & Leasing


Best part, she actually called me. I laughed. As I often do. I told her I would memorialize our emails here. Hi Ashley.

Gary's Lawyer

From: GARY JONLI
Subject: Assist me Lawyer.
Date: March 15, 2011 3:57:38 AM PDT
Reply-To: garyjonli8080@gmail.com


Dear Lawyer,

I am looking for a lawyer/Law Firm that can assist me in litigating the issue of an overdue loan of $155,000.00. Please advice if this is your area of practice. Thank you.

Sincerely,
GARY JONLI
Email: garyjonli8080@gmail.com
Tel: 1-647-705-5341

Email from Zaira

Dear You Law Firm Name Here,

Thank you so much for your email. Its always very hard to be able to ascertain when best to call from here, we are 1300hrs EST ahead of you and this is a big barrier toward achieving a successful conference call. If it may pleased you to know, in my humbly suggest we communicate via email while I figure out when best to reach on phone due the course of this representation.

My Husband and I had an out of court agreement (Settlement Agreement) for him to pay $950,500.00 plus legal fees. He has only paid me $251,500.00 since; I am hereby seeking your firm’s assistance in collecting the balance from him. He has agreed to pay me the balance but it is my belief that a Law firm like yours is needed to help me collect/enforce payment from my ex-husband Allen Hoshiko or litigate this matter if he fails to pay as promised,My ex lives in your jurisdiction.

I still reinstates my appear to have your firm collect these owned funds on my behalf instead of having him pay directly to me which I am very sure he will not, as I have made several efforts to collect these funds and all yielded no result.

I will be pleased to provide further information on this matter on request. I expect this to be a non-litigation matter as I have already notified him in enforcing your firm service. Please send me your retainer service agreement fee so I can have a preview and execute.


Please find attached

Best Regards
Ms Zaira Hoshiko

Lawyer for James

Vin Yag Enterprises-Hong Kong.
Nam Wo Hing Building,
148 street, Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong.


Att: Counselor,

I greet you most respectfully.

I am James Saito. I am a businessman and owner of the above
named company from Asia and who apparently conducts his
business in quietier ways.

I come to you with a business matter that is unsettling my mind
alot and with a view of seeking your assistance.

I have some uncollected funds in the North America (USA)
arising from some business transactions carried out last year.

I want you/your law office to collect these funds from these
debtors/customers for a commission, and as well follow up with
these accounts.


Upon acknowledgement of your interest, I will furnish you with
more details.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
James Saito.
For:Vin Yag Enterprises-Hong Kong.

Lovell's Attorney

Nothing new here. But we post for the names.

From: Mr. Ross K. Lovell
Subject: Re: Legal representation needed.
Date: February 14, 2011
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Reply-To: rossklovell@gmail.com


To whom it may concern.

Dear Attorney.

In my desperate search for an attorney in your country, I went in search on the Internet where I got your contact from.

My company requires the services of an attorney in your region/country to assist retrieve payments from defaulting clients and also set up a branch in that region, kindly advise as to your readiness to work with us so that I can give you more details.

Yours faithfully,

Ross K. Lovell.