Attorney Martin Arbus has found himself at the center of an international scam targeted at attorneys. He has heard from lawyers around the country about e-mails, purporting to be from him, that ask them to help a Chinese company collect a $700,000 debt. Lawyers are asked to send a check to the "client" after receiving a phony check from the "debtor" to deposit in their accounts. One lawyer targeted in a similar scam said the scheme sounded legitimate "until they sent me a check and didn't ask for a release."
January 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Martin Arbus, who runs a nice, quiet practice in Ocean Township, N.J., has found himself at the center of an international scam targeted at attorneys.
Arbus has been hearing from lawyers around the country about e-mails, purporting to be from him, that ask them to help a Chinese company collect a $700,000 debt.
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