Received this email: Dear counsel, I am contacting you in regards to a breach of business loan agreement with a client in your locality. I provided a loan to the company so that they can meet up with their management and operational obligation during the rough economic climate of last year. I provided the company with an emergency loan of $250,000 with a term of 12 months and fixed interest rate of 8.5%. The repayment period has since elapsed but the company has been unable to finalize the repayment of the loan and have only paid $50,000.00 till date. Let me know if this falls under the scope of your practice so that I can provide you with more information on this matter. Best Regards Craig Thompson Email: craigthompsonn @ gmail.com PH: (647) 864-7659

I got the same message sent to me Saturday 9/25/10

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From: "Craig Thompson" <craigthompsonn @ gmail.com>
Subject: legal help is needed please

They claim they received a partial payment (via a phony certified check) and ask that you take your fees and remit the balance to them since you will obviously get the remainder through collections. Of course, nothing else will ever  be paid. It should be reported to ic3.gov as a law scam.

Nice try. Identically worded message, and identical dispute, so of course genuine. NOT,

I got the same email in southwest Missouri.  I'm pretty sure it's a scam.