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

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

Right, thank you scammer.

i got the same email. And helped him get his money from the debtor. And didn't have any issues. I got paid as agreed.

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

I got the same message sent to me Saturday 9/25/10With this headerReceived: from source ([207.236.237.40]) by exprod6mx285.postini.com ([64.18.5.10]) with SMTP; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:13:05 PDTReceived: from toip58-bus.srvr.bell.ca ([67.69.240.185]) ?        by toroondcbmts06-srv.bellnexxia.net          (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP          id <20100925171304.IBLL18038.toroondcbmts06-srv.bellnexxia.net @ toip58-bus.srvr.bell.ca>Received: from toip35-bus.srvr.bell.ca ([67.69.240.36])  by toip58-bus.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 25 Sep 2010 13:13:03 -0400Received: from bas22-toronto12-2925102324.dsl.bell.ca ([174.89.132.244])  by toip35-bus.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 25 Sep 2010 13:13:03 -0400X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: trueX-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: An41APfGnUyuWYT0/2dsb2JhbAB+PQmBV4ICjy0BjSRccbEqPIg3LotlgUVzBIUjincFrom: "Craig Thompson" <craigthompsonn @ gmail.com>Subject: legal help is needed please