Telephone Scams Spoofing Attorney’s Phone Number – Want $$$

According to a press-release from the National Association of Consumer  Bankruptcy Attorneys “NACBC” – across the country, consumers are falling prey to a new scam targeting people who have filed for bankruptcy and others just getting started with the process.  Bankruptcy attorneys are joining forces with public officials to sound the alarm bell to unsuspecting consumers.
The con artists are using software that “spoofs” the Caller ID system so that the call appears to be originating from the phone line of the consumer’s bankruptcy attorney. Victims of the scam are being instructed to immediately wire money to satisfy a debt that supposedly is outside the bankruptcy proceeding. Some consumers have been threatened with arrest if they fail to wire money to pay the debt.
In some instances, the perpetrators are using personal information from public filings to identify consumers, assume the identity of their attorneys and sound more convincing by phone. These calls are typically placed during nonbusiness hours, making it difficult for clients to verify the call by getting in touch with their attorney to ask about it.

Warning from Diane: If you hired a good attorney (be sure to check them out before hiring) then trust that they will give you competent advice.  If you doubt the caller’s truthfulness, then call them back using a phone number you know to be good.

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