For those of you who have not seen one of the SPAM offers to take on an "easy" collection case for an out-of-state or out-of-country client looking to collect a bad debt in the state in which you are certified to practice, check it out.
The plot for this scam unfolds as such: you take the case; bogus check comes from deadbeat as a result of you taking the case; you depost check with misrouted bank numbers into your trust account; funds become available for use in near-time; you write check to client; check with misrouted bank numbers is determined NSF after your client trust is debited the amount you sent to the distant client.
The scary part about this is that the scammers know enough information on bank routing to be dangerously deceptive.
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