Fake United States Law Firm Group/Department of Justice Email Messages

The email message below: "Reference:-Customer ID:87465362, Case File No PQ - 221254- Lawsuit," which appears as if it came from the law firm: United States Law Firm Group, claiming there are pending legal actions or a lawsuit against the recipients, is a fake sent by scammers. Scammers are sending the same fake email message with the names of different law firms that have nothing to do with the fake email messages. Scammers use legitimate law firms in their fake email messages to make their scams seem legitimate, to help frighten their potential victims into following the instructions in the same bogus email messages. The scammers’ aim is to trick their potential victims into sending them money by pretending to be debt collectors. So, if you have received email messages like the one below, claiming that you own money or an arrest warrant was issued for you, please delete the email messages.

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Fake United States Law Firm Group Department of Justice Email Messages

The Fake Legal Notice Email Message

From: Department of Justice [attorney.peterdavidson@ gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:25 PM
To: Attorney.Peter Davidson
Subject: Reference:-Customer ID:87465362, Case File No PQ - 221254- Lawsuit

CUSTOMER ID: 87465362
CASE FILE #: PQ – 221254
LOAN INFORMATION
PAST DUE AMOUNT - $ $1081.74

Arrest Warrant ID-HJG/36522 which will be issued on May 02, 2016.

CREDITOR - UNITED STATES LAW FIRM GROUP

Accounts Department of USLFG has decided to mark this case as a flat refusal and press legal charges against you.

You are going to be legally prosecuted in the Courthouse within couple of days. Your S.S.N is put on hold by US Government, so before something goes wrong we would like to notify you about this matter.

Consider this as a final warning. And we will be Emailing/ Fax this issue to your current employer to make sure they take strict action against you. Your salary wages will be garnished too.

THERE ARE 3 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU:

(1) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION
(2) COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD
(3) THEFT BY DECEPTION

We will be forced to proceed legally against you and once it is processed the creditor has entire rights to inform your employer and your references regarding this issue and the lawsuit will be the next step which will be amounting to$3931.08 and will be totally levied upon you and that would be excluding your attorney charges. If you take care of this out of court then we will release the clearance certificate from the court and we will make sure that no one will contact you in future.

Do revert back if you want to get rid of these legal consequences and make a payment arrangement today or else we would be proceeding legally against you. And this is to notify you that this notification will also be sent to your current employer. The opportunity to take care of this voluntary is quickly coming to an end. We would hate for you to lose the option of resolving this before it goes to the next step which is a Lawsuit against you, but to do so you must take immediate action.

If you want to resolve this matter then immediately contact us thru email between working hours 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EST)

UNITED STATES LAW FIRM GROUP

Department of Law & Enforcement(USLFG)
Copyright © 2015 USLFG | Privacy | Terms of use

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February 18, 2021 at 12:59 PM by
Fake United States Law Firm Group/Department of Justice Email Messages
an anonymous user from: Virginia, United States

I got one today from attorney.davidpeterson01@gmail.com,

I can pay using One Vanilla Prepaid cards and call it a day

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January 23, 2020 at 2:53 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Orem, Utah, United States

Got one today from:

Attorney. Davidpeterson <attorney.davidpeterson01@gmail.com>

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October 17, 2018 at 2:03 PM by
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They are using this email address:

attorney.davidpeterson01@gmail.com

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March 9, 2018 at 2:55 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Verona, Pennsylvania, United States

I knew something was wrong when they asked me to purchase Itune cards to make the payment and then they used the words "you are giving silly explainations".

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November 28, 2017 at 12:48 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I received back to back emails in a couple of days claiming I had an overdue fine to a tech company for services that I had used over 2 years ago. The scam really made me nervous and I even talked to the guy for 30 mins. I was going to pay to avoid any further consequences, but then he mentioned that he will collect payment in terms of Apple Itunes Gift cards. That was a breaking point and I thankfully realized it was a scam.

Main things they try is to get you panicked and nervous. Second they try to convince you to make the payment the same day so that you don't get time to think. They also claim they "sent" you legal documents and notices but you never replied to them hence they are giving you a final warning.

So, hope this helps someone to avoid the scam artists.

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February 20, 2018 at 1:01 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

J in Alabama great tip thanks a lot because I just recently received such an email claiming they are lawyers with justice department about to file a warrant against me for non payment of a I never had; to whom do I report this to

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September 15, 2016 at 5:17 PM by
Fake United States Law Firm Group/Department of Justice Email Messages
an anonymous user from: Salem, Oregon, United States

The first way to tell if it is a fake:

1st: is someone trying to take legal action through email!

2nd is the atrocious use of grammar!

3rd is the creditor!

Beyond popular belief even if you have a legit contract with someone and fail to pay, whoever buys the debt has no True legal hold or right to that debt since you did not contract with them! If the original Debtor sells the debt, it is null and void, unless you either have a written, Implied, or verbal contract with the creditor! If they harass you by mail, simply call them up, and tell them you have never heard of them, you have never signed any documents with them, and that they need to quit harassing you or you will seek legal action for fraud! That simple folks!

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August 16, 2016 at 9:36 PM by
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Here is another scam:

"From: LEGAL NOTICE <unitedstateslawoffice@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:54 PM

Subject: ATTENTION: Arrest Warrant ID-EFCEN 561515/989

Arrest Warrant ID-EFCEN 561515/989 which will be issued on Wednessday 3 PM

DUE AMOUNT: $ 1081.74

This is Laura Leon from United States Law Firm Group (USLFG) USA.This e-mail is to notify you that under IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center) we have Registered Case against you. We tried to contact you several times but it seems apparent that you have chosen to ignore all our efforts.

After sending the legal notice to your current employer you will be blacklisted from getting any job.

UNITED LEGAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU HAS STATED 3 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU AND THEY ARE:

(1) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION

(2) COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD

(3) THEFT BY DECEPTION..."

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August 16, 2016 at 9:35 PM by
Fake United States Law Firm Group/Department of Justice Email Messages
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Here is another scam:

"From: Attorney.Danial Watson <attorney.danialwatson@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 3:50 PM

Subject: LEGAL NOTICE

This is Danial Watson from United States Law Firm Group (USLFG) USA. Reason of this email is that we have registered a case against you.

Apart from getting laid off by your current employer after we send them the legal notice you will be blacklisted from getting any job.

Through an IRS (Internal Revenue Service) your Social security number will be put on hold causing severe damage to your credit history or credit report and your income paychecks will be put on hold.

Our primary job was to notify you about the case before we send you legal document in the mail because once this case gets registered then we won’t be able to help you out of court. Our client is least interested in getting the money at this point as they want to just go ahead and start taking legal actions however we wanted to contact you and give you last chance to resolve this case out of court.

If you want to take care of this out of court then we will release the clearance certificate from the court and we will make sure that no one will contact you in future.

Please let us know your intention by today itself so we can hold the case else we will meet you in court house.

We had already mailed all the hard copies of documents to you, before sending it to Legal department for detailed study. After no response from your side finally we had communicated you through email to inform you about the matter. It is a mandatory process before filing LAWSUIT we have to inform the defender by any means.

Our intention is not to threat you, it is only an effort from our self to settle this case outside the court.

Note : Important document have been attached with E-mail.

FCS LEGAL GROUP

LEGAL GROUP OF ATTORNEYS

Copyright © 2015 USLFG | Privacy | Terms of use"

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July 28, 2016 at 10:51 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

I just received the same email verbatim. Thanks for sharing! It seemed real at first but then I was like why would they email any legal documents? This is crazy!

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