May 1, 2013
I received one phone call to my cell phone and two to my work phone (at the same time)from an individual with a heavy Indian/Middle Eastern accent who said his name was 'David Smith' and that he represented an attorney named 'Michael Carter' who was suing me on the behalf of an unnamed third-party. I asked several questions regarding who was suing me, why were they suing me etc.. only to be told that he didnt have that information and that I needed to call 'Mr. Carter' directly (at the same telephone number that 'Mr. Smith' was calling me from) and to be ready to give him my attorneys name, his telephone number and my social security number. 'Mr. Smith' did not have very good command of the English language and from his delivery style it was obvious he was reading from a prepared script - and not doing a very good job of it in the process!
The bottom-line is that this is a scam, and that (per several of the comments Ive read on this site) there are multiple similarities to the scenarios being played out by these fraudstersfishermen.