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[See in support of this blog: Chapter 11, " The 'Nigerian', 'The Singapore', The ' Irish Lottery',
And Other Internet Scams", Legal Consumer Tips And Secrets --- Avoiding Debtors' Prison in the United States, by Charles Jerome Ware; and http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/Dec. 9, 2013/ Unwitting lawyer Is Suspended For Arranging Client Loans To Secure Nigerian Inheritance]
Ahhhhh, the old Nigerian scam ! Recently, another victim/culprit --- an Iowa lawyer --- who allegedly believed his client was due to inherit $ 18.8 million from a long-lost Nigerian cousin was suspended from the practice of law for a year for tapping clients for loans in a failed effort to reap the windfall. It was all a scam.
Typically for these types of Nigerian scams, the suspended lawyer ---Robert Allan Wright, Jr. --- believed his " lucky" client had to pay $ 177,660.00 in " Nigerian inheritance taxes" and additional cash for an " anti-terrorism certificate' before receiving the money. Wright charged a 10 percent contingency, which would amount to $1.8 million if successful, to help his client obtain the alleged Nigerian inheritance. Among other issues of concern in the case, the Iowa Supreme Court said Wright failed to engage in due diligence by not investigating the scheme properly, and the lawyer's interest in obtaining the 10% contingency fee was adverse to the interests of the clients who made
the loans.
In the gullibility department, the Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Board concluded that lawyer
Wright " appears to have honestly believed --- and continues to believe --- that one day a trunk full of... one hundred dollar bills is going to appear upon his office doorstep."
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