Even if you have not seen the warnings broadcast by various national, state, and local bar associations, you probably have seen the e-mails themselves. The ungrammatical messages read something like
e-Mail Scams Targeting Attorneys
The scams often involve tricking attorneys into an engagement letter. Losses result from lawyers' frequent misunderstanding of banking regulations, which permit a bank to advise that "funds are available" before a check actually has cleared.
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