Scammers posing as attorneys representing debt collectors have been targeting those who have filed for bankruptcy, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange warned yesterday, AL.com reported. The scammers are using Caller ID "spoofing" and the victims' personal information to demand payments by wire on bogus debts, the attorney general stated in a press release. The scammers use publicly available documents about bankruptcy filers and "spoof" the Caller ID system to make it appear they are calling from a bankruptcy attorney's office. In most cases, the scammers inform their victims they must wire a debt payment immediately or face arrest. Strange warns that such calls are fraudulent and asks that anyone receiving them report it to law enforcement.
