by FraudInfo

Date First Reported: January 2012

Primary Name Associated: James West

Description of Potential Fraud:

fraud-warning

Three U.S. lawyers notified us of an email from the purported James West of Brunel Medical Services with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. The wording of this fraud is nearly identical to another scam using the name Grenham Donal Falley. For a full description of how this fraud works and to see other names attached to it, see our Confirmed Fraud page that deals with business loan frauds.

Here is response received when lawyers reply to the initial enquiry:

From: James West
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Legal Matter
To: lawyer name

Dear ,

Thank you for your response and taking time to look into our case.let me start by introducing the compnay which i work for which is Brunel Medical Service Ltd.We are a UK company supplying quality Medical equipment, medical supplies products & Surgical Equipment. Find Below details of the borrower:

Interim HealthCare Inc.
141 Union St.
Concord, NC 28025

The Borrower is a company we have know for 3 years and we have done business with in the past, without any issues.They have only paid $438,000.00 out of a total $850,000.00 the balance is still outstanding till this day. We are in constant contact with Mr Michael Slupecki who is our contact person and the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Interim HealthCare Inc in United State, even though he has promised that they would pay the balance, I think the threat or possibility of litigation would serve as a catalyst to make them pay sooner rather than later.

We are prepared to pay a reasonable retainer or collection costs for this service as soon as I get an engagement letter from your firm. I expect this to be a non-litigation collection from the borrower but we are prepared to litigate this matter if Interim HealthCare Inc is not ready to pay the balance owed on the loan agreement. Please send me your engagement letter for my boards review to enable us proceed with this issue against Interim HealthCare Inc.

We want to also let you know that this loan that we gave to Interim HealthCare Inc has caused considerable strain on our company’s operational capital.Below are a few question we would like to know about your firm.

• What kind of background or experience do you have in this specific area?
• How many matters have you handled in the past years?
• We would like know your means/advice of alternative dispute solution on the case?
• We would like to know your fee structure in details first, as we don’t want any problems

relating to payments.

I can be reached at +44-7597424703 during working hours UTC(Edinburgh),would be waiting to hear from you.

Best Regards

James b West
Director
Brunel Medical Service Ltd
7256 Gray’s Inn Road,
London WC1X 8LD, UK
CELL:+44-759-742-4703
FAX:+44-700-594-2098
West Promissary Document
West proof of payment

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