Business loan collection scam using the name Ray Richard Zoltan
Date First Reported: October 2013
Primary Name Associated: Ray Richard Zoltan
Description of Potential Fraud:
An Ontario firm notified us that they received an email from the purported Ray Richard Zoltan looking to retain them with regards to a breach of a business loan agreement.
This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam lawyers will be duped into wiring real funds from their trust accounts after depositing a fake cheque received as payment from the debtor (who is part of the fraud). See our Confirmed Fraud Page for more of an explanation of how these frauds work and other names associated with it , and our Fraud Fact Sheet for a list the red flags of a bogus legal matter that is really a fraud.
Here is the initial contact email sent by the fraudster to the lawyer:
From: RAY RICHARD ZOLTAN [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: October-23-13 8:57 PM
To:
Subject: RE:BREACH OF CONTRACT ko
Dear counsel,
I am contacting you in regards to a breach of business loan agreement with a
client in your locality. I provided a loan to the company so that they can
meet up with their management and operational obligation . I provided the
company with an emergency loan of $508,910.00 with a term of 24 months and
fixed interest rate of 6.0%. The repayment period has since elapsed but the
company has been unable to finalize the repayment of the loan and have only
paid
$85,000.00 till date. Let me know if this falls under the scope of your
practice so that I can provide you with more information on this matter.if
not kindly refer me.and get back to me through my personal email address
[email protected]
Best Regards
Ray Richard Zoltan.
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March 17, 2023 at 4:36 pm, Vivi Rozo said:
Hi There!
I received this one: Hello,
I am sorry about this unwarranted intrusion into your privacy, However i am most convinced that it is for the best. I got your email contact from a Business directory hence my taking the initiative to contact you privately as my Business intentions with you poses to be strictly Mutual and highly confidential. I Solicit a partner in your country to assume the role of a product representative in a very profitable supply venture, as i am presently indisposed to carry out the role because of my present position .I would appreciate if you have the capacity to handle this role Please revert to me for further details as this is of utmost critical importance.
Best regards
Richard Zoltan