Funny "greed" story

I  love it when lawyers get shafted. Anyone who uses "whereof", "thereof" "notwithstanding" "hereunder" etc. on a daily basis and charges upwards of $100/hr. for those words, get no sympathy from me.

Clever con games apparently aren't just the stuff of movies. Three Texas lawyers were all targets of a sophisticated scheme using distance, the Internet and the quirks of American law to steal money. While two of them escaped, one did not.

It started with a cashier's check over $100,000. It was the most enticing piece in a con game designed to deprive ethical lawyers of their money. "It's funny," said Raul Loya, an attorney. "You would think that lawyers would be smarter, but it's funny they fall victim."

All three attorneys lived in different cities and worked at separate firms, but they all got the same e-mail purporting to be from prospective clients in Hong Kong.

"I got back, I looked at the check, looked authentic [and] deposited the check," said Sheldon Goldstein, an attorney.

The e-mails said the client needed help in collecting money from an American client. ..... lawyers get scammed