Comments on: Bank shouldn’t have allowed her to give scammer C$10,000 https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/04/bank-shouldnt-have-allowed-her-to-give-scammer-c10000/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:44:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Frank https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/04/bank-shouldnt-have-allowed-her-to-give-scammer-c10000/comment-page-1/#comment-87600 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:44:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16878#comment-87600 Oddly enough (or perhaps not), some ten years ago or so, I withdrew $4,000 in cash from my savings account.

The teller asked me what it was for. I replied it was none of her business. Yeah, that developed into a ‘you can’t talk to me like that.’ conttretemps.

Still, I would not want my bank to inquire what I planned on doing with my money.

]]> By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/04/bank-shouldnt-have-allowed-her-to-give-scammer-c10000/comment-page-1/#comment-87523 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:25:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16878#comment-87523 So she wishes to have herself declared incompetent?

Bob

]]> By: VMS https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/04/bank-shouldnt-have-allowed-her-to-give-scammer-c10000/comment-page-1/#comment-87513 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:24:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16878#comment-87513 This blog post does not seem to have a lawyer component.

For an interim update on the first “related post” see here:
http://www.khou.com/news/Texas-Lawyers-Conned-by-check-scam-87422092.html The litigation however as not concluded.

Although this attorney was scammed when he deposited a counterfeit tellers check and wired the proceeds to Hong Kong, he is suing Citibank over the fiasco because Citibank allegedly told him that the check had cleared. The scammed lawyer’s case may actually be meritorious (although as he admitted, he is a “Dumbass with a capital ‘D.”‘

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