289-888-1869

I received an email solicitation for my law firm's services to collect a debt.  These messages are common (I get about 6/week), and usually are the infamous Nigerian scam, but this one looked fully legitimate.  Upon running the number before calling, I encountered this site, so now I am quite leery.

I am an IT Manager and I am seeing this number slot on our spam filter.  His email address is garyhassa70@gmail.com.  Would be nice to have him stopped.

gmail tagged this as spam. they were right

From: "Gary Hossa"<saddiehs@aol.com>
Subject: Breach Matter..
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:29:19 -0500


Hello Counsel,      


I am inquiring about the possibility of your firm representing me in the litigation of a loan matter.

Debtor: Eric Madison


Amount: $288,000.00


Amount 80,000


Balance $208,000.00 plus 7.75% annual interest.


If you or your firm can be of any assistance, please get back to me at your earliest convenience so I can send you related documents.

Your's Truly


Gary Hossa
Tel: 289-888-1869
Email: garyhossa11@blumail.org

Got the Hossa message. One of the best yet. An evolution of the divorce or equipment claim matter in "your jurisdiction" Hard to understand why any one, especially, a lawyer would fall for this scam. Maurice B

Got one too...thanks for posting the phone number.

Hello Counsel,      



I am inquiring about the possibility of your firm representing me in the litigation of a loan matter.



Debtor: Eric Madison

Amount: $288,000.00

Amount 80,000

Balance $208,000.00 plus 7.75% annual interest.

If you or your firm can be of any assistance, please get back to me at your earliest convenience so I can send you related documents.



Your's Truly

Gary Hossa

Tel: 289-888-1869

Email: garyhossa33@gmail.com

Got the same email.  I checked because I thought that the number might create some astronomical charge, just for calling.  I am curious just because I have never seen one of these with an actual phone number, but no way am I calling it.

Got the same e-mail message, with garyhossa90@gmail.com as contact. Thanks for the heads up.

Hello Counsel,      

I am inquiring about the possibility of your firm representing me in the litigation of a loan matter.



Debtor: Eric Madison

Amount: $288,000.00

Amount 80,000

Balance $208,000.00 plus 7.75% annual interest.

If you or your firm can be of any assistance, please get back to me at your earliest convenience so I can send you related documents.



Your's Truly

Gary Hossa
Tel: 289-888-1869
Email: garyhossa90@gmail.com

got the same message from gary hossa also a 5000 retainer by royal bank of canada called a us dollars bank draft who wants to bet its bogus

wanted atty for breach of promissory note

I received the same message twice today.  I'm not sure exactly how this particular scam works, but I don't want to deal with any client that is not at least in my own state, unless its an insurance carrier.  We do insurance defense work and some of those clients are in N.Y., Arizona, etc.  Of course anyone who contacts you from another country, is not even a questionable potential client.

We received the same email on September 12, 2011 that others reported, only the email address was garyhossa240@gmail.com. I knew it was a scam so my email response was "We will require a retainer of $400,000.00 in cash - up front."  /s/ Prosecutor's Office.  I  work for the prosecutor but that probably did not have any effect on him.  I wonder if Gary Hossa is his real name?