Scams often have these features. Be on the lookout for:

• Emails that purport to be from a corporation that are sent from a gmail account
• Email addresses from a foreign country
• Requests to “collect a debt” or “close a deal” often for a large amount of money
• A potential representation where before you even have a fee agreement, you receive a check (often drawn on a foreign bank) with instructions to deposit the check in your trust account, and immediately wire funds from your account (to the purported client or a third party) and pay your fee (of course)
• Situations where the potential “client” does not pay your retainer, but nevertheless pressures you to take action
• A short time table between “retention,” “payment,” and demand for remittance of funds.
• The “payment” is almost always some form of fraudulent check or wire.

• Reply to the email
• Call the number in the email
• Send a fee contract