Here's a funny email from Canadian Airport Immigration Lawyer giving the applicant 72 hours to make the payment. Online scammers are getting more creative by the day. And don't they just love using ALL CAPS?! hehe!
From: Canadaimmigrationlawyer Consultant
To: ______@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:51:05 AM
Subject: YOU HAVE 72 HOURS ONLY.
DEAR APPLICANT,
THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AFTER OUR BOARD MEETING WITH THE DIRECTORS OF CANADIAN IMMIGRATION BUREAU OTTAWA CONCERNING IMMIGRANTS APPLICATIONS, WE DICTATED THAT YOURS FILES AND DOCUMENTS ARE READY WITH US.
WE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM OUR ZONAL TOURIST DEPARTMENT THAT YOU HAVE NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT FOR YOUR VISA AUTHORIZATION LETTER TO ENABLE US ISSUE YOUR VISA AUTHORIZATION LETTER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION BUREAU OTTAWA.
NOTE: WE ALSO RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF MARRIOTT HOTELS CONCERNING YOUR VISA AUTHORIZATION LETTER. NOW WE WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE ONLY 72 HOURS TO REACH OUR ZONAL TOURIST DEPARTMENT WITH THE FEE OF $218 U.S DOLLARS TO ENABLE US ISSUE YOU YOUR VISA AUTHORIZATION LETTER. FAILURE TO REACH THEM WITH YOUR FEE BEFORE 72 HOURS YOUR ENTIRE DOCUMENTS WILL BE TERMINATED.
GOOD DAY.
BARRISTER DAVID COHEN.
CANADIAN AIRPORT IMMIGRATION LAWYER.
By the way, Atty. David Cohen is a legitimate immigration lawyer and I'm sure he has nothing to do with the email.