Global Financial Management Karen James "Purchase of home" MO by contacting R.E. agent, seek and contact attorney, send a counterfeit cashier's check. Assumed goal is to seek refund of some or all of bogus check amount, relying on several PARIS, Other

An email received by a real estate agent claimed the sender is a London physician, with an address in Paris, who wishes to buy a house in Minnesota, and asks for referral to a lawyer.  Emailing then goes this reporting lawyer, asking for representation and assistance.  Shortly afterward a counterfeit cashier's check and "invoice" arrived by mail.  Purported buyer is "Dr. Mourad Ouakli MBBS, FRCS, FRCS (Paed) London," UK.  Address given is "21 Sente Des Dorees 75019 Paris, France."  Broker given is "Mrs. Monica Jamieson", which name appears in other reports along with the sentence :She does prefer an email as she is often in meetings or away from her desk".  Just below that line are frequently seen contacts of:  "Jaren James, Global Financial Management, EMAIL: karenjames@gblfncmngmt.com  TEL: 646-524-3495".  Mailer and remitting company shown on the counterfeit check is "Arlan Investment Co", with the address of "481 Bandervoort Avenue  Brooklyn, NY 11222"  Arlan appears in a website showing a Moscow address only.  The 481 Bandervoort address was not located by MaoQuest.  Mailing envelope had only the Arlan name for a return, but with no address.  Postage appears to be a Canadian stamp.  The counterfeit check claims to be from JPMoprgan Chase Bank, N.A.  There may be a false website for JPMargan Chase; attempts to call the phone number shown and requests for fraud department or for the named check signer resulted in recorded messages from an unknown individual, in one case, and for "student loans" in another.  My local bank tracked the shown routing number, and contacted a bona fide Chase office, to which this incident has been reported via email with a digitized copy set of all items received attached in a PDF.