5/9/2008Mailers make mock McGraw memos
by John O'Brien |
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CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia businesses are on alert that letters claiming state Attorney General Darrell McGraw is investigating them are in the mail.
But McGraw warned Thursday that the letters are forgeries that contain spelling and grammatical errors.
"These fake letters are causing serious harm to the small business community," McGraw said. "Some businesses have even gone to the expense of hiring an attorney.
"We believe there may be follow-up letters or e-mails seeking settlement from the affected business, since most scams are designed to extort money from innocent victims. We have been in contact with federal prosecutors to determine if federal laws have been violated."
The letters have been mailed from different parts of the state and appear on forged letterhead.
Letters claiming to be from McGraw's Consumer Protection Division were not signed by any of McGraw's staffer, which McGraw said would never happen.
McGraw is seeking his fifth term this year and is unopposed in Tuesday's primary. On the Republican side, Charleston attorney Dan Greear and Morgantown attorney Hiram Lewis are hoping to challenge McGraw.
In 2004, Lewis and McGraw had the closest AG race in state history, with both receiving 50 percent of the vote. McGraw won by a few thousand ballots.
From Legal Newsline: John O'Brien can be reached via e-mail at john@legalnewsline.com.
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