At first he started nicely, offering to receive a payment of over $500 to essentially make the case go away. But I kept asking questions because he was hard to understand -- thick Indian accent -- and he kept getting more threatening. He kept trying to force me to agree to pay the money "or else you will receive a supoena at home and at your work tomorrow."

The more questions I asked, the more threatening he got. He kept saying I would lose my job, I would never be able to get a house or a car and so forth.

To try to legitimize himself, he gave me the Bar#106**1 and when I told him I wanted to do more research, he gave me the phone number 573-340-5662. I asked him where that was, and he said Missouri. Wait, you're in Missouri but I'm expected to pay you to represent me in Florida? He said he could practice anywhere in the United States, which anyone with common sense knows is clearly not true. In my research, I found the legitimate James Murphy, based in California.

After seeing the scam reports, I called "James Murphy" back and told them I knew they were fakes, and that I was going to report them for internet hacking and identity fraud to the Boca Police Department, the FTC, the State Department (in case they're based overseas), the Attorney General, and the real James Murphy, and to never call me again. I advise others to do the same.