to where a solicitor, in Essex from memory , was running a scam. It was found that the incoming partner actually spoke no english whatsoever and there were doubts that the two guys concerned had ever communicated with each other at all.
Not the case I mentioned but a similar incident :
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20030202/ai_n12859954/And associated :
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article391144.ece That was also the subject of a TV documentary.
Scammers have an adverse affect on genuine cases.