Description

Our law firm represents Catholic Charities USA (“CCUSA”), a well-known non-profit charitable organization founded over a century ago, which operates through a network of local Catholic Charity offices, which it oversees. CCUSA offers various philanthropic, social welfare, housing, employment, healthcare, personal and economic development, disaster aid and relief, along with financial sponsorship-related services, including immigration assistance. Recently, scammers have been offering fake immigration services to victims, whereby the scammers are impersonating CCUSA. This report pertains to a scam whereby a scammer reached out to a victim via WhatsApp, identifying themself as "Jacob Maldonado Gonzalez" in connection with fake immigration services. The victim had previously reached out to a Facebook page, where an individual unaffiliated with CCUSA used CCUSA's trademarks to advertise immigration services. The scammer used the following phone number: 608-683-8655. The victim paid "thousands of dollars" to the scammer. This unknown person or entity has no connection to our client, CCUSA. The scammer seeks to take advantage of Spanish-speaking users seeking immigration assistance by impersonating our client and subsequently soliciting personal information and money from unsuspecting victims. In light of the above, and numerous other scams of involving individuals impersonating CCUSA, we kindly request your assistance, and are available to provide additional information as requested.