Q: My daughter got caught up in a scam.  They sent her a money gram told her to cash it and keep 10%.  She was arrested for trying to do so and is now in jail.  Is there anything I can do to help her.

A: There’s a well-known case like this you can read about here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/30/BUGTGKRHSF1.DTL

You really need to get an attorney involved. If you’re low-income, you should be able to find a public defender. For example In Arizona the list would be here:

Arizona Public Defenders

Good luck.

Paul

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Question:
What about scams for getting a developing and marketing inventions?

Answer:

It’s on the list to get up. You’ll actually find better expertise
than I can offer at the follow two places:

http://www.inventnet.org/scams.php
which also has a very helpful forum.

I believe David Pressman (author of Patent It Yourself) is
a member there.

American inventors association is here:
http://www.uiausa.org/

For your question, look at:

http://www.uiausa.org/Resources/RedFlag/Directory.htm

and

http://www.uiausa.org/Articles/Articles/RedFlagWarnings.htm

Also,

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/invnalrt.htm
http://www.classbrain.com/artteenah/publish/article_101.shtml
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/documents/scamprevent.pdf

Hope this helps.

Paul

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