Posted by CH2inCA on 7/19/10 3:04pm
Msg #345561

So, would you sign up?

Dear,
We are California licensed Real Estate Escrow company; looking for the Travel Notary/ Notary Public with Permanence Office for our clients. We require loan-signing experience to service our customers. If you are interesting in partner with us, feel free to answer the following questions and email back. We will input your information to our network database. Everything is free and you can remove at anytime.

1. Can you list the cities you are able to do the travel Notary (please not over 10 miles radius): Answer:
2. Can you receive & print loan documents? Answer:
3. What is your address: Answer:
4. Do you have Permanence Office location for our customer coming to sign documents? Answer:
5. How much will you charge for Print out loan doc. And travel Notary within 5 miles radius (suggested not over $80for total charge)? Answer:
6. How much will you charge for print out loan doc. And signing in your Permanence Office (suggested not over $60 for total charge)? Answer:
7. Your commission name and phone #? Answer:
8. Any special note/instructions? Answer:

Reply by GOLDGIRL/CA on 7/19/10 3:08pm
Msg #345563

Very funny!

Reply by Yoli/CA on 7/19/10 3:52pm
Msg #345591

I just received this same email!

Guess they're trying everyone on the forums and hoping to get someone, anyone, to follow through.

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 7/19/10 3:13pm
Msg #345566

No -- Mainly because their grammar is unprofessional, but

All that information is available when they input a zip code here and a couple other places I am at. I have and would rather sit on the sidelines rather that work for those suggested fees.

I have been basically just doing general notary work rather than work for low ball fees. It still keeps beer in my fridge ...

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 7/19/10 3:15pm
Msg #345567

Hook, line and sinker ....

Perhaps I am being too serious ...

This was an actual request for information from a real company?

Reply by MikeC/NY on 7/19/10 3:23pm
Msg #345570

Is this for real? Sounds like it was written by someone with just a minimum knowledge of English.

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 7/19/10 3:28pm
Msg #345572

Maybe it's outsourced to India. Or maybe it's a scam to get personal information.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 7/19/10 3:33pm
Msg #345577

I was waiting for the part where the writer mention $40 million that he needed help getting out of his country...

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/19/10 3:29pm
Msg #345573

"Sounds like it was written by someone with just a minimum knowledge of English."

Par for the course in California. You'd be amazed at how many people manage to pass state and professional exams who can barely write a sentence in English.

In fact, half of the adults in Los Angeles County are functionally illiterate. No joke!

Reply by MikeC/NY on 7/19/10 3:34pm
Msg #345578

"In fact, half of the adults in Los Angeles County are functionally illiterate. No joke!"

That's pretty sad. Is it due to a large immigrant population, or a lousy school system?

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/19/10 3:41pm
Msg #345583

Both, I'm sure...

This is one of the remaining references I can find to the numbers... it was reported a few years ago but quickly swept under the rug....and few of the original articles remain online.

http://www.dickstaub.com/links_view.php?record_id=4727

http://lists.literacytent.org/pipermail/aaace-nla/2004/001617.html

Reply by MikeC/NY on 7/19/10 3:46pm
Msg #345588

Wow n/m

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 7/19/10 3:36pm
Msg #345581

The sad thing is that many of those people are also functionally illiterate in their native language. Imagine putting a lot of time and effort learning Spanish because you work in an area that is primarily Spanish speaking only to find out you are speaking to the Mexican equivalent of Festus Haggen. That is much of Southern California, especially the low desert areas.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/19/10 3:45pm
Msg #345586

It's rampant all over. It kills me to hear people speaking the Border Spanish. It's this horrible mixture of English and Spanish that has developed to the point that it's becoming it's own language.

It's really painful to listen to. I speak Portuguese because I lived in Brazil for a bit... so maybe I hear it more than others?

Glenn, you're totally right, though... I'll bet many of them are also illiterate in Spanish.

Reply by CaliNotary on 7/19/10 7:12pm
Msg #345631

If it's a Garden Grove based company, my guess is that the email was written by an Asian immigrant.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 7/20/10 2:55am
Msg #345683

My reaction, exactly. And he claimed to be a GG escrow co.

I think this was definitely written by someone for whom English is a second language. But, poor grammar aside, the fees didn't catch my interest at all.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 7/20/10 2:58am
Msg #345684

Checked again. Jan's right, but it WAS an Asian name. n/m

Reply by janCA on 7/19/10 4:04pm
Msg #345600

I also got this e-mail

It is from Garden Escrow out of Temple, CA. They are legitimate. Here is their website. www.gardenescrow.com. Check it out.

By the way, I answered all their questions and stated my fees.

Reply by Yoli/CA on 7/19/10 4:15pm
Msg #345603

Re: I also got this e-mail

I did too, Jan. As my fees are well above their suggested fees, I don't expect to hear from them. Further, I let them know I'm strictly a mobile notary. Wonder how that will go over with them ... ?

Reply by SheilaSJCA on 7/19/10 7:54pm
Msg #345633

Re: I also got this e-mail

I got it too, the fees he mentioned are too low, or too confusing. Not an easy email to read.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/19/10 4:28pm
Msg #345609

Re: I also got this e-mail

I have no issues answering them... but like you two, don't exactly expect to hear from them.

Besides, as Glenn said... all they need to do is look here or (in my case) my website -- my fees are clearly listed there, too. It usually scares 'em off... but that's okay by me. I highly prefer general notary work anyway, and will only take the loan work from companies who treat me like a professional.

Reply by Stoli on 7/19/10 10:49pm
Msg #345660

State YOUR fees and stick to it! n/m

Reply by Susan Fischer on 7/20/10 2:17am
Msg #345679

Nope. And, if I were you, I wouldn't pet that dog. n/m