Yesterday I was asked to print out and bring documents to notarize to an alleged customer of an Asset Recovery Firm located in Hawaii of all places. I made sure to thoroughly confirm the appointment was made for me to arrive to knock on their door. I asked “is she expecting me?” I was told yes twice, they were expecting me. I was asked to call the firm when I arrived to speak with them by conference call prior to notarizing the documents.
When I arrived to the appointment in the Richmond District of San Francisco near Golden Gate Park the home seemed abandoned, decayed and uninhabitable. No one answered and it was a typical haunted house situation. Even if they had been home I wouldn’t have wanted to enter into their house for potential danger inside of a decaying structure.
No one answered and the Asset Recovery guy said to me “we need to see if she’s dead” as if they never spoke with her. He then asked me to ring the neighbors doorbells to ask if the house is occupied. This demonstrated they had not arranged for a genuine appointment. The neighbor said three people lived there.
What this meant was I was trespassing on private property having been lied to. I was asked to leave a note how to reach me instead of he Asset Recovery guy. I was being used. I got paid for a typical notary visit okay, but I didn’t like the way they lied to me even when I confirmed twice there was an actual appointment.
I noted on the documentation the assets had to do with a distant relative’s pension of a work associate. I just think this sounds fishy. Very strange how these firm’s are fishing for assets and using notaries this way. Any thoughts on how to handle this in the future?
