# Customer Wants Zoom Meeting Prior To Services? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 9, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309 "2026-05-09T16:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CherylM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cherylm/32/34748_2.png) [@CherylM](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/CherylM)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/1 "2026-05-09T16:10:20Z")
I received a request for my notary services that was asking me typical questions. He wouldn’t let me know how many signatures there were. After I addressed his questions this was his next email request: ![IMG_3130](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/notarycafe/original/3X/c/4/c4c4a9c26137d30ec5c7217a9b57fa066e8b07db.jpeg) Sounds like he’s fishing for free information. Too strange to continue with this customer. It’s very abnormal to ask for a meeting like this ---
**Author:** ![LindaH-FL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LindaH-FL](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/LindaH-FL)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/2 "2026-05-09T16:14:07Z")
@CherylM Apparently there’s a new player in the game…see this thread [Scam emails - The Darker Side - Protecting Yourself from Fraud - Notary Cafe Forums](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/scam-emails/56279/15) ---
**Author:** ![tlbennett0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/tlbennett0/32/34672_2.png) [@tlbennett0](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/tlbennett0)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/3 "2026-05-09T22:29:15Z")
I seen a post on FB about this, multiple people received this email. ---
**Author:** ![CherylM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cherylm/32/34748_2.png) [@CherylM](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/CherylM)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/4 "2026-05-10T01:59:33Z")
Really? I knew after he didn’t answer my question and then asked for the zoom. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![johnsonps306](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/johnsonps306/32/35090_2.png) [@johnsonps306](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/johnsonps306)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/5 "2026-05-11T13:53:30Z")
I did an estate package where the lawyer was on a zoom with the signer. It actually made things really easy. The lawyer was in Virginia. So it made sense to do it that way. I don’t see it as fishing for any information they just want their documents done right. ---
**Author:** ![sherriebnotary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@sherriebnotary](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/sherriebnotary)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/6 "2026-05-11T14:57:55Z")
think this is a scammer…I got same email from a Robert Seholm ![Screenshot 2026-05-11 at 10.57.22 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/notarycafe/original/3X/1/3/1337f335e8681b8581582b05a41cbb175331a534.png) ---
**Author:** ![DebSmith4759](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/debsmith4759/32/34144_2.png) [@DebSmith4759](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/DebSmith4759)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/7 "2026-05-11T15:08:16Z")
I had the same thing happen to me. Different name and was a text with an icloud address. Kept trying to get me to do zoom. He said his wife is out of the country right now and has questions. The link he sent me had a virus attached. I told him we could do facetime or conference call and he was not interested, kept pushing zoom. I refused and haven’t heard back from him. It’s a scam. ---
**Author:** ![joanbys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/joanbys/32/37446_2.png) [@joanbys](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/joanbys)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/8 "2026-05-11T18:55:09Z")
This is a scam. I got the exact same thing. He wouldn’t answer specific questions and then wanted a zoom meeting. I blocked him. The email has AI written all over it. It cones off very robotic. ---
**Author:** ![steves11](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/steves11/32/34877_2.png) [@steves11](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/steves11)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/9 "2026-05-11T19:57:59Z")
I agree with you. Who needs that crap? I might be coerced into going along with it if they were paying exceptionally well, but not for a “normal”, regularly priced signing. ---
**Author:** ![cfletcher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cfletcher/32/33399_2.png) [@cfletcher](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/cfletcher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/10 "2026-05-11T20:28:06Z")
@CherylM , I’m just curious, why does a Zoom meeting seem suspect? I think meeting virtually actually gives you the upper hand, you can check things out better. Maybe I’m just clueless. In notary work, I figure people research and compare prices anyway. “Robert” seems like he’s just blasting out emails, no idea why. But using Zoom, I can bail if things get weird. Most of my online general notary stuff starts with a virtual chat or call, Zoom is just easier that way. Just my two cents… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![marci.sunsetnotary](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/marci.sunsetnotary/32/35189_2.png) [@marci.sunsetnotary](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/marci.sunsetnotary)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/11 "2026-05-11T22:18:51Z")
I just received this email- almost exact wording requesting a notarial officer and the signatures had the word provost after it. Which is a British term I believe. He wanted to know my fees so I told him and and requested the location since there will be a travel fee. Strange because.then he wanted to have the zoom and I have not replied back. ---
**Author:** ![marci.sunsetnotary](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/marci.sunsetnotary/32/35189_2.png) [@marci.sunsetnotary](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/marci.sunsetnotary)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/12 "2026-05-11T22:24:10Z")
I hope you’re doing well, I am seeking a notarial officer to assist with notarizing documents required for my tax filing. Please let me know your availability, fees, and any requirements I should prepare in advance. Thank you, and I look forward to your response DEBRA SEABIRD PROVOST (Told my fees and ID requirements and asked the location due to travel fee, then the scammer replied) Hello, Thank you for your response, can we talk over a zoom meeting before we fix a suitable time and date that works for us both? Let me know what you think and I will be waiting to hear from you ---
**Author:** ![susan61107](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/susan61107/32/33482_2.png) [@susan61107](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/susan61107)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/13 "2026-05-12T15:47:18Z")
I received this request via text messaging. Exact wording. I deleted the text. Fishing for sure. Do not reply. ---
**Author:** ![flnotarycloser](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/flnotarycloser/32/37859_2.png) [@flnotarycloser](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/flnotarycloser)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/14 "2026-05-13T20:55:57Z")
It’s defiantly a scam, IRS doesn’t ask for any tax documents to be notarized for You are not a tax attorney, you do not provide a tax service. My thought is, what is he looking for? A copy of your stamp to reuse elsewhere? ---
**Author:** ![flnotarycloser](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/flnotarycloser/32/37859_2.png) [@flnotarycloser](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/flnotarycloser)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/15 "2026-05-13T21:00:23Z")
Hmmm, I wondering if they would use your image in the zoom to AI it to do something else…Zoom = RUN!! notarial officer We do not use that term in the USA we are Notary Publics…big clue. AI says: **no country formally uses “notarial officer” as its primary legal title** for the role equivalent to a _notary public_. The term appears mostly in **U.S. state‑level contexts** as an internal classification, not as a national professional title. ---
**Author:** ![cfletcher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cfletcher/32/33399_2.png) [@cfletcher](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/cfletcher)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/16 "2026-05-13T21:45:53Z")
@CherylM I received a similar email the other day. I actually responded to the sender with an offer to meet. But I took a few precautions, first I wouldn’t accept the sender’s zoom invite, I sent the sender my own zoom invitation. Secondly, I didn’t agree to the sender’s time frame. I had the sender meet at the time I established. The sender agreed to my time frame, but didn’t show up. So, yes it could be someone that is fishing for “free information”. ---
**Author:** ![Miamiraservices](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Miamiraservices](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/Miamiraservices)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/17 "2026-05-14T17:56:51Z")
I actually had 2 request like this, the first I asked the location and the reply was she wanted a zoom before providing more information.. when the 2 email was received it gave me confirmation it was spam because it was same request from the first only a different email address. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/notarycafe/original/3X/4/6/461fb161253680d5b1ac19964cee42489a11f25a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![forcrystalclearnotary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@forcrystalclearnotary](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/forcrystalclearnotary)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/18 "2026-05-15T02:10:27Z")
This is more than likely a scam! There are articles about how scammers are using zoom links to hack into accounts, plus they did this to me and another notary days ago. They are that good! I’m hoping that I fixed my computer problems from this! ---
**Author:** ![tdalliance2019](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/tdalliance2019/32/35304_2.png) [@tdalliance2019](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/tdalliance2019)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/19 "2026-05-15T02:34:23Z")
Yep. I got that same email from 2 different names… SCAM…report and block ---
**Author:** ![cNsa5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cnsa5/32/33381_2.png) [@cNsa5](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/cNsa5)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309/20 "2026-05-15T13:56:36Z")
@CherylM🎉 Thank You 🎉 for sharing this _ **concerning request** _. ```auto ``` **FYI (_my direct experience_):** When I received this nearly identical request, my initial reaction (_red flag_) & chose not to respond. The _red flag_ was subsequently **confirmed** by multiple forum posts. ```auto ``` 🦢 [Next page](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/customer-wants-zoom-meeting-prior-to-services/56309.md?page=2)