Courtesy of the American Bar Association, shared with permission.

Matthew Peters has seen a lot in the twelve years heโ€™s provided services at the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center in Easton. But on May 13th, just after reading a newsletter about immigration scams, he saw one himself.

A young couple, originally from Guatemala, came into his office. Theyโ€™d missed their court date and panicked.

โ€œThey saidโ€ฆ a friend sent us a Facebook link, and then we clicked on it,โ€ he recounted. โ€œThen, someone called us and said they were an attorney and that they could reopen our case, and they can give us our papers and all that.โ€

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.