email scam

My wife got an email from these wastes of oxygen today and it's got her stressed out, but I suspected what all the previous posts have confirmed. That it is just a con. Based on the amount they list, it may or may not be a legitimate debt owed. However, I don't think it is legit and if it is, they aren't actually representing the company owed the debt. They list enough information to get you scared, but not enough to really verify the legitimacy of their claim. The "representative" listed is Richard D. Brown, but doesn't give his title or the company he works for (e.g. Richard D. Brown, Senior Con Artist, Scumbag Thieves Inc.) and doesn't not even list any phone number to call in the email, info an actual employee of any legitimate company would list in correspondence. The name attached to the email it was sent from (advancecash.dept@gmail.com) was Sheriff.Legal.Dept with subject Re: Final notice before legal proceedings, all adding that air of urgency to get you nice and panicked. They also claimed that my wife had been ignoring their emails again and again and this is their final reminder, yet she has never received any emails from them before. Didn't list what court the case# listed was in. And what real company uses gmail for their business email? And the ignorance of the english language is almost laughable. They misuse capitalization and say such stupid things as "if you email you" and "we have tired several times" instead of "if you email us" and "we have tried several times." These people are a waste of oxygen and space and do nothing but get people panicked and scam money.