Is this a scam or for real. Ebay sale issue

[haveaniceday]

I have a small internet jewelry business. I purchased 12 Betty Boop necklaces from a large costume jewelry wholesaler. I sold 6 necklace for $0.99 each over the last 6 months on Ebay. I received a letter for King Ent. that they have filed a copywrite law suit against me. The letter says I must call them and pay a settlement amount they have determined to have them not continue with the lawsuit.

I checked my records and one of the $0.99 necklaces was sold to the lawyer filing the claim.

The wholesaler I purchased them from sells lots of Betty Boop items so I did not know they were not a liscenced seller and that the items were fake.

I don't know how to handle this. They have given me one week to pay their chosen amount not to procede with this.

Their letter says I have done irrepairable harm to their business for necklaces sold and they will do everything possible to prosecute me.

They have a case number on the letter, but when I try to look it up it says the format is not correct for cases in the country that law firm address is in.

 

[Duranie]

I would not pay them anything until you consult with another lawyer. Did you look up this lawyers name to see if he is actually an attorney? You should be able to go to the state bar's website in the state he is in. They could be trying to scam you, but I would look into this further.

 

[haveaniceday]

I looked into the CA bar and found a lawyer with the same name. When I went to all the CA county court website last night trying to match the case number provided in the letter, all the sites said the case number was not valid. It didn't even have the correct number of characters for a valid case in California. I did a thorough search on the internet and could not find any info about this lawyer. I don't know if this is someone just posing as a lawyer.