Yup... a few years ago my mom tried to fix our situation, it was going well at first...she was paying the notary every so often for her help. Long story short: he didn't do his job right 'cause he's not a lawyer and doesn't know what he was doing, we lost all the $$ about 4,000 and we didnt' get our situation fixed.

So yes...watch out. Make sure you talk to a REAL lawyer whose dealt with immigration before.