Corrupted filenames on copy/transfer/write

Hi guys - I have a really upsetting problem on my new MacPro.
I find that when a large batch of files are written/transferred/copied, often some of them end up being saved with the wrong filename.
For instance, let's say I have file A.jpg (10k) and file A.tif (100MB) in a large batch of images. On transferring, I might find that I have all the files, but A.jpg is 100MB (the tif file was mistakenly saved with the jpg filename)
In a case like this, all of the original files would be correct, but the copied/received files would have errors like the above. It feels to me like some kind of directory structure problem, but the drive passes all tests without problem.
Can you point me in the right direction?

this should be very easy with automator which doesn't require the knowledge of Apple script.
If you want to use Apple script the following will do:
tell application "Finder"
set sfolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose the source folder"
delay 0.5
set tfolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose the destination folder"
duplicate files of sfolder to tfolder
end tell
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