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Month: February 2015

Commercial debt collection scam using the names Derrick Fisher and Brenntag Specialties

by FraudInfo

fraud-warning

A Kentucky firm notified us that they received an email from the purported Derrick Fisher of Brenntag Specialties looking to retain them with regards to making a large commercial purchase. This is a bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam lawyers will be duped into… Read More »

Categories: Fraud Warnings, Debt Collection Fraud

Coverage exception in title insurance policies catches lenders’ lawyers off guard

by LAWPRO

real-estate

This article by Kathleen Waters, President & CEO of LAWPRO, originally appeared in the December 26, 2014 issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. In September, LAWPRO received an unwelcome surprise – the first in a series of claims based on an exception to coverage in residential lender title insurance policies. That… Read More »

Categories: Real Estate

Fraud report for January 2015

by FraudInfo

fraud-warning

After a somewhat quiet December (127 emails and 12 new fraud alert posts), the pace increased in January. We received 187 emails from lawyers and posted on 18 new fraud attempts. 58% of the emails this month came from the U.S., 34% from Ontario, 8% from elsewhere in Canada and 8% from overseas. 16 of… Read More »

Categories: Fraud Warnings

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