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Fraud continues to be a significant and costly problem for LAWPRO.
Fraudsters are successfully duping lawyers and law clerks, and it’s not
just real estate lawyers who are being targeted. Litigation, business, IP and family law lawyers are frequent targets of bad cheque scams involving debt collections, business loans, licensing disputes, and spousal support payments.
Don’t be complacent and think you would never be fooled. These frauds
are very sophisticated. The matters will look legitimate, the fraudsters will be very convincing and the client ID and other documents you get will look real. The fake cheques have fooled bank tellers and branch managers. There may even be two or more people collaborating on both sides of a transaction to make the scenario more convincing.
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Commercial debt collection scam by Jan Johansson
A dozen lawyers have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Jan Johansson with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet. Here… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsOntario law firm victim of large fraud due to infection by Trojan Banker Virus
This is the text of an email fraud alert sent by LAWPRO to our insureds on December 21, 2012. Just this week LAWPRO has dealt with two firms that were the victims of major frauds on their trust accounts. The time just before the holidays should not be a time for bad thoughts and frauds… Read More »
Categories: Fraud WarningsCommercial debt collection scam by Michael Lee of Hitachi-Nippon Ferrule Inc
Two Ontario lawyers have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Michael Lee of Hitachi-Nippon Ferrule Inc with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsCommercial debt collection scam by Hideo Kuwabara of Koyo Electronics Industries
Two Ontario lawyers and one in Kentucky have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Hideo Kuwabara of Koyo Electronics Industries with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsCommercial debt collection scam by Jessica Johnston of BP Global
Two Ontario lawyers have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Jessica Johnston of BP Global with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsBreach of IP agreement scam by Hiroaki Iwasaki of Iwasaki Publishing Co Ltd
Four Ontario lawyers have reported to us that they’ve been contacted by the purported Hiroaki Iwasaki of Iwasaki Publishing Co Ltd with regards to retaining their services to collect on a breach of an IP agreement. For details of how this scam works and to see other names associated with it, see our Confirmed Fraud… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Intellectual Property Rights FraudBreach of IP agreement scam by Masatoshi Sugioka
Two Ontario lawyers have reported to us that they’ve been contacted by the purported Masatoshi Sugioka of Inpex Corporation with regards to retaining their services to collect on a breach of an IP agreement. For details of how this scam works and to see other names associated with it, see our Confirmed Fraud page. Here… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Intellectual Property Rights FraudBusiness debt collection scam by Shaoxiang Huang
Two Ontario lawyers have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Shaoxiang Huang with regards to a debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet. Here is… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud Warnings