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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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Breach of copyright agreement scam using the names Lam Nguyen and GoerTek Technology
Two New York firms have reported to us that they’ve been contacted by the purported Lam Nguyen of GoerTek Technology with regards to retaining their services to collect on a breach of an IP agreement. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Intellectual Property Rights FraudCommercial debt collection using the names Hideaki Kubori and Yupiteru Industries
Twenty California firms have notified us that they received an email from the purported Hideaki Kubori, representing Yupiteru Industries, to retain them with regards to a commercial debt collection. This is a classic 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: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsBusiness loan collection scam using the name Barrie Parker
Two Ontario firms notified us that they received an email from the purported Barrie Parker looking to retain them with regards to a breach of a business loan agreement. This is a classic 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: Business Loan Fraud, Fraud WarningsSeparation agreement scam using the name Kim Crowford
25 lawyers in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S. have notified us that they received an email from the purported Kim Crowford looking to retain them with regards to a collecting overdue payments resulting from a separation agreement. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer…. Read More »
Categories: Divorce Settlement Fraud, Fraud WarningsBusiness loan collection scam using the name Xue Cheng
Two Ontario firms notified us that they received an email from the purported Xue Cheng looking to retain them with regards to a breach of a business loan agreement. This is a classic 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: Business Loan Fraud, Fraud WarningsBusiness loan collection scam using the name Margaret Wood
Two Ontario firms notified us that they received an email from the purported Margaret Wood looking to retain them with regards to a breach of a business loan agreement. This is a classic 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: Business Loan Fraud, Fraud WarningsCommercial debt collection scam using the names Mitsuo Iwai and Hagiwara Electric Co
20 lawyers in Ontario and the U.S. have notified us that they received an email from the purported Mitsuo Iwai of Hagiwara Electric Colooking to retain them with regards to a commercial debt collection. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsCommercial debt collection scam using the names Paul Harrison and Swallow Dental Ltd
A California firm notified us that they received an email from the purported Paul Harrison of Swallow Dental Ltd looking to retain them with regards to a commercial debt collection. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam lawyers will be duped… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud Warnings