Scammers posing as solicitors online

Scammers posing as solicitors online

People are being defrauded of 'significant sums of money' by criminals impersonating their solicitors online, a regulator has warned.

Mon, 04 Oct, 2021 - 19:01
Cormac O’Keeffe, Security Correspondent

People are being defrauded of “significant sums of money” by criminals impersonating their solicitors online, a regulator has warned.

The scammers are emailing clients of legal firms directing them to lodge monies they owe into a new bank account, in the control of the fraudsters.

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