Insurance company QBE says hackers have successfully hit 150 law firms in the past 18 months with ten times that number targeted. The insurance firm say criminals have made off with a total of £85 million in chunks Read More
Recent cases, criminal strategies and preventative measures you must consider. An ongoing issue within conveyancing, we bring you the latest advice and highlight the risks that could be a threat to your firm. If you know of a conveyancing fraud case or guidance we should be covering, please email press@todaysconveyancer.co.uk.
Chief Land Registrar v Caffrey & Co [2016] EWHC 161 (Ch) Introduction Fraud is of increasing concern to conveyancers, so at first sight this case appears to add to those worries. However, on closer examination it will Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Faxes and emails claiming to be from “Helena Kennedy” at “PGA Solicitors” Members of the public have reported receiving a faxed Read More
The Law Commission have opened a consultation on the future of registration of land and of the Land Registration Act 2002. The consultation, which is separate to the Land registry privatisation consultation, seeks to identify a Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails claiming to be from Colin Goldring, Consultant of Justice Solicitors* Members of the public say they’ve received emails claiming Read More
Conveyancing panel provider LMS has launched a new anti-fraud tool called AccountChecker which they say will help prevent the misdirection of funds to bogus firms. LMS say the service, which will be available at no Read More
Only a third of conveyancers are carrying out electronic AML checks for all transactions reveals SearchFlow, specialists in property intelligence. SearchFlow’s conveyancing sentiment survey reveals that 38% of conveyancers never carry out electronic identity checks Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails claiming to be from “Barr. Moore Blatch LLP” Members of the public have reportedly received emails relating to an unclaimed Read More
The Conveyancing Association (CA) is to publish it’s own cyber security protocol to help conveyancers deal with the ever increasing threat from cyber criminals. The announcement comes as Police warn scammers are targeting customers Read More
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Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Companies targeted by scam over payment to a Chinese bank account The SRA have been informed people working in finance or Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Email claiming to be from “The Thomas Higgins Partnership Solicitors” Emails over an outstanding invoice in the name of “The Thomas Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Letters and emails claiming to be from Clarke Willmott LLP The SRA has received reports of emails and a letter claiming Read More
In January 2015 we saw 6 scam alerts, which consisted of 3 letter-based scams, 2 email-based scams, and correspondence using the name Elizabeth Wendy Wilkinson. Fast-forward to January 2016, the scam alerts are on the rise, having increased to 11 for Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Facebook page misusing the name “Sookias and Sookias” A facebook page under the name “Ian Brown has been set up claiming Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails claiming to be Julian Middleton of Freeths LLP Members of the public have reported receiving emails about an inheritance claiming Read More
The Safe Move Scheme say they have prevented their first case of fraud after their client received a phishing email. Safe Move Scheme say the client had received an email claiming to be from their Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails misusing the name of Michael Hinchcliffe of Addleshaw Goddard LLP A member of the public has informed the SRA of Read More
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails misusing the name of Michael Hinchcliffe of Addleshaw Goddard LLP A member of the public has informed the SRA of Read More
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