Scams Targeting Lawyers

With the recent influx of scams targeting lawyers, we’ve created this page to collect and pass on the latest news and items you need to be aware of.

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• Check Scams Becoming More Sophisticated (PDF)
• Six Indicted in $32M Internet Collection Scam That Snagged 80 Lawyers
• FBI Warns Law Firms: Beware of E-Mail Clients (and Counterfeit ‘Settlement’ Checks)
• OK AG Warns of Home Repair Schemes and Charity Fraud in Wake of Storms
• March 2010 OBJ: “Check Scams That Target Lawyers”
• Free online seminar: Lawyers Targeted For Fraud. Don’t be a Victim!
• OK Law Firm Hit for $300,000 in Fraud Scheme
• Lawyers Professional Indemnity Company in Toronto’s fraud fact sheet.
• Elaborate check scams target solo, small-firm lawyers (registration required)