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Hoaxes

Augustine Law wishes to remind you of the risks posed by fraudsters which could result in engaging you in a scam or fraud.

We will always provide you with full details of our firm, our regulator and our full contact details when we contact you.

General Advice

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Some scams originate through emails, over the telephone or via text messages and will usually offer you some kind of opportunity to make a large sum of money. You should be very wary of any offers that might suggest that you are entitled to:

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  • Access to compensation

  • Loans or help with debts

  • Unclaimed bank funds

  • Unclaimed inheritance

  • Shares or investments

  • Lottery wins

 

Whereas, the intention of the fraudster will often be to extort money from you, perhaps by suggesting that you need to provided your personal information and bank account details for identity fraud. They may then request you to make an advance fee payment, or administration fee or transaction fee, before the huge funds that you are supposed to have worn is transferred or paid to you. Equally however, fraudsters may be interested in obtaining your identity or bank account details.

 

You should be suspicious of invitations to become involved in such schemes. In particular you should be wary of:

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  • Unsolicited emails

  • Poorly written emails containing misspellings or bad grammar

  • Communications which seek to put you under pressure to act quickly

  • Transactions originating outside of the UK

  • Emails or website addresses purportedly from Augustine Law, which do not end in “augustinelaw.co.uk”

  • Calls from mobile telephone numbers classified as spam

  • Addresses for offices which are not that of Augustine Law published on our website

  • Requests for money or personal information about you when you do not have an ongoing matter with Augustine Law

  • Do not click on or follow web links that you are unsure about as they can harm your computer or other device.  

  • Keep your anti-virus and anti-malware software up-to-date to reduce the risk of being caught out by online scams.

  • Set up a pin for your WhatsApp account and beware of suspicious messages and links

 

You can find more information about scams and frauds at:

 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority' scams page

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