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Fraud Alert

Business Loan / Commercial Debt Collection

FRAUD ALERT: Large Commercial Purchase Scams (Construction/Medical/Marine Equipment) (Jan 23rd, 2023 )

FRAUD ALERT: "Dog Bite" Scam Circulates Again (Nov 18th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Large Construction Machine Purchase/Transaction Scam (Oct 22nd, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: "Dog Bite" Cheque Scam Resurfaces (May 25th, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Law Society of BC Issues Shelf Company Inquiries Warning (Apr 27th, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Bogus cheque scam circulating (Jun 12th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Bogus cheque scam in "Dog Bite" Case (Jan 29th, 2020 )

Trust account cheque scam in Nova Scotia (Feb 11th, 2016 )

Large construction machine purchase scams (Feb 8th, 2016 )

Debt collection scam attempt through Linkedin from "Akihisa Mizuno" (Oct 29th, 2015 )

Dredger purchase scam attempt from "Ken Yoshiro of Kombaa" (Sep 23rd, 2015 )

Crane purchase scam attempt from “Massimo Marchetti” (Sep 18th, 2015 )

Representation scam attempt from "Reegan Newton" (Aug 10th, 2015 )

Litigation scam attempt from "Yoshihiro Shima" (Jun 2nd, 2015 )

Litigation scam attempt from "Mike Kapoor" (May 26th, 2015 )

Bogus cheque scam "Frederick Stephen / Bertram Hubert" (Dec 15th, 2014 )

Money collection scam from "Jonathan Maxwell" (Aug 11th, 2014 )

Legal representation scam attempt from “Anna Styrud” (Aug 5th, 2014 )

Business transaction scam attempt from “Yoshiaki Fujimori” (Aug 5th, 2014 )

”Shengzhou Reaching Textile Co.Ltd” - Collection Case (Jan 31st, 2014 )

"Denis Blanchard" - Legal matter (Nov 22nd, 2013 )

“Manabu Shinomoto” of “Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc” (Nov 7th, 2013 )

“Toshiko Hamayotsu” - LinkedIn scam attempt (Oct 11th, 2013 )

"Arakawa Asano" - Legal Representative (Sep 11th, 2013 )

"Masatoshi Sugioka" - Urgently Needed (Aug 18th, 2013 )

"David Wang" - Infringement Case (Jul 29th, 2013 )

"Matthew Leong" - Legal Matter (Jul 17th, 2013 )

"Jesus Hernandez" - Collection Matter (Jul 17th, 2013 )

"Matthew Shilton" - New Case (Jul 2nd, 2013 )

"Stefans Nikolajs" - New Case (Jun 21st, 2013 )

"Thabo Mashea" - Project Partnership (May 29th, 2013 )

"Kazuo Hirai" - Litigation Case (May 23rd, 2013 )

"Gary Seiders" - Legal Services (May 2nd, 2013 )

"Akio Ryo" - Breach of Trust (Apr 24th, 2013 )

"Derick Abrams" - Legal matter (Apr 22nd, 2013 )

"Sebastian Aksel" - Loan Default Case (Apr 8th, 2013 )

"Kazuhiko Okuda" - Waiting to hear from you (Apr 6th, 2013 )

"Cheng Wu" - LEGAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED (Mar 18th, 2013 )

"Harry Solskjaer" - We are seeking for a lawyer to assist in a collection case (Mar 17th, 2013 )

"Lucy Lu Wang" COLLECTION ISSUE (Mar 14th, 2013 )

"Alvin Berdon" - Dear Attorney (Mar 12th, 2013 )

"Li Wei" - "Coma Holdings Inc." (Feb 15th, 2013 )

"Linda Kirk" - COLLECTION ISSUE (Jan 18th, 2013 )

“Yamanaka Muraki” - Dear counsel (Sep 5th, 2012 )

"Barbara Duckett": counterfeit bank draft (Apr 20th, 2012 )

"Rowland Webster": counterfeit bank draft (Apr 20th, 2012 )

"Dan Hensen"; "John Fischer"; business debt collection scams (Apr 11th, 2012 )

Breach of contract case from “Mr. Lobo Lau” (Feb 17th, 2012 )

"Wang Shun" debt collection scam (Jan 20th, 2012 )

"Dan Nagasakii" property rights scam (Dec 6th, 2011 )

Divorce Settlement / Collaborative Family Law Agreement

Divorce scam attempt from "Mika Kennedy" (May 4th, 2015 )

Divorce scam attempt from "Harmony Young" (May 1st, 2015 )

"Dina Dalton" - Dear Counsel! Divorce Details (Jun 9th, 2014 )

“Mako Kennedy” - Inquiry (Feb 14th, 2014 )

"Tina Walton" - Enforcement petition (Dec 5th, 2013 )

"Jennifer Wong" - Legal Counsel (Jun 10th, 2013 )

"Margaret Brockman / Elizabeth Kreuger" (May 21st, 2013 )

"Valerie Zaira" (Mar 7th, 2013 )

"Ms. Chun Wang" - Request for Family Lawyer (Mar 7th, 2013 )

Separation agreement scam: “Bella Kyung” (Oct 25th, 2012 )

"Claudia Goodwill" divorce settlement agreement scam (Jan 6th, 2012 )

"Crystal Masaru" collaborative law agreement fraud (Nov 18th, 2011 )

Employee Injury or Unfair Dismissal Settlement

"Carol Grogan" workplace injury case "Nova Scotia referral" (May 24th, 2012 )

Identity Theft

FRAUD ALERT: Phony Email Requests from Boss/Colleague (Feb 21st, 2023 )

FRAUD ALERT: Alberta Issues Social Engineering Scam Warning for Lawyers (Oct 25th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Identity Theft Scams Continue to Target NS Lawyers (Sep 27th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Beware Scam Attempts During Summer Holidays, Pandemic (Jun 24th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Large Loss Scam Warnings from the Law Society of Alberta (Mar 24th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Scammers Impersonate NS Lawyers (Feb 18th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: NS Lawyers' Website, Contact Information "Spoofed" (Sep 27th, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Fake Law Firm Websites Targeting Lawyers (Jul 27th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Forged eTransfer/gift card purchase emails (Mar 27th, 2019 )

Bank transfer scam using “spoofed” email address (Jul 17th, 2017 )

Identity theft inheritance scam from "William James and Sylvia Kathleen Barrett " (Jul 12th, 2012 )

Lawyer's emails and contact list compromised (May 22nd, 2012 )

Client websites targeted; lawyers' identities assumed (Apr 26th, 2012 )

Personalized inheritance scam attempt from “Judith Sinclair” and “John Hourican” (Feb 23rd, 2012 )

Lottery / Prize / Inheritance / Donation Scams

Inheritance scam attempt from "John Westwood" (Apr 21st, 2016 )

Inheritance scam attempt from "Mario Donovan" (Jun 11th, 2015 )

Chang Lin Jung" - Personal Banker (Feb 28th, 2014 )

“From Diplomat John Harry/John Harris” (Jan 17th, 2014 )

From "Accountant Richard Samson" (Sep 24th, 2013 )

"Hadeel Muhammad Zuhair" - Syria's children (Sep 20th, 2013 )

"Terry Adams" - GOODMORNING (Sep 20th, 2013 )

"Rosemary Barbee / Yael Ronen" - REQUEST (Sep 17th, 2013 )

Robert Allen Smith (May 10th, 2013 )

"Mazani Kobaski" - MINISTRY OF HOUSING LETTER (Mar 23rd, 2013 )

"Julius Tawanda Mavhungire" - Real Estate and Investment Acquisition (Mar 22nd, 2013 )

Malaysian estate investment scam letter (Jan 10th, 2013 )

"Glen R. Moreno" inheritance scam (Nov 23rd, 2012 )

Prize scam from “Blackberry Promotions/British National Lottery” (Oct 21st, 2011 )

Malicious Links / Attachments / Telephone Calls (Financial Institutions, Revenue Canada, Email services, etc.)

FRAUD ALERT: Scam Attempts During Summer Holidays, Post-Pandemic (May 23rd, 2023 )

FRAUD ALERT: Copyright Infringement Scam Emails (Jul 25th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: "Get Cyber Safe - A Guide for Small and Medium Businesses" (Apr 22nd, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Scam Attempts Before the Holidays, During the Pandemic (Nov 19th, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Cyber Scams Rampant (Aug 23rd, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Ransomware Attacks Hit Three U.S. Law Firms in 24 Hours (Feb 23rd, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: BC Law Firm Attacked by Trojan Virus (Jan 25th, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Negligence Lawsuit Against Law Firms Highlights Liability Risks of Wire Scams (Nov 24th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Fake Law Firm "Lawman & Associates" (Oct 26th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Job Application Email Scams (Sep 21st, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Manitoba Firms Fall Victim to Ransomware Scams (Jun 24th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERTS: "Request from Boss" Scams; Bogus Invoices; Phony "Canada Post" Deliveries (Apr 28th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Phony invoice payment request (Feb 24th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: "Probe" email scams circulating (Oct 29th, 2019 )

FRAUD ALERT: “Dropbox” link scam (Sep 25th, 2019 )

FRAUD ALERT: BC lawyers fall victim to social engineering scam (Aug 27th, 2019 )

FRAUD ALERT: Scam targets new immigrants (Jun 24th, 2019 )

FRAUD ALERT: Bogus court decision emails (Apr 23rd, 2019 )

Virus-infected email from “TD Canada Trust” (Mar 3rd, 2017 )

"Gmail" scam targets users (Jan 20th, 2017 )

Virus links from "Ken Mauring” of “Mauring Exchange Ltd.” (Nov 9th, 2016 )

More phishing attempts from bogus US law societies (Oct 31st, 2016 )

‘Ransomware’ virus targets Nova Scotia lawyers (Aug 30th, 2016 )

Bank transfer scam attempt from “spoofed” email address (May 25th, 2016 )

Virus zip-file attachment warning reminder (Feb 2nd, 2016 )

Spoofing virus warning (Sep 22nd, 2015 )

Fraud attempt using Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) indicators (Jul 30th, 2015 )

Virus attachment warning [updated] (Apr 30th, 2015 )

Virus attachment warning (Jan 29th, 2015 )

"Bash Bug" hacking advisory (Oct 1st, 2014 )

Phishing (password theft) email from “Apple ID” (Aug 8th, 2014 )

Potential virus in zip file “ticket invoice” from “Air Canada” (Aug 5th, 2014 )

Potential virus in zip file from “HSBC Advising Service” (Aug 5th, 2014 )

Funds transfer scam attempt from “Peter Trowbridge” of “Onelegal Brokers” (Aug 5th, 2014 )

Fake law firm site targeting lawyers (Jul 30th, 2014 )

Office supplies ordering scam (Apr 14th, 2014 )

Scam locks computer systems until ‘ransom’ is paid (Mar 28th, 2014 )

Trust account cheque scam using smartphone electronic deposits (Mar 14th, 2014 )

Fraud attempt using Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) indicators (Jan 3rd, 2014 )

"Dr. Mark Phillips" - D.H.L EXPRESS...YOUR PENDING DELIVERY: (Sep 18th, 2013 )

"eFax Corporate message" (Sep 16th, 2013 )

Personalized beneficiary scam from “Johnson Dan” of “UN / RBC" (Aug 7th, 2013 )

Invoice notification from "Lexis Nexis" (Jun 21st, 2013 )

"Your RBC Royal Bank eStatement is ready! - Important Update Alert" (Mar 14th, 2013 )

"Evernote" program password reset for all users (Mar 1st, 2013 )

Non-Yahoo! email accounts compromised - advisory to all email users (Feb 26th, 2013 )

Yahoo! email compromised - advisory to change passwords (Feb 22nd, 2013 )

Trojan virus scam posing as title insurance company (Jan 28th, 2013 )

Quit claim deed scam (Nov 7th, 2012 )

Virus email attachment from “Cornelius_Downs” or “Emil_Dupree” from NBSDefaultServices.com (Oct 25th, 2012 )

Bogus Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax evasion email (Oct 12th, 2012 )

"Microsoft / PC Law" Computer access scam via telephone (Aug 15th, 2012 )

Advisory to change Linkedin passwords (Jun 6th, 2012 )

Interac e-Transfer scam (Apr 27th, 2012 )

Spot the fraud – foreign email country codes (Mar 16th, 2012 )

"TD Canada Trust" unpaid credit card scam (Feb 3rd, 2012 )

eCard phishing / virus scam (Dec 2nd, 2011 )

"Microsoft"/"Windows" Computer Virus Scam (Nov 2nd, 2011 )

Real Property Transactions

FRAUD ALERT: Increase of Fraudsters Impersonating Real Estate Lawyers (Apr 24th, 2023 )

FRAUD ALERT: Fraudulent IDs Continue to Pose Risk to Transactions (Mar 28th, 2023 )

FRAUD ALERT: Alberta Lawyers Avoided Trust Account Shortfalls, Recognized Red Flags (Aug 22nd, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: LAWPRO Issues Warning for Fraudulent IDs Used with Mortgages (May 19th, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: LAWPRO Issues Warning for Private Mortgages in Real Estate (Jan 21st, 2022 )

FRAUD ALERT: Law Society of BC Issues Land Title Warning (Jul 23rd, 2021 )

FRAUD ALERT: Scam attempts rampant (May 26th, 2020 )

FRAUD ALERT: Trust Account Shortfall in Old-Fashioned Cheque Scam (Jul 23rd, 2019 )

FRAUD ALERT: Phony buyers in real estate transactions (May 29th, 2019 )

Fraud warning reported in Nova Scotia (Apr 14th, 2016 )

Scam attempts common before holidays (Dec 18th, 2015 )

Business collection scam: “Ronald Stevenson, Clarkwood Equipment Inc. (Jun 21st, 2012 )

Real estate scam: “Kin Hang Cheung” (Jun 21st, 2012 )

"Terry Williams" cheque scam (Apr 27th, 2012 )

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