We issue fraud alerts to notify the profession about new scams or developments that put lawyers at risk.
Email Barbara Buchanan, KC to report a scam or a fraud.
Fraud alerts may include names used by fraudsters in BC. Real people with the same names may be the victims of a fraudster or of coincidence, but are not suspected of wrongdoing.
Land title fraud involving owners living outside of Canada
March 25, 2021
Random calls and emails inquiring about shelf companies
March 4, 2021
Trojan virus attacks BC law firm
October 22, 2020
Fraudsters continue to target BC lawyers
August 6, 2019
Potential fraudulent scheme involving historical bonds
July 10, 2018
Happy holidays? Not for one BC law firm reeling from a six-figure theft.
December 15, 2017
Fraudsters continue to target BC lawyers and their staff in relation to trust funds
October 11, 2017
Summer fraud alert: Email “phishing” scam targets vacationing lawyers
July 6, 2017
Fraud alert: Fraudsters again target lawyers disbursing trust funds
January 19, 2017
Fraud alert: Phony debt collection nets scammer $500,000
August 4, 2016
Email containing Trojan virus eludes standard security software
August 6, 2015
Attention real estate and other practitioners: Fraudsters are targeting lawyers disbursing trust funds with a change in payment instructions
May 7, 2015
New email "phishing" scam targets firm accounting staff and lawyers
April 8, 2015
BC law firm's computer system hacked by extortionist
December 31, 2014
Real estate firm's licence suspended and receiver appointed
August 28, 2014
Ontario law firm victim of large fraud due to infection by Trojan banker virus
December 21, 2012
Potential fraudulent investment scheme operating in BC
August 1, 2012
Bad cheque scam – real estate purchase by Kin Hang Cheung
June 1, 2012
Phony debt collection twist
January 6, 2012
BC law firm falls victim to bad cheque scam
December 15, 2011
Phony debt collection scams take many forms
July 21, 2011
Attention real estate practitioners: Fake law firm website used in new variation of bad cheque scam
May 2, 2011
Forgery risks in mortgage transactions
March 23, 2011
Real estate fraud alert
June 2, 2010
Fraudsters falsifying ID of major banks in counterfeit bank drafts mortgage deals
June 19, 2009
Lawyers targeted in new fraud scheme — incorporation and a small business loan
May 14, 2009
Attention real estate practitioners: A variation on the bad cheque scam
December 15, 2008
BC law firm victim of counterfeit scam
September 16, 2008
Identity fraud alert
June 10, 2008
Counterfeit bank drafts — yet another trust account scam
May 5, 2008
Fraud alert — counterfeit certified cheques
January 22, 2008
Law Society alert on value fraud schemes
August 10, 2005
Scamsters target lawyers
July 8, 2005
New rules require lawyers to guard against scamsters
March 11, 2005
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