25th October 2022
Criminals are actively targeting property purchases, with the aim of tricking you into transferring your house deposit and/or the balance of purchase monies to them.
These schemes can be highly sophisticated, and almost always involve the criminals pretending to be a lawyer in order to con you into sending your payment to an account they control.
Therefore, please be extremely vigilant if you receive a call or email stating we have changed our bank details.
IMPORTANT: Please always refer to our engagement letter, which confirms our bank details. We will not call or email you stating our bank details have changed.
Always double check by calling us on 01634 304000 if you are unsure before you transfer your money, as emails can be intercepted or diverted.
You can test the account by sending a small sum to the account details provided by us and then call us to check we have received it before you transfer all of the money.
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