2020 is an extremely dangerous time to be dealing with property transactions if necessary checks are not followed. Make sure your livelihood isn’t at risk. Make sure your Solicitor/Conveyancer uses Lawyer Checker.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed they’ve stopped 140,000 phishing attacks and taken down 190,000 fraudulent websites, in its annual report.
Fraudsters managed to steal £67,000 after hacking into emails between a buyer and solicitor
More than 55% of British law firms suffered at least one cyber attack in the past 12 months.
Only around 10% of the top 100 law firms use DMARC at its top protective ‘reject’ setting.
Bell Lamb and Joynson Solicitors successfully presented with Cyber Essentials certification.
