Cyber Crime Notice
You should be alive to the possibility that a fraudster might deliberately misrepresent himself or herself as a member of, or as someone acting on behalf of or working with, Kingfields Solicitors for criminal purposes. Such scams normally originate by email. Often the email will either promise the recipient a share of a large sum of money in return for paying a modest sum up front (an advance fee type fraud) or request personal or financial information about the recipient or the recipient’s bank account allegedly in order that money can be paid to them (an identity theft type fraud). In an attempt to give legitimacy or respectability to the scam, sometimes the email will direct the recipient to a false website that intentionally replicates the look of a legitimate website (a cloned website).
Our Bank account details are provided at the outset of the matter, we will NEVER change our bank details during your transaction nor will we accept changes to your bank details by email. Please also exercise caution when responding to any requests for your bank details or notices of changes to bank details to others. Do not transfer money without speaking to the lawyer handling your matter or the Director in charge. Kingfields Solicitors will not accept responsibility if you transfer money to a incorrect or wrong bank account or we receive instructions to send money to an incorrect account.
We are aware websites can be cloned by persons unknown using web hosting companies located abroad for what we believe are criminal purposes, and also that from time to time scam emails may be in circulation which purport to come from this Firm or personnel of the firm or from a bogus firm or bogus lawyer with a name which is similar to but not identical to the name of this Firm or our personnel. The scam emails often inform the recipient either that lottery winners wish to donate money to them, they might be a beneficiary of the estate of a deceased person or they might be the beneficiary of a recently discovered life insurance policy. Such emails are invariably fraudulent and should not be replied too or acted upon unless or until their provenance can be established. If you receive an unsolicited and poorly worded email from someone you do not know who is using a free email service and an unusual email address and it contains information or an offer which appears too good to be true, it very likely is not true.
Please note that this firm and its lawyers have no involvement in these or any other scams. Note that we do not use Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo addresses. Please check the domain from which you receive an email to establish it is a genuine email from us.
If you receive an email purporting to come from Kingfields Solicitors or any of our personnel, or if you are directed to a website which purports to be the Firm’s website, and you have doubts or concerns about the provenance of the email or website, before taking any action please either contact the Firm member you normally deal with or email Zahid Alauddin mail@kingfields.co.uk and they will tell you whether the email came from us or whether it is our website.
How can we help you? Please call us on +44 (0) 0345 459 0007 to arrange a mutually convenient time to discuss how we can assist you. Alternatively, Email us on mail@kingfields.co.uk* or click here to complete our Free Online Enquiry Form. We will have a chat about your needs, you can ask us any questions you have and we will be happy to have a No Cost or Obligation initial chat with you which we are sure you will find useful.
* Email address is monitored 24/7 and we will respond to you the same day or the next working day.