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Scam warning from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website:
A fax has been sent, falsely claiming to be from Rob Adam at "Ashton Partners LLP" in respect of an unclaimed inheritance of a previously unknown individual.
The fax seen by the SRA has been sent from the number 0203 769 1716 and provides the email address of "rob@ashtonpllp.com", the website www.ashtonpllp.com and the address of 22 Hanover Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3 1AP.
The website www.ashtonpllp.com is also operating for "Ashton Partners LLP". The website falsely claims that "Ashton Partners LLP" is a law firm, offering legal services.
The website has cloned some information and names of genuine solicitors and staff connected to genuine firms (see below). The website provides the address for "Ashton Partners LLP" as 22 Hanover Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3 1AP; the telephone number 0203 868 7965; and the email address "info@ashtonpllp.com".
The SRA does not authorise or regulate a firm called "Ashton Partners LLP". Therefore, any business or transactions through "Ashton Partners LLP", the website www.ashtonpllp.com or the contact details listed above, are not undertaken by a solicitor's practice or an individual authorised and regulated by the SRA.
Registrant Name: Protection of Private Person
Registrant Street: PO box 87, REG.RU Protection Service
Please don't confront scammers or tell them their details are on anti-scam sites. It will take them minutes to set up a new identity and existing warnings will be worthless.
Alert from Solicitors Regulation Authority website:
Faxes have been sent to members of the public, which falsely misuse the name of a genuine solicitor and the name and address of a genuine firm .
The correspondence seen by the SRA relates to a supposedly unclaimed inheritance from a deceased individual with an identical surname as the recipient of the correspondence. The correspondence states it is from "Robert Smith ESQ, B.A J.D" purportedly from the firm "Craig Partners LLP" and misuses the postal address of a genuine firm of solicitors. The correspondence was sent by facsimile transmission from the number "+442037691716" and provides a telephone number of "+447440933643" / "011 44 744 093 3643".
Any business or transactions through "Robert Smith ESQ, B.A J.D" and "Craig Partners LLP", or the email addresses and telephone numbers listed above are not undertaken by a solicitor's practice or an individual authorised and regulated by the SRA.
Registrant Name: Protection of Private Person
Registrant Street: PO box 87, REG.RU Protection Service
Please don't confront scammers or tell them their details are on anti-scam sites. It will take them minutes to set up a new identity and existing warnings will be worthless.