Scam Type: Phishing or Malware
Alert from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website:
The SRA has seen copy emails claiming to be from “Mexter Solicitors LLPâ€, which direct the recipient to an attachment appearing to be an “Amended Sales Memorandum†for a property. A concern is that the attachment may contain malware.
The emails seen by the SRA were sent in the name of “Catherine Agger†and have been sent from the email address catherine.agger@bslaw.net.
The emails claim that “Mexter Solicitors LLP†has an office address of Old Cross, Dertford, a telephone number of 01772 532000 and a fax number of 01672 5340277. The email footers also misuse the name of a genuine firm of Solicitors.
The SRA does not authorise or regulate a firm of solicitors called “Mexter Solicitors LLPâ€. The SRA also does not authorise or regulate a genuine solicitor called Catherine Agger.
Any business or transactions carried out in the name of Mexter Solicitors LLP, or through the email addresses and contact details listed above, are not undertaken by a genuine solicitor’s practice or an individual authorised or regulated by the SRA.