Emails: michaelgoetzlawyer@digitalesbusiness.info, michaelgoetz@englandmail.com & leonedivaio@mail.com
Scam Type: Recovery Scam
Scam alert from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website:
The SRA has received a report that emails, relating to supposedly recovering money lost in a previous investment scheme, have been sent to a member of the public. The emails falsely claim to be from a lawyer called Michael S. Goetz.
The emails and documents seen by the SRA include an agreement document sent to the recipient entitled “Money Recovery From Fraudâ€, and refer to trying to recover money that the recipient had lost in a previous investment. The SRA understands that the sender asked the recipient to send €20,000, as part of the process of supposedly recovering the previously lost money.
The emails and documents appear to be sent by a â€Michael S. Goetzâ€, and misuse the name, picture and business address of a genuine lawyer based in London.
The SRA understands the emails have been sent from email addresses including: “michaelgoetzlawyer@digitalesbusiness.infoâ€, “michaelgoetz@englandmail.com†and “leonedivaio@mail.comâ€, and some contain a contact telephone number of +442030517763.
Any business or transactions in the terms set out above and claiming to be from “Michael S. Goetzâ€, or through the email addresses or telephone number above, are not undertaken by a solicitor’s practice or an individual authorised and regulated by the SRA.