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Scam Alert from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website:
The SRA has been informed that emails have been sent to members of the public misusing the name, office address and telephone number of Doyle Clayton Solicitors. The emails relate to a supposedly unclaimed inheritance from an individual with a similar surname to that of the recipient of the emails. Some of the emails state that the inheritance has been "approved by the British Government".
The emails seen by the SRA were sent over a period of a few days and purport to be sent by a senior manager at a legitimate private bank. The emails ask the recipient to provide personal and banking information and, subsequently, to contact "Barrister Darren Clayton" to complete "fund release authority documents". This email provides and misuses the genuine name and address, office telephone number and website address for a genuine firm of solicitors, and also provides a mobile contact number of "+447452185517" and an email address of law@doyleclaystonfirms.com.
Any business or transactions through the email address and contact number above are not undertaken by a solicitor’s practice or an individual authorised or regulated by the SRA.
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.
Scam Alert from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website:
The SRA has been informed that emails have been sent to a member of the public, misusing the name "Doyle Clayton" in respect of an unclaimed inheritance.
One of the emails seen by the SRA claims to be sent by the "Head of Banking Operations" at a private bank, and claims that "Barrister Darren Clayton" is the bank’s "accredited attorney".
Other emails seen by the SRA claim to be from "Barrister Daren Clayton, BCom, CA, MA (Hons)" of "Doyle Clayton and Associates" and request the recipient to make a number of payments in order to facilitate with the release of the funds. One payment requested is for £850 for "my law firm consultation / mobilization / notarization fee" and another is for £2,750 "to sworn an affidavit for lost of Death Certificate and Tax Clearance Certificate".
The sender of the emails requests the recipient to make the payment through Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Money Transfer, and advises the recipient that the bank details are "for the law firms financial broker that handles all financial affairs on behalf of the firm".
The emails seen by the SRA were sent from the email address "law@doyleclaystonfirms.com". Some provide the telephone number of "+447452185517", and some provide the postal address and office telephone number for a genuine firm of solicitors (see below).
Any business or transactions through the email address "law@doyleclaystonfirms.com" and the telephone number "+44 7452 185517" above are not undertaken by a solicitor’s practice or an individual authorised or regulated by the SRA.
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.
