Cyber Crime is on the rise and is becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Diversion scams where email communications containing the bank details of the firm or of the client are intercepted and the bank details are substituted in order to divert the funds to an unknown account are becoming increasingly common.
Please exercise extreme vigilance.
Ensure that you have adequate anti-virus protection on all of your devices.
Check all emails carefully. Review the email address, recipients and content/format of the message for anything suspicious.
Fraudsters often send emails form domains which are similar to the genuine domain of the law firm.
All genuine emails sent from NMPLegal are only sent from our domain (i.e. [name]@nmplegal.com), directly to the recipient’s email address (i.e. not sent to ‘undisclosed recipients’) and will be addressed to the recipient personally (i.e. not addressed to ‘sir/madam’).
If you receive any unusual or suspicious emails, or any messages requesting that funds be transferred to any other account, please do not reply to the email and notify us immediately.
Please be aware that fraudulent emails may contain false telephone numbers or links to false websites. Always verify any telephone numbers given in any emails before calling and do not click on links in websites.
Any funds to be transferred to us should only be transferred to our client trust account at Garanti Bank in the TRNC. Our bank details will not change during the course of a transaction and any emails purporting to have been sent by us informing you that our bank details have changed are fraudulent.
You must telephone the office to confirm the bank account details with us over the telephone BEFORE transferring any funds to us.
We do not accept any liability in the event that you transfer any funds to an incorrect account.