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Scam Alert

We are aware that the name of our firm and individual lawyers within it, have been used in various attempted frauds. Most recently we have been informed that a bogus law firm, " Granch Solicitors & Co Law Partners", is circulating letters offering to assist recipients facilitate the release of a substantial charitable donation from the Neil Trotter Charity Project. The letters are sent in the name of James Taylor (said to be a "registered Granch Solicitors & Co firm partner") and are addressed as though sent from our London office, although they bear bogus telephone, fax and email contact details.

Scams typically involve;

• asking you to pay money, perhaps as part of a company transaction;
• changing payment details for invoices or money you pay regularly; or
• promising you more money back at a future date.
• In the case of an email supposedly from one of our lawyers, you can check whether an individual is from Granch Solicitors & Co in the Our Lawyers section of this website;
• Any email from one of our lawyers should be from them on the Granch Solicitors & Co domain.
• Unjustified urgency or confidentiality;
• Request for payment to an unknown party usually in a foreign jurisdiction.

Stay alert when someone you do not know calls you – no matter who they claim to be. Often fraudsters will claim they are from a named law firm or a bank, and then trick you into transferring money or giving confidential bank details.

If someone calls from a named company asking for your personal details, or confidential information concerning your bank details, end the call. Then call the company back on a different telephone at a telephone number you already know, or as found on their official website.