CONVEYANCING SCAM!!!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!

csgohan4

I called my conveyancer before I transferred the deposit, you never know, typos and scam

london21

There are so many scams nowadays.
The solicitor should have provided you their account details at the beginning of the transaction.
Also good the banks picked it up, the name of the solicitor and bank details needs to match, this is a good feature even now when sending money via online banking it confirms the name of the account matches the account details.

GDB2222

Homebuyer1973 said:

Owleyes00 said:

There was a warning at the bottom of all my solicitors emails about this. I walked down to the office and asked the lady on reception to write down the account details for me. She produced a printed sheet from a great big pile of them - was reassuring to know I wasn’t the only worried in town

I’m a good 40 miles away from my conveyancer as I had to go with one from our lenders panel. Bank have sent a £1 transaction to verify details given over the phone. Will ring the accounts department at the conveyancers tomorrow in order to verify the £1 transaction made today.

Ideally, don’t send £1, as it’s too easily guessed. 

Send some odd figure- £1.17, say. Then ring your conveyancing firm and ask them to tell you the amount they have received. 

TBagpuss

AS others have said, its a very common scam. Many solicitors provide heir bank details in hard copy right at the beginning , and also give an express warning tat they won't provide or accept bank details by e-mail, in order to avoid this .

But you should always double check, using a phone number from the original client care letters you have, to ensure that you are getting through to the right people and not using a number from a scam e-mail. 

Jaybee_16

When I phoned my bank to transfer the purchase price to the vendor solicitor, my bank asked many questions about what checks I had done to verify the recipient was the correct person. The bank checked it was a valid account but asked me quite a few questions before transferring the money.

Skiddaw1

I think it's actually called the Friday Afternoon Scam isn't it?

Thank goodness your bank were so vigilant OP! Truly terrifying....