There has been a large increase in a particular type of fraud known as Payment Diversion Fraud (or “spoofing”) involving property transactions. Email spoofing is when an email message is sent by a fraudster impersonating the sender’s address to trick the recipient into sending funds to a fraudulent account. Please be alert to this type of fraud. When sending any payments to this firm, please double check our bank details by telephone by using a reliable telephone number on our website or the SRA website.  Please ensure that the payee details match and always use a test payment with a small amount first before sending a larger amount. Please be aware that we will never change our bank details during the course of the transaction and any email suggesting otherwise is likely to be fraudulent.