Almost headline of the week except for the judge pulling out his glock in Wisconsin
Fraudsters have been using a fake Reed Smith “ID card” to demand Bitcoin from users on a dating website, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned.
The fake ID card, which purports to be that of “Barrister Reed Smith of Reed Smith Law Chambers”, is being used in what the regulator describes as a “romance scam” on popular dating website Plenty of Fish.
Once contact is made with an individual, the SRA says the victim is told they should obtain a “pre-marriage certificate” so they can collect $15 million in “inheritance” that the fraudster purportedly received. The victim is then contacted over text by “Barrister Reed Smith of Reed Smith Law Chambers” with demands to send Bitcoins.
The fraudster has been using the fake Reed Smith ID card to further the scam, according to the SRA scam alert. It used the genuine address of Reed Smith which is based in London’s Broadgate Tower on 20 Primrose Street.
Read more at https://www.legalcheek.com/2021/07/fraudsters-use-fake-reed-smith-id-card-in-bitcoin-romance-scam/
