Thursday, November 7, 2024
Charles Blackmon, of Greensboro, intends to file a petition for reinstatement before the Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the North Carolina State Bar.
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Many lawyers and law firms have reported receiving emails purportedly from the State Bar's President, Todd Brown. These are spoofed emails from a fake email address, which he did not send.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
In recent days, Lawyers Mutual has been alerted to a fax scam targeting North Carolina lawyers. The focus is on an unclaimed permanent life insurance policy for a deceased client of a Canadian law firm.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
A referral business named “Pro Accident Injury Lawyers” is including names of North Carolina lawyers who are not participants in the referral service.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
The North Carolina State Bar has learned that a scam targeting owners of timeshares has resurfaced in North Carolina.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently provided the State Bar with a helpful checklist for use by victims of wire transfer fraud.
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Monday, December 11, 2017
The NC State Bar has been notified of an email scam. The email is from “Ethics Board” and urges recipient to click on links to review complaints against the attorney. This is a malware scam - do NOT open.
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Friday, January 27, 2017
We have received a report of a fraudulent attempt to collect NC bar dues over the phone via credit card. We do not solicit payments by phone.
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Thursday, October 6, 2016
A new phishing scam targeting State Bar members with deceptive emails has the potential to corrupt computer files. The fraudulent emails pretend to be sent by the State Bar or a state bar association.
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Monday, September 12, 2016
We have received multiple reports of an attempted scam using the name “Nathan Silver,” a London-based architect.
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