Security alerts

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It is a common tactic for international law firms to be imitated and used by fraudsters. Such scams could include fraudulent emails, letters or phone calls that either claim to be from RPC or individuals at the firm. 

Unfortunately, it is impossible for us to prevent such incidents from occurring, although this section aims to inform you of the risks and the types of scams we have been made aware of.

If you receive any communications from an email address other than @rpc.co.uk , @rpc.com.hk or @rpc.com.sg which claims to be from RPC (or any of our associated entities) or from someone who work for us, it is likely to be fraudulent. If you have received such emails, please contact us to verify the legitimacy of the communications through: https://www.rpc.co.uk/contact-us/.

The Solicitors' Regulation Authority maintains a website listing some known scams involving UK law firms: https://www.sra.org.uk/alerts/. The Law Society of Singapore and The Law Society of Hong Kong also maintain similar scam alert resources on their websites.  

Recent Incidents 

Latest update: April 2024

We are aware of approaches being made claiming to be CFAAR. Approaches include email, telephone contact and website links. RPC or CFAAR has no connection to these domains. Domains include: 

@cfaar.ai
@cfaar.conline 
@cfarn.eu
@cfaarn.org
@cfaar.online
@cfaarn.com
@cfaar.cc
@Carecoveries.com

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list. There may be others that that we are not aware of. Please remain vigilant at all times. Such impersonation scams aim to get money/and or your personal data. Whilst they may not always request money or personal details on initial contact, often they will do so after you have engaged and responded.

We recommend you delete scam emails and do not reply to scam letters. In addition, if you think that you have been a victim of fraud, you can, of course, report the matter to the police at any time. 

June 2023

We have recently been made aware of an approach, using the CFAAR name. An individual was contacted by way of a WhatsApp message and email. The contact email domain was @cfarn.com. RPC or CFAAR has no connection to this domain. We repeat the recommendations that feature on this page should you believe you have been a victim of fraud or have been approached in such circumstances.

May 2023

Communications, both emails and cold calls from individuals claiming to work at RPC, or that are connected to CFAAR (the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery) network of which RPC is a founding member. People have been redirected to a website https://cfaar.eu/main, www.fcib.io and fundsn.co.uk which have no association with RPC and/or CFAAR and asked to log in, and in some circumstances have been asked to make payments. Such cold calls and communications are not from RPC, or from CFAAR (which is a global network for crypto fraud and asset recovery professionals).

The official CFAAR webpage is currently under construction. For more information on CFAAR see here.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list. There may be others that that we are not aware of. Please remain vigilant at all times. Such impersonation scams aim to get money/and or your personal data. Whilst they may not always request money or personal details on initial contact, often they will do so after you have engaged and responded.

We recommend you delete scam emails and do not reply to scam letters. In addition, if you think that you have been a victim of fraud, you can, of course, report the matter to the police at any time. 

May 2023

We have recently been made aware of a number of unsolicited letters being sent to a members of the public in Singapore offering to help with the recovery of funds.  The letter features the RPC logo and was sent from an individual named as Aaron Tan who may claim to work for RPC (or our joint law venture in Singapore, RPC Premier Law).  RPC, RPC Premier Law or Premier Law LLC have no connection to this individual or letter. We recommend you delete scam emails and do not reply to scam letters. In addition, if you think that you have been a victim of fraud, you can, of course, report the matter to the police at any time. 

January 2023

We have recently been made aware of another approach, similar to the one noted below, using the CFAAR name. An individual was contacted by way of a WhatsApp message and the contact email address backchain.io was given. RPC or CFAAR has no connection to this individual. We repeat the recommendations that feature on this page should you believe you have been a victim of fraud or have been approached in such circumstances. 

December 2022 

We have recently been made aware of another approach, similar to the one noted below, using the CFAAR name through a company purporting to be called FCIB & CFAAR, Recovery Crypto Facilities Ltd which uses a London city-based address. An individual was contacted by way of a cold call, an email and letter. The name Abigail Brookes was given, although another name could be used. RPC or CFAAR has no connection to these organisations. 

We repeat the recommendations that feature on this page should you believe you have been a victim of fraud or have been approached in such circumstances.