Beware: Scammers Impersonating Our Lawyers – Protect Yourself from Deceptive Tactics

We would like to ask you to be careful about cases of fraud by people claiming to be our office or our lawyers.Recently, we have been unable to provide consultation on fraudulent cases (helping with refunds) or contact us regarding copyright matters. There are a number of cases where people are being guided by telephone, free email such as Gmail, SNS, etc. with content like this. Our office will not make any solicitations with such content, and we will not contact you using free email such as Gmail or SNS such as LINE, so please be aware that the following cases have been confirmed in the past. Please be careful, including:

Cases confirmed so far

• In the old coin trading LINE group, we send an image of the attorney introduction page posted on the office website of a lawyer belonging to our firm, and the lawyer is falsely believed to be participating in the transaction and receives recommendations for old coin trading and money. Cases requiring
• Using the name of our firm, we request that the content be deleted and prevent recurrence on the grounds that it has infringed on the copyrights of our clients, and request that we provide information such as contact information in order to inquire about the content or carry out additional investigation. case study
• A case in which, under the guise of “Global Fraud Recovery,” the location of our firm and the names and photos of our lawyers were misappropriated without permission, and inquiries from victims and those seeking advice regarding fraud were directed to a third party’s LINE account.
• A case of fraud in which a person claiming to be a lawyer from our firm induced people to install a specific app in order to process the refund of damages related to virtual currency fraud.
• A case of fraud in which a person claiming to be a lawyer from our firm asks us to transfer a deposit to the court for the purpose of refunding damages related to virtual currency fraud.
• A case of fraud in which a person claiming to be a lawyer from our firm offered to recover performance fees for victims of past fraud cases.
• A case of fraud in which a person claiming to be a lawyer from our firm asked victims of past fraud cases to remit attorney fees.
• A case of fraud in which a person claiming to be a lawyer from our firm purported to create documents proving the contents for procedures for recovering damages related to unlisted stocks.
• A case in which a person claiming to be a lawyer from our firm approached an overseas law firm to discuss a new case through SNS.
• Cases in which payment is requested by showing a copy of the notice with our firm’s name written on it

Recently, there have been several cases of people using SNS such as LINE to misrepresent the name of our firm or our lawyers (this includes cases where they use false text or videos). Please be especially careful.

If you receive an unexpected contact from someone pretending to be our firm or a lawyer from our firm, please do not respond immediately and carefully confirm the identity of the other party.

If you have any questions, please contact us using the contact information below.

Nagashima Ohno Tsunematsu Law Office
Tel: 03-6889-7000 (representative) (9:00-17:00)
Email: info@noandt.com