Internet/Email Scams

State Bar Resources

• Fraud Alert: New and Old Scam Targeting Attorneys

Ethics Opinions

• New York City Bar Formal Opinion 2015-3: Lawyers Who Fall Victim to Internet Scams

Articles

• Lawyer Conned by Check Scam du Jour, Bank Says, Courthouse News Service, October 2014, Jack Bouboushian
• Bank Entitled to Recover Counterfeit Check Amount From Attorney's Client Trust Account, Lawyers for the Profession, August 2013
• Ethics Alert: Internet Scams Targeting Attorneys, Ethics Hotliner January 2011, COPRAC
• Email Scams Continue to Successfully Target Lawyers, California Bar Journal, July 2009, Diane Curtis

Videos

•  Speaker Atkins Helps San Diegans Fight Cybercrime, Schemes, Scams, Assembly Access, June 2015