AJLO CHRISTMAS QUIZ

1. It’s midnight. You have left work early and you’re flying home from Canary Wharf in your Porsche when you are hit in the rear by a contraption pulled by some four legged animals with horns driven by a bloke with a white beard. Do you:-

(a) ring your loved one on the mobile and explain you’ll be home late because of the rain, dear;
(b) grab your camera and offer the photos to the papers.
(c) exchange particulars and call the Police if one of Santa’s little helpers has been injured.

2. It’s the night of the office party and your head of department wants a Christmas kiss. Do you:-

(a) tell him that you’ve worked your 48 hours that week under the Working Time Regulations and slap him round the face;
(b) instead of joining your friends and doing the bossanova, go ahead and do the boss a favour;
(c) make a mental note to call your Solicitor after Christmas and file a complaint for harassment.

3. You have not received your usual Christmas bonus. Do you:-

(a) pick up Charles Dickens’Christmas Carol, a glass of port, and murmur “Bah humbug”;
(b) look through the Appointments Section of the local paper for a new job;
(c) issue an application for unlawful deduction from pay at your local Employment Tribunal.

4. You have been pulled over by the Police and asked to blow into this little black box. Do you:-

(a) not even think of claiming that you are an asthma sufferer (please don’t);
(b) not even consider reaching for the hip flask in your glove compartment before getting out of the car (again please don’t);
(c) blow away content in the knowledge that, after an excellent year at work your company will have no problem in providing you with a chauffeur for the next 12 months (I wish).

If you answer (c) to each of the questions, have you thought of becoming a lawyer?

May we wish you all the compliments of the season.

Spam Mail

Bogus emails

Unsolicited Emails Warning

We have received numerous enquiries about unsolicited emails, which have been sent by people claiming to be existing members of Alexander JLO Solicitors or fictitious individuals from this firm.

The recipient generally receives an email, which purports to come from someone at Alexander JLO Solicitors, and claims that they are the beneficiary of a will and are to be bequeathed a large sum of money. Such a scam is usually known as the '419 scam' (named after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code, where it is thought the scam first originated).

What can you do if you receive a 419 scam email?

Whatever you do, never send any money or provide your bank details.

We would strongly advise the recipients of such emails, to ignore the emails and report the email to the abuse department of the Internet Service Provider from where the scam email originated. These emails should be addressed abuse@the ISP name (for e.g. abuse@yahoo.com). You should quote the full text of the email, including the message headers, which contain routing information relating to the origin and delivery of the message. You may need to refer to your email software for details on how to retrieve the message header. For example, when using Microsoft Outlook, go to View and Options and copy and paste the Internet Header into your email.

Further Information

You can find further information on these types of bogus email at the following websites:

Financial Services Authority

Impartial information can be obtained from the FSA, the UK's financial watchdog.
www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/news/scams/cams_and_swindles.html


Office of Fair Trading

www.oft.gov.uk/consumer/scams/default.htm


Metropolitan Police

Fraud alert pages have been set up in conjunction with the Economic and Specialist Crime Operational Command Unit, as a resource to assist in combating specific types of fraud.
www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/index.htm


Contacting Us

Should you require clarification as to whether an email, which you have received, is genuine or not, please forward a copy of your email to info@london-law.co.uk