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Parents are downsizing and its nearly at the deposit stage.
Deposit (and the balance) is paid into the solicitor's Client Account - is there a way to find out if it is indeed a client account belonging to the solicitors rather than their company account?
This is in case of solicitors going bankrupt.
The main fraud you have to worry about is getting a mail telling you where to deposit the money. You should check with the bank to make sure you have the correct account number.
'Fraudsters hacked emails to my solicitor and stole £340,000 from my property sale' - Telegraph