email Spoofing Notification

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It has come to our attention that some individuals of unknown identity have been using masked/spoof emails appearing to be generated from our law firm.
If you receive a suspicious email referencing Valmas Associates or appearing to be from our law firm (e.g. from a "spoofed" Valmas Associates email address using our website name extension athenslawoffice.com) we suggest the following:

• Do not open or click on any links contained within the email;
• Do not respond to the email in any way or provide any personal or confidential information in reply to the email;
• Do not open or download any attachments existing within the email;
• Do not send any money in response to the email;
• Forward the suspicious email to the IT Department your business/organization so that they inspect its legitimacy;
• Permanently delete the message from your email account.

For more info on how email spoofing works please visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing