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To reiterate a point made in comments on a previous article, why on earth do buyer's solicitors not insist that their clients use the LR's property alert service after completion? Indeed, why do the SRA not make it a requirement that solicitor's acting for a buyer at least discuss this with the client as a matter of professional obligation (what, the SRA do something useful for a change, well I never!)? The property alert service is free, and any subsequent attempts by a fraudster to deal with the title (however cleverly they pretend to be the RP), including the making of official searches by an about to be duped buyer, will be notified automatically to the registered proprietor (including to the RP's email address if added in as a second address). The true RP can then stop the fraudulent transaction in its tracks, by following the guidance in the LR's notification. Win-win-win for the RP, the solicitor who has been duped by the fraudster's bogus ID papers into acting in the sale, and the about-to-be-defrauded buyer; bad news for the fraudster (whose existence should be notified to the police). Why bemoan the dematerialisation of land/charge certificates (which, like passports seemingly, would not be difficult to forge) when there is a genuine remedy available?

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