Criminals make extensive use of the so-called patent office fraud
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In recent months, criminals have found a new way to rob companies. The Patent Office method consists in sending letters confirming the right to protect the registered trademark together with the account number to which money should be transferred as official fees. The false letters are deceptively similar to the real ones, and at least several hundred companies have already encountered the fraud.
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