Citibank Money Transfers Complaint

Citibank Money transfers department,

Domestic (US) money transfer Fraud or scam New York

My wife ( - - ) and I were having e-mail communication with our lawyer - -, ( - - -, -, - - -. # -, - , NY -. - ) ). At that time we were discussing bringing to him a check for deposit into an escrow account in order to secure a house purchase contract. Seamlessly and immediately after the deposit instructions, we got an e-mail allegedly from - - asking us to wire the money instead to - Bank : - - - - Address : -. - - -. -, - - Beneficiary : - - - Co Address : - - -, -, - - - : - Account no : -. Since we had been having smooth e-mail communication with our lawyer for days throughout this real estate transaction we felt comfortable complying with that request. Fortunately, fifteen minutes later, my wife saw our lawyer, - -, ( who she works for part time. ) He said that the request did n't come from him!!. Learning this, she went back to the bank ( Citibank, - - - -, -, - -. - ) as soon as she could to cancel the wire transfer. All this occurred within a half hour.