FOS warning of fraudsters
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The Financial Ombudsman Service is warning firms and complainants that fraudsters are circulating bogus letters and emails with requests for money or personal information.
In a statement on its website, the FOS says: “We are aware that fraudulent letters and emails claiming to come from the FOS are currently in circulation.
“These spoof letters and emails sometimes contain cop-ies of our logo or other images taken from our website or publications. They may ask for money or for information such as bank account details or copies of pay slips or a passport. You should never respond to a message that appears suspicious or provide details unless you are sure the request is genuine.”
Last month, it emerged that Lifemark investors had been approached by bogus callers purporting to be from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Since January, firms including Artemis, Thames River Capital, Schroders, Rathbones, Octopus Investments, Royal London Asset Management and Fidelity have warned about bogus callers using their brands.
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Readers' comments (1)
Anonymous | 11 Apr 2011 6:09 pm
What a laugh! There are more fraudsters using the FOS than any other bandwagon. Liars charter...no need to sign a declaration of truth for these twits, just say something that sounds as though you've been badly done by and hey presto the magic word "compensation" is produced. Evidence??? what's that?
Just have a peculiarly odd memory coupled with self-pity and Bingo...you're in the money.But it's not fraud! This is acceptable to the FOS!
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