Industry News: Cyber

IFAs Warned Not to Reply to 'Fake' FCA Authorisation Email

Written by Cybersecurity | Mar 19, 2020 9:01:32 PM

2020-03-18

Citywire: A compliance expert has issued a warning after a number of advice firms received a scam email purporting to be from the FCA.The email, seen by several financial planners and passed to New Model Adviser, claims to be from an FCA employee in the ‘claims and firm-authorization' department, and includes a request for a letter to be certified by the recipient, by the end of the working day. The letter is not attached.

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