New Zealand financial regulator Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a warning regarding a recovery scam using the name of its counterpart in the UK.
The FMA said that its aware that a New Zealand resident has been contacted by individuals claiming to represent the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), under the guise of offering assistance to recover money lost in a previous scam.
The email address used (harry.stone@fcafinances.com) is different to the email domains used by the FCA. The FCA advises on its website that they send emails from addresses ending in:
- fca.org.uk
- fcanewsletters.org.uk
- fcamails.org.uk
The New Zealand regulator stated that it is concerned that this is a recovery scam using the name of the FCA. The FMA recommends caution when dealing with any individuals claiming to be from authorities offering to help recover money.
