Fraudsters are using the details of firms registered to carry out financial services activities to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, registered firm. Find out more about this ‘clone firm’. Almost all firms and individuals carrying out financial services activities in the UK have to be registered or authorised by us. his firm is not registered by us but has been targeting people in the UK, purporting to be an authorised firm. This is what we call a ‘clone firm’; and fraudsters usually use this tactic when contacting people out of the blue, so you should be especially wary if you have been cold called. They may use the name of the genuine firm, the firm’s address, or other details.

Read more about this scam tactic and how to protect yourself from clone firms.
Clone firm details

Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in the UK:
Homeowner Loans / Advantage Leads (clone of a FCA authorised firm)

Tel: 020 8077 8608; 020 8077 5074
Email addresses: homeownerloans@gmail.com; homeownerloan247@gmail.com; loan@homeownerloans.org.uk


Source FCA HERE