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p>Standard Chartered Bank has been cloned by fraudsters, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The clone firm is registered to an address in Hong Kong, and also claims to be registered to the real Standard Chartered address in London.
The cloners have also set up two fake Standard Chartered websites, https://www.stanchbn.com/en, and https://www.stanchbn.com where one site links to the bank’s real Facebook and Twitter accounts.
The FCA said: “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 reference number' (FRN) we have given the authorised firm or other details.”
The authorised firm, Standard Chartered Bank, has no association with the clone firm and is authorised to offer, promote or sell services or products in the UK.
Standard Chartered Bank has been cloned by fraudsters, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)..
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