The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning regarding a clone entity of Hargreaves Lansdown.

Fraudsters are using the details of firms the FCA authorises to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. The clone firm is not authorised or registered by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK, claiming to be an authorised firm.

Fraudsters usually use this tactic when contacting people out of the blue, so the public is advised to be especially wary in case of cold calls. They may use the name of the genuine firm, the ‘firm reference number’ (FRN) the FCA has given the authorised firm or other details.

Clone firm details

• Hargreaves Lansdown (Clone of FCA authorised firms)
• Telephone: 01 17 230 6877, 01 17 318 2655/ 0117 205 0132/ 0117 318 2, 01 17 230 2955
• Email: hargreaveslansdown@cyberservices.com,
• info@hl.co.uk,
• accounts@hl.co.uk,
• noreply@hl.co.uk

FCA authorised firm details

• Firm Name: Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited, Hargreaves Lansdown Advisory Services Limited, Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers Limited, Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers Limited
• Firm Reference Number: 115248, 189627, 166016
• Address: One College Square South Anchor Road Bristol, BS1 5HL, UNITED KINGDOM
• One College Square South Anchor Road Bristol, BS1 5HL, UNITED KINGDOM
• 1 College Square South
• Anchor Road, Bristol, Avon, BS1 5HL, UNITED KINGDOM
• One College Square South Anchor Road Bristol, BS1 5HL, UNITED KINGDOM
• Telephone: (4 4) 01179009000, (+ 44) 01179009000, 44 01179889929, (+ 44) 01179009000
• Email: jeanette_cook@hargreaveslansdown.co.uk
• Website: www.hl.co.uk, www.hl.co.uk, www.hl.co.uk

Let’s recall that the FCA recently issued a warning regarding what the watchdog dubbed as an “attack of the clone firms”.

The regulator notes Action Fraud data revealing consumers reported losses of more than £78 million between January-December 2020. Throughout 2020, consumers reported average losses of £45,242 each when investing with fraudsters imitating genuine investment firms.