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FCA warns burleysfox.com is a clone of authorised firm Burley Fox Limited

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a warning on 12 November 2026 that burleysfox.com is a clone firm. The FCA says the site is not authorised by it but has been contacting people while pretending to be…

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Source: fca.org.uk · published

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What happened

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a warning on 12 November 2026 that burleysfox.com is a clone firm. The FCA says the site is not authorised by it but has been contacting people while pretending to be an authorised firm, and that the genuine firm it copies, Burley Fox Limited, has no connection with the clone. The FCA notes that dealing with a clone firm means no access to the Financial Ombudsman Service and no Financial Services Compensation Scheme protection, and that the operators may change contact details over time. Source: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/burleysfoxcom-clone-fca-authorised-firm

How the scam works

Impersonation schemes borrow a trusted name — a school, a police force, a bank, a well-known person or a regulator-registered firm — so that a message, a website or a phone number looks official. The real organisation is not involved and will not ask you to pay, log in or send money through a surprise link or an unlisted number. Look up the official contact details yourself and call or write there. If you have already paid or given personal information, contact your bank and report the incident to the police or your national cyber-crime service.

If a message, a page or a caller creates urgency about money, a login or a legal threat, pause and check the claim through a contact method you already trust. Keep screenshots, reference numbers and the exact addresses or phone numbers you were given, and tell your bank early if money has already left the account. Official brands and authorised firms named in a lure are not involved unless a primary source says otherwise.

Source

Source: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/burleysfoxcom-clone-fca-authorised-firm

Red flags

  • A website or phone number that copies an FCA-authorised firm's name but is on the FCA warning list.
  • A message, page, group or phone number that uses a trusted organisation's or person's name, logo or contact details.
  • A request to pay, log in, or send money or personal information through an unofficial number or link.
  • Contact details that do not match the ones on the organisation's official website.
  • Urgency about an admission, a refund, a fine, an investigation or a limited offer.

If you were targeted

  1. 1Do not pay or log in through a link or number from the unexpected message.
  2. 2Look up the official website or phone number yourself and contact the organisation there.
  3. 3If you have already paid or shared information, contact your bank and report it to the police or your national cyber-crime service.
  4. 4Report the fake page, group or number to the platform and to the real organisation.
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