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FCA warns cheapcuva.com is a clone of authorised firm Cuvva Limited

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a warning on 13 November 2026 about a clone firm calling itself CheapCuva. The FCA says the firm is not authorised by it but has been contacting people while pretendi…

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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 13 November 2026 about a clone firm calling itself CheapCuva. The FCA says the firm is not authorised by it but has been contacting people while pretending to be an authorised firm, and lists the website cheapcuva.com and the Instagram account @cheapcuva among the details fraudsters are using. The genuine authorised firm it copies, Cuvva Limited, has no connection with the clone firm. The FCA notes scammers may give other false details, including email addresses, telephone numbers, postal addresses and firm reference numbers, mixing them with the genuine details of authorised firms, and may change contact details over time. The FCA says that if you deal with an unauthorised firm you won't have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, and that firms may give incorrect contact details or details belonging to another business, and may change them over time. Source: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/cheapcuva-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.

Source

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

Red flags

  • 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.

FCA warns DIGITAL COIN TRADE (digitalcointrade.com) is an unauthorised firm targeting UK consumers

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a warning on 13 November 2026 that DIGITAL COIN TRADE is not authorised or registered by the FCA and may be providing or promoting financial services without its perm…

  • digitalcointrade.com
  • Name: DIGITAL COIN TRADE; FCA warning 13 Nov 2026
  • FCA unauthorised or clone-firm warning (13 Nov 2026 batch)
Reported Nov 13, 20261 report