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FCA Warns of City Equities Clone Using cityequities.co.uk
The FCA says an unauthorised firm is impersonating City Equities Limited and contacting consumers by email. The company it claims to represent was dissolved in April 2025.
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that an unauthorised firm using the name City Equities and the website cityequities.co.uk is contacting consumers by email while pretending to be City Equities Limited. The company it claims to represent is no longer authorised by the FCA and was dissolved at Companies House on 22 April 2025.
The FCA lists these telephone numbers associated with the clone: 0333 339 9427, 0330 133 2687, 0333 054 0147, 0333 054 0547 and 0330 133 5444. The regulator cautions that scammers may use other contact details or combine false information with details belonging to genuine firms.
The FCA says the clone has no connection with the firm it is impersonating. Its warning lists City Equities Limited’s former firm reference number as 155051 and gives its website as www.cityequities.com, alongside an address and telephone number. Consumers should not assume that matching a firm name or reference number proves that a contact is genuine; the FCA advises checking a firm’s permissions and contact details through its Firm Checker and replying to unexpected approaches only via verified details.
Anyone who deals with an unauthorised firm will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service for complaints or protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if the firm fails. People who sent money to a scam account on or after 7 October 2024 may be covered by protections introduced by the Payment Systems Regulator. The FCA asks anyone approached by a suspected clone firm to call 0800 111 6768 or use its contact form.