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Banks and their customers are warned that attempts have recently been made by criminals to obtain details of bank customers. This has been achieved by intercepting mail from the banks, doctoring their headed paper and requesting the customers to provide confidential information in a form which is then asked to be faxed to the UK. It has been noted that customers in Africa seem to have been...

Alert to all Bailiwick Residents - Cold Calling The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has recently investigated a number of cases where Bailiwick residents have received unsolicited telephone calls from staff of investment businesses that do not have their place of business in the Bailiwick. The practice, where a person makes an unsolicited call to a potential investor seeking to sell them...

In January 1998 the United Kingdom Home Office announced a review of the laws, systems and practices in Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man for : "regulating banking, insurance and financial services business and collaborating with overseas regulators; deterring, investigating and punishing financial crime, including money laundering and fiscal offences, particularly cases with an international...