Investec Asset Management - Global Press office Home About us Investment expertise Insight Literature Contact us Collapse/Expand Search Fraud alert Please be aware of the latest fraud alerts below. LinkedIn It has come to our attention that a person by the name of Philip Thomson has been contacting people on LinkedIn purporting to be an Investec Asset Management Limited employee. If you receive an unsolicited approach from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900 (Option 1). New Boiler room fraud It has come to our attention that fraudsters are cold calling members of the UK public purporting to be employees of Investec Asset Management Limited. Please be aware we would not give advice or cold call members of the public. We also would not act as broker to buy and sell shares or debt securities or provide post-trade and information services. We are aware of the following bogus names used by fraudsters: Samuel Taylor Claire Green Michael Goodwin Alex Clark Fraudsters are offering the following bogus product(s): JP Morgan Chase & Co 4.75% 2 year fixed rate Bond We are aware of the following email addresses currently used by fraudsters to contact clients: clairegreen.investec@europe.com We are aware that fraudsters have been using the following telephone numbers: +44 203 642 2707 (Telephone) +44 203 432 6117 (Telephone) +44 872 113 2293 (Facsimile) If you receive an unsolicited call or email from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. If you have been a victim of this type of fraud, please report this to your local police station or the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) (http://www.actionfraud.police.uk / Telephone: +44 (0) 300 123 2040). Please also refer to the City of London Police Economic Crime Division website for more information https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/advice-and-support/fraud-and-economic-crime/nfib/Pages/default.aspx or if you are not in the UK, contact your local police force. Fraud Scam – Investec Bank and Visa Signature Partnership It has come to our attention that members of the public in Australia and possibly other countries are receiving emails from fraudsters claiming the recipient has won a lottery award. The email recipients are requested to complete a fraudulent account Application Form for Deposit Accounts with Investec Bank plc (for Modular iSipp, iSipp, Partnership SIPP, Private Client SIPP, Wrap SIPP and Select SIPP only). The emails are being sent by a Benjamin Lee, Visa Link Service P.O. Box 8909, San Francisco, CA 94128-8999, telephone number: +32 3076382 and email address is blatvsl2013@outlook.com Please note Benjamin Lee nor Visa Signature Partnership represent Investec Bank plc or any other Investec Group Company. We advise clients and members of the public not to respond to these letters or open any links in emails that may be received from the aforementioned fraudsters. If you receive an unsolicited call, letters or emails from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Fraud Scam – Investec Asset Management Co - Sweepstakes Award Notification. It has come to our attention that members of the public in the United States and possibly other countries are receiving letters from fraudsters claiming the recipient has won a Sweepstake Prize of USD100,000.00. The letter requests the recipient makes contact with the Sweepstakes Claim Department at Investec Asset Management Co and that Tim Abraham and Susan Bloom represent the London office of Investec Asset Management Co. Please note Investec Asset Management Co is not connected to Investec Asset Management Limited and Tim Abraham & Susan Bloom do not represent Investec Asset Management Limited or any other Investec Group Company. We advise clients and members of the public not to respond to these letters or open any links in emails that may be received from the aforementioned fraudsters. If you receive an unsolicited call, letters or emails from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Fraud Scam using the name Investec Asset Managers It has come to our attention that members of the public and Investec clients are receiving emails from fraudsters claiming to represent Investec Asset Management Limited. The email address being used by the fraudsters is NkosinathiManamela@investec.co.za Please note Investec Asset Managers is not a division of Investec Asset Management Limited or connected to any other Investec Group Company. We advise clients and members of the public not to respond to or open any links in emails received from the aforementioned fraudulent email address. London If you receive an unsolicited call or emails from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. South Africa If you receive an unsolicited call or emails from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on comm.centre@investecmail.com or telephone 0860 500 100. Guernsey If you receive an unsolicited call or emails from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone 01481 740345. FAKE W8-BEN Forms It has come to our attention that members of the public and Investec clients are receiving emails from fraudsters requesting on-line completion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Witholding). Legitimate IRS W8-BEN Forms are legitimate tax exemption documents, however the fraudsters are targeting individuals to acquire personal details such as: your mother’s maiden name, passport number, date of birth and PIN numbers and passcodes. The legitimate W8-BEN Forms do not ask for any such personal information. Members of the public and Investec clients should only be reporting the required legitimate information to their Qualified Intermediary or Withholding Agent. If you receive an unsolicited call or email from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Bogus Company It has come to our attention that members of the public are receiving email correspondence from the following bogus company:- Company Name: INVESTEC LOANS A Division of Investec Asset Management Limited, Registered office: Woolgate Exchange, 25 Basinghall street, London EC2. South Africa main Office: 4 Summer Strand Road, East London, Eastern Cape Email: investec.loans@admin.in.th Please note this company is not a division of Investec Asset Management Limited. Investec Asset Management Limited does not offer loans. If you receive an unsolicited call or email from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Companies not connected to Investec Asset Management or Investec Group It has come to our attention that members of the public are receiving telephone calls and email correspondence from the following people and companies: David Hartland at Apex International Consulting Group Website address:www.apexintlservices.com The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) already has a warning message on their website concerning Apex International Consulting Group (AICG). Please refer to the FCA’s website: www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/apex-international-consulting-group Anthony Scott Justin Lang, Natalie Hudson and Michael Turner at Investec Capital Corporation Inc Website address: investeccapitalcorpinc.com Email address: info@investeccapitalcorpinc.com Amy Boyd and Monica Cruise at Byrd Fleming and Associates Website: www.bfandassociates.com Email: address: mail@bfandassociates.com Please note neither of the aforementioned persons or companies are connected to or represent Investec Asset Management Limited or any other Investec Group Company. If you receive an unsolicited call or email from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Investec Ashes Lottery Draw It has come to our attention that members of the public are receiving notification by email that they have won a Lottery Draw resulting from the Investec Ashes Series 2013. The notification has the Investec Ashes Series Logo and the address given is Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood Road, London NW8 8QN. This is a scam and we advise anyone who receives such a notification to ignore it. If you receive an unsolicited call or email from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management Limited or another Investec Group Company, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Boiler room fraud It has come to our attention that fraudsters are cold calling members of the UK public purporting to be employees of Investec Asset Management. Please be aware we would not give advice or cold call members of the public. We also would not act as broker or provide post-trade and information services. False invitation to Annual General Meeting We are also aware that fraudsters have sent an invitation for a bogus Investec Annual General Meeting to members of the public, to be held at 2 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QP on the 12th April 2013. Please note this is not a legitimate Investec Asset Management meeting. We are aware of the following bogus names used by fraudsters: Michael Jacobs Marcus White Matthew Kelly Elliot Smith Darren Perron Richard Goodwin Mr. Thompson Fraudsters are offering the following bogus products: Investec Global Commodities Hedge Fund Investec Forex Trading Hedge Fund Investec Global Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Investec One Year Corporate Fixed Rated Bond Investec Asset Management Triple-B Rated Bond Bank of China Triple A Rated Corporate Bond Red Emperor shares for sale Heritage Oil shares for sale San Leon Energy shares for sale Nighthawk Energy shares for sale Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares for sale BP shares for sale Other FTSE 100 shares for sale We are aware that fraudsters have opened bank accounts with the following institutions: HSBC Beijing HSBC Hong Kong Bank of China Beijing Bank of China Hong Kong We are aware of the following email addresses currently used by fraudsters to contact clients: matthew.kelly@inv-wm.co.uk Settlements@investec-inv-wm.co.uk enquiries@investec-am.co.uk Marcus.white@inv-wm.co.uk Michael.jacobs@inv-wm.co.uk enquiries@inv-wm.co.uk info@investec-am.co.uk enquiries@investec-wealth.co.uk matthew.kelly@inv-am.co.uk enquiries@investec-fm.co.uk us.brokersupport@investec-fm.com We are aware that fraudsters have been using the following telephone numbers: +44 207 193 8613 +44 207 193 5832 +44 207 193 5025 +44 207 193 1693 +44 207 193 6804 +44 203 086 753 If you receive an unsolicited call or email from anyone claiming to be from Investec Asset Management, please either contact your usual Financial Adviser or alternatively contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. If you have been a victim of this type of fraud, please report this to your local police station or the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) (http://www.actionfraud.police.uk / Telephone: +44 (0) 300 123 2040). Please also refer to the City of London Police Economic Crime Division and the Metropolitan Police websites for more information or if you are not in the UK, contact your local police force: http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/Departments/ECD/Fraud/boilerroom.htm Other frauds Advance Fee Fraud We are aware that members of the public have received letters, claiming to be from Kim McFarland of Investec Asset Management, requesting charges relating to the delivery of a portfolio to their name. These letters refer to a London agent called Anthony Coles. Please note these letters do not come from Investec Asset Management and are a fraudulent attempt to obtain payments from individuals. If you have received a letter of this nature please contact your regional Investec office or if you are based in South Africa please consult the South African Police Service website link below: http://www.saps.gov.za/crime_prevention/commercial_crime/419_scams/419_index.htm Bogus Cheques We have become aware of members of the public receiving bogus cheques issued in the name of Investec Asset Management. If you have received a cheque from Investec that you were not expecting, please contact us via email on enquiries@investecmail.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 597 1900. Settlement of claims in respect of deceased depositors We are aware of scam emails being sent to members of the public in relation to “Settlement of claims in respect of deceased depositors.”The email address being used is kim.mcfarland@investec.co.uk . The reply box shows an email address of claims@bnpparibas.co.uk. These emails are not from Investec Asset Management. We would not send unsolicited emails of this nature to members of the public or our clients. Please note that Investec Asset Management does not use the banking services of BNP Paribas. Please do not respond to either of these aforementioned email addresses. Collapse/Expand Careers Fraud Alert Cookie Policy Terms & Conditions Sitemap Investec group Select your location and role to view strategy and fund content