Members of the public may be contacted by people who claim to be from Standard Life, even using legitimate employee names, or they may even also have official-sounding names and job titles.
Some examples of names that have been given have actually been previous genuine employees.
Fraudsters will often provide details to give the impression that they are calling on behalf of Standard Life in order to try and make you trust them, and then invest with them. They may try to sell you products, bonds, or investments with the promise of financial gain, offer advice over the telephone or email you links to websites that are bogus).
The following phone numbers are ones which we believe to be involved in these scams but fraudsters are constantly changing phone numbers, so this is not an exhaustive list:
Numbers to look out for
| 03333 448 061 0800 8021 858 02037 456 961 0800 8021 863 02037 456 962 03333 448 506 03333 448 607 |
07417 380 151 03333 390 695 03333 390 578 03333 390 514 03333 392 092 03330 456 004 07405 600 230 |
02037 452 195 01224 606 287 01224 606 286 01224 606 289 03333 398 523 01224 6062 88 02034 027 660 |
03333 906 704 03333 395 358 03333 399 014 03333 396 704 08000 112 450 02037 692 593 01915 433 406 |
Similar to cold calling, fraudsters may contact you by email and they may ask you to provide personal information or identification documents. Be alert for emails where the source of the email is unclear or where the company name or email address may be slightly misspelt, or which contain poor grammar, spelling or punctuation.
Below is an example of a fraudulent e-mail sent to a customer. This includes the genuine Standard Life logo but it is not from the genuine Standard Life email domain.
Example Email
From: "Standard Life"
To: XXXX
Sent: Wednesday, 2 Jun, 2021 At 11:15
Subject: Standard Life - Fixed Interest account
Dear XXXX,
Thank you for your time it was a pleasure speaking with you.
At Standard Life, we can help you look forward to retirement on your terms. We work in partnership with financial advisers to provide investment advice, retirement services, equity release and savings & investments products that meet your needs and help you plan for the second life you want to lead.
Retirement is not the end, its the start of something new, with Standard Life there's a lot to look forward to.
Here at Standard Life, we have one key goal: to help our clients build stronger portfolios. Since 1825 we've been doing just that. This is an invitation opportunity, giving you full access to a large array of our unique products and services.
Key Figures
One of the largest active asset management companies in the world. Standard Life Plc headquartered in Edinburgh Scotland. In March 2017 Standard Life reached an agreement to merge with the investment company Aberdeen Asset Management.
Standard Life are a global investment company that was established over 200 years ago. We have £535 Billion in assets under management as of 2020. We operate globally with offices in more than 5 cities and clients in over 10 countries.
We're committed to protecting your wealth, developing it, and passing it on to your loved ones. We deliver a tailor-made experience with outstanding attention to detail along with precise, local knowledge backed by our global know-how of the worldwide banking industry.
Please find attached our Standard Life prospectus. The Bonds in our pdf attached guarantee a fixed rate of return over each term.
Addresses to watch out for
standardlifeassets.com
standardlifeinvest.com
standardlifeportfolio.com
standardlife-portfoilo.com
standardlifeservices.com
standardlife-services.com
standard-lifegroup.com
info@sl-uk.co.uk
standardlife-groupuk.com
standardlife-servicesuk.com
standard-lifeservicesuk.com
standard-lifegroupuk.com
standard-lifeservices.com
standardlifegroup-uk.com
standardlife-uk.com
slplc.co.uk
Be on the lookout for fake Standard Life websites and protect your hard earned cash Fraudsters are aware of the lowering interest rates and are using the opportunity of people looking for better investment returns to offer attractive bond products, which do not exist. Criminals are buying advertisements and creating or using comparison sites to promote these products under false pretences.
The industry as a whole is currently working together to tackle this problem and multiple websites have been identified and removed; details of these can be found via the FCA Register.
We encourage you to check the FCA Register to assist you in checking the authenticity of any company you are dealing with.
We have also received reports that the Standard Life brand, and many other well-known financial brands are being cloned. This is where a website is created using the name of a genuine company, and in most cases created to look exactly like the genuine company's website to make the products and offers appear genuine.
