Share fraud and boiler room reporting form

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If you think you have been contacted by share fraudsters - who often call investors out of the blue offering to buy or sell shares, options and futures - please tell us about it using the form below.

Firms and advisers selling, promoting or advising on shares require our authorisation to do so. But some unauthorised firms – usually based abroad but claiming to be in the UK – target investors with offers of worthless, overpriced or non-existent shares.

If you think you have been contacted by share fraudsters or a boiler room please provide as much information as you can about the company or adviser involved. You should complete separate forms if you were contacted by several firms or advisers.

We will only contact you again if we require further information but may not be able to discuss any investigations further with you.

Find out more about share fraud and how to protect yourself from boiler room scams.

Note: This form is for share fraud and boiler room scams only. For other concerns or scams please contact our Consumer Helpline.

Section 1: Your details
1. Your name
2. Your address
3. Your email
4. Your daytime telephone number
5. Your age	18-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 and over
Section 2: Unauthorised firms details
6. Name of the firm
7. Address of the firm
8. What is the telephone number of the firm that contacted you?
9. What is the website address of the firm that contacted you?
10. How were you initially contacted	Telephone Letter Email Other (please specify)
11a. Name(s) of person(s) who contacted you
11b. When were you first contacted
11c. When were you last contacted
Section 3: Details of the transaction
12. What was the firm offering to do?	Sell you shares Buy your shares Which company are the shares in?
13. If not shares, which investments did they contact you about?
14a. Were you told that you would need to pay a commission or fee?	Yes No
14b. What was the fee for? (legal advice, derestriction of shares etc?
14c. Did you pay the commission or fee?	Yes No
14d. If yes please provide the following:	Date of purchase No. of shares purchased In which company? Price paid for shares Total cost of investment
14e. In what currency was the money sent?	£ sterling Other (please state)
15a. Please specify the account name/beneficiary of bank account to which money was sent.
15b. Please supply the account number of bank account to which money was sent.
15c. Please supply the Sort Code of bank account to which money was sent.
15d. Please supply the IBAN of bank account to which money was sent.
15e. Please supply the Swift Code of bank account to which money was sent.
16a. Were you advised of any restrictions on the shares before purchasing?	Yes No
16b. Were you told that the shares were listed or about to be listed on the stock exchange?	Yes No If yes, which exchange?
17. Have you received any documents from the company?	Yes No If yes, tick appropriate boxes. Contract note Share certificate Prospectus/other Confirmation letter/fax
18. Have you been contacted by any other firms offering to buy/sell shares in this manner? If yes, we would be grateful if you could complete a separate form for each organisation which has contacted you.	Yes No
19. Please tick this box if you have received any letters from the FSA warning you that your name is on a victims' list, and therefore you may be contacted by a boiler room in future.
20. If you have received a letter like this from the FSA in the Past, did it stop you from giving money to a boiler room? Please provide further details about why it did/didn't stop you from doing this	Yes No
21. Have you reported your contact with a boiler room to any other organisation including (please select all that apply)	Local police force (please specify below) Action Fraud Office of Fair Trading Other (please specify)
22. The FSA often work with the media to raise awareness of share fraud firms and prevent more people from becoming victims. Please tick this box if you would be willing to discuss your experience with the FSA Press Office and members of the media.