We’ve heard that a number of people have recently received calls from scammers claiming to be from the Financial Ombudsman Service.
The Financial Ombudsman Service doesn't write to or phone people out of the blue to ask for personal information or to ask for money. We would only contact you if you've been in touch with us to register a complaint – and then we would only speak to you about that complaint. We're a free service so we will never ask you for money and we don't pay compensation to you directly.
If you have received a call from us that seems suspicious and you’d like to check if it’s genuine, please phone us directly on 0800 023 4567 and we’ll be happy to help.
For more information on reporting fraud and what to do if you’ve been a victim of a fraud or scam, take a look at Action Fraud’s website.
2 March 2021
We’ve published data showing number of complaints we received between 1 October and 31 December 2020, and how many complaints we received about individual businesses between July and December 2020.
24 February 2021
Chief ombudsman & chief executive, Caroline Wayman, attended the ABI annual conference yesterday to take part in a panel discussion on the strategic and reputational challenges for insurance and long-term savings in 2021.
27 January 2021
Information for Amigo customers on complaints made to the ombudsman service.