The FCPA Blog | By: Richard L. Cassin | Monday, July 10, 2017 at 7:28AM
Wall Street’s independent regulator warned that people claiming to be involved in the hiring process for legitimate organizations are using Skype and similar apps to phish for personal information and money.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or FINRA said in an Investor Alert that scammers are also using phony emails or copy-cat websites to lure job seekers to reveal personal information.
Some scammers are even posing as representatives of FINRA itself.
FINRA is a non-government non-profit that helps regulate the equities and options markets. It’s overseen by the SEC. Among other things, it runs complance boot camps and compliance outreach programs, and it enforces ethics rules.
FINRA’s Gerri Walsh said it’s important “to know that legitimate companies and employers will not ask you to provide confidential information through non-secure means — and you should never do so unless you are certain the interview is legitimate.”
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