First published: 28th November 2013
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued an alert about a fraudulent website with the domain name "http://www.rbsfx.co.uk". The website copied the official website of The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (RBS), the bank has no connection with the fraudulent website.
At the time of writing, the registration of the rbsfx.co.uk has been revoked. The domain was registered on 11th November 2013 at the popular GoDaddy registrar, using obviously fake contact information.
The Police are investigating and anyone who has provided information to the website or conducted financial transactions through it should contact RBS at 3988 7050 and any local police station or the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012.