Carta Risk is aware that its brand and the names of its personnel may be used in connection with fraudulent activity and scams.  This activity and the scams may take a number of forms and are evolving all the time.   They may for example seek personal or confidential information, payments or debt settlement. Recent examples are set out below. Always exercise a high degree of caution in relation to unexpected or unusual communications.

Inheritance/advance fee fraud

If you have received an email informing you that a relative has died and you may be able to claim an "abandoned investment", this is likely to be part of a scam. Typically, the fraudsters will ask for an "advance fee", or similar, to release the non-existent monies.  Carta Risk will never ask for such an advance fee and does not provide services to the general public.

Fraudulent emails and domains

Third parties impersonating our staff using email addresses provided by Gmail, Outlook.com, Hotmail or Yahoo. We do not use Gmail, Outlook.com, Hotmail or Yahoo email addresses. Please also be alert to the use of email addresses associated with fraudulent domains such as “cartapartners.com”, “carta-risk.com”, or “cartaadvise.com”.  Carta Risk’s legitimate website is at www.cartarisk.com and legal communications from Carta Risk will only originate from larklex.com.

Impersonation Fraud 

Fraudsters will email members of staff purporting to be a senior figure within the organisation.  In the email the member of staff will be asked to make contact with someone - a fraudulent email address will likely be used as set out above.  Once contact is made the staff member will be told to keep the matter confidential and be asked to transfer sums of money.

Bill payment fraud

Fraudsters inform persons that bank details have changed and request that future settlement of bills is made to the new (ie the fraudster’s) account.

Carta Risk sets out payment details for settlement of bills at the foot of its invoices. Any notification or request suggesting our payment details have changed will not, therefore, have come from Carta Risk.

Reporting scams

If you think you have been approached by a fraudster, you can report the matter to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, in London. Action Fraud reports can be made on 0300 123 2040, or via their website - www.actionfraud.police.uk.

Please also let us know about any scams which use our name by contacting hello@cartarisk.com or by speaking to your usual contact.

Further fraud and scam information

For more detailed information in relation to phone and email scams, please visit: https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/fa/fraud/personal-fraud/internet-email-mobile-fraud/

Further, more general advice, in relation to personal fraud, can be found at: https://www.met.police.uk/advice-and-information/fraud/personal-fraud/