Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man)

Published on: 22 July 2003

This notice is issued by the Financial Supervision Commission (“the Commission”) in accordance with the powers conferred upon it under Section 22 of the Financial Supervision Act 1988.

Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man) The Commission have been made aware of faxes allegedly originating from Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man). Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man) is not a company incorporated within the jurisdiction of the Isle of Man. Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man) is not registered as a foreign company having established a place of business on the Isle of Man. Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man) is not registered as a business name on the Isle of Man.

The faxes seen by the Commission contain no address details and ask the recipient to phone the sender immediately regarding booking a reservation.

Subsequent information obtained by the Commission would suggest that should recipients respond to these faxes they might inadvertently incur premium rate telephone charges.

None of the telephone numbers provided on the faxes are Isle of Man numbers and all appear to be issued by United Kingdom Telecommunication providers. The Commission would strongly urge persons receiving faxes purporting to originate from Vanessa Hamilton and Associates (Isle of Man) to refrain from calling any numbers listed, bearing in mind the contents of this public notice. A warning regarding text, email and fax scams was issued by the United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry on 11th November 2002. Their warning is available over the Internet.