FINRA Warns Firms of Hoax Emails That Purport to Be From Regulators
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In the fourth quarter of every year, the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education (Council) publishes the annual Firm Element Advisory (FEA). The Council is now updating the FEA in
Summary
FINRA warns member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails (see sample in Appendix) purporting to be from FINRA and using one of at least three imposter FINRA domain names:
“@finrar-reporting.org”
“@Finpro-finrar.org”
“@gateway2-finra.org”
The email asks the recipient to click a link to “view request” and provide information to “complete” that request
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