The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has warned supervised entities about fraudulent messages that falsely use the FIN-FSA’s name and identifier to appear official and prompt urgent action. The notice focuses on email security and urges recipients to verify the authenticity of any message claiming to come from the authority. The authority highlighted several warning signs, including sender addresses that differ from official FIN-FSA addresses, pressure for immediate action, references to alleged rule breaches or sanctions, mentions of departments or individuals that do not belong to the organization, and linguistic or factual errors. Recipients of suspicious messages are advised not to open links or attachments or reply before checking authenticity. The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority said it is monitoring the situation and may provide further information if needed.
Finanssivalvonta2026-07-16
Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority warns supervised entities of fraudulent messages impersonating FIN-FSA
The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority warned supervised entities about fraudulent messages that impersonate FIN-FSA and seek to trigger urgent action. It advised firms to verify message authenticity, watch for signs such as non-official sender addresses and false sanction references, and avoid opening links, attachments or replying to suspicious emails.