The Commercial Crime Services (ICC-CCS) of the International Chamber of Commerce has warned the industry to be aware of a scam involving a number of fictitious ‘blacklists’ recently circulated to several trading companies.
The ‘blacklists’ in circulation – which do not originate from the ICC-CCS or any of its divisions – feature the contact details of individuals and companies supposedly compiled by the ICC-CCS.
ICC-CCS director Michael Howlett has dismissed the lists as ‘completely baseless’ and said that “ICC-CCS would like to make it clear that our organisation does not produce lists of this nature.
The contents are entirely false and should not be relied upon”.
“It appears that these lists have been created by unknown parties and circulated with the intent of damaging the reputations of the listed companies.
They should be completely disregarded and given no credence whatsoever,” he added.
Anyone who receives a blacklist purportedly from the ICC-CCS, or any of its divisions, should immediately dismiss it as false.
