A number of fictitious ‘blacklists’, recently circulated to several trading companies, do not originate from ICC Commercial Crime Services (ICC-CCS) or any of its divisions.

ICC-CCS have become aware of several such ‘blacklists’ in circulation, featuring the contact details of individuals and companies supposedly compiled by ICC-CCS. These fraudulent documents also feature the unauthorized use of ICC-CCS.

ICC-CCS Director Michael Howlett has dismissed the lists as ‘completely baseless’ and 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.”

Mr Howlett added “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.”

Anyone who receives a blacklist purportedly from ICC-CCS, or any of its divisions, should immediately dismiss it as false.