UK bank account remote opening service for non-resident scam

[dotbloup]

Hi will would like to report a scam
I have contacted some month ago this company Guaranteed Business Accounts to open corporate
they offer to help you to open a bank account in the UK from remote. They bill this service roughly 500 sterling pounds.

In fact, according to their description, i understood they offered to open a paywithfire bank account which is in fact free when you open it yourself from the website paywithfire.com

They also have a video on youtube

 

[negon]

Well, it would be worth a test, if they can open the account without personal‌ visit it's fine, but I don't believe this to be true. The UK is strict‍ in matters of DD and to comply to International laws.

 

[JohnLocke]

Well, it would be worth a test, if they can open the account without personal‌ visit it's fine, but I don't believe this to be true. The UK is strict‍ in matters of DD and to comply to Intern
Wasn't it the same service you mentioned in another thread and where you wrote⁣ "stay away from this service" ? I think it's pretty easy to find some financial⁢ service to introduce people to without personal visit, but a real bank in the UK,︀ I don't think so.

 

[dotbloup]

I don't think it is possible to open a UK bank account from remote too.‌

This "company" pretends to be able to do it.

But in fact, they only offered‍ to open a paywithfire account (the true-false bank i talked about).

In fact, you don't⁠ need any intermediary to open a paywithfire account...

And on top of that, i think⁤ paywithfire is also a bad idea (without being a scam).

It is double trouble.