Financial abuse
Find out more about criminal influence, to ensure you’re in control of your financial purse strings.
What is financial abuse?
If anyone - including your partner, spouse, friend, carer or relative - is controlling your finances without your knowledge (or against your will), it's financial abuse. It's a crime and should be reported.
How to spot financial abuse
If someone is trying to manipulate, coerce, influence, undermine, check up on or control any of the following, ask yourself ‘why?’ If there’s a valid reason such as illness, vulnerability or genuine concern, that’s fine. If not, you need to question their motives. Most importantly, take action.
Work
Your bank accounts / credit cards
Debt
Savings
Will
Helpful resources
Seek help. If you’re concerned about your Fidelity account, call us on 0800 358 7712. Alternatively contact your bank, credit card company and the local police on the non-emergency phone number 101. You might want to take a look at these too.
