02 August 2007
TPAS Chief Executive, Malcolm McLean warns that firms selling
pension products have set up web sites to "piggyback" on The
Pensions Advisory Service's name and reputation.
Three new sites - which have web addresses very similar to
TPAS's - have been registered this year and mean any unsuspecting
browser looking for free general pensions information could end up
viewing pages dedicated to selling pension products.
Mr McLean said: "We are taking legal advice because this is
completely unacceptable to us. We were first made aware of the
problem when I mentioned our state pension age calculator, which is
available online, on a television programme."
Mr McLean went on to say that the differences in the web
addresses were very subtle and easy to confuse with TPAS's official
website of www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk.
