First Start Finance Ltd (Clone) - Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm
13 October 2023
Warning Notice
[Updated 9 June 2025]
| Warning: | Unauthorised Retail Credit Firm |
| Unauthorised Firm Name | First Start Finance Ltd (Clone) |
| Website(s) | - https://www.firststartfinancelimited.com
- https://www.firststartfinanceltd.com/
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| Telephone number(s) used | - + 44 20 813 35 108
- 01 254 2803
- + 353 87 340 8473
- + 353 87 625 5251
- + 353 89 255 3782
- + 353 1 254 2775
- + 353 1 254 9775
- + 353 1 254 4735
- + 353 87 382 5844 (WhatsApp only)
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| Email address(es) used | |
| Authorisation in Ireland | First Start Finance Ltd (Clone) is not authorised to provide retail credit services in Ireland. |
| Additional information | This scam is an example of an ‘advanced fee fraud’, where a payment is sought upfront prior to providing a loan. The loans are never provided. The firm cloned the details of a Central Bank authorised firm and has been seeking to pass itself off as First Start Finance Limited in order to deceive consumers. It should be noted there is no connection whatsoever between the Central Bank authorised firm and this scam entity that has cloned its details. |
Further information
| The scam entity is connected to other fraudulent entities, similarly carrying out advanced fee fraud scams, under the names: Alpha Finance Ood,
Ark Finance,
Balanced Finance,
Blackstone Financing Ltd,
Bridging Loans,
City County Finance,
Finance One Ltd, and
Hudson Advisors Ireland DAC |
Notes:
- Any person wishing to contact the Central Bank with information regarding such firms / persons may telephone (01) 224 5800.
- For more information on how to protect yourself from financial scams, please visit www.centralbank.ie/financialscams
- The name of the above firm is published under section 53 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013