Bank Fraud Help · Americas
Barbados: How to Report Bank Fraud
If money left your account without your permission, or you were tricked into sending it, contact your bank or payment provider straight away. The faster they hear from you, the better the chance of stopping or recovering the money. Below are the official fraud and card lines for 3 providers in Barbados.
Do this first
- Call your bank’s fraud or card line now. Use a number from this page, the back of your card, or your bank’s official app. Never use a number from a text, an email, a caller or a search ad.
- Block your card or freeze your account in the app if you can, and change your online banking password.
- Ask the bank for a reference number, and write down the time you reported it.
- Report it to the police as well: see who handles cybercrime in Barbados.
- Keep everything: messages, call logs, screenshots and transaction IDs. Your bank will never ask for your PIN, password or a one-time code.
Know this about Barbados
- Republic Bank publishes no dedicated fraud line: call the head office in business hours, or the number on the back of your card.
- The Financial Services Commission does not supervise commercial banks, so it cannot take a bank-fraud complaint.
Bank and payment fraud lines
CIBC Caribbean (formerly FirstCaribbean International Bank)
Bank- Lost, stolen or misused card (toll-free):1-866-743-2257(24/7)
Scotiabank Barbados
Bank- Report fraud:1-246-426-7000
Report phishing: [email protected]
Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited
Bank- Head office:1-246-227-2700(Mon–Fri 7:45am–4pm)
Email: [email protected]
Your rights
- Scotiabank Digital Banking Security Guarantee (bank policy, not a law). Scotiabank says it reimburses losses from unauthorised activity if you met your security responsibilities under your customer agreements. Source
Report it to the police too
Banks often ask for a police report before they investigate. Cybercrime agencies in Barbados.
Every number on this page was read on the provider’s or regulator’s own website on 3 October 2026. Banks change numbers, so if one doesn’t work, use the number on your card or in the official app, and tell us so we can fix it. See every country in the Bank Fraud Help directory.