Watch out for 26 new Forex and Cryptocurrency scams! Warnings from Europe
August brings a new wave of warnings against fraudsters operating under the guise of the Forex market and cryptocurrencies. This time, regulators from Europe inform us about a total of 26 new scams that are trying to steal funds from inexperienced investors. The alerts come from countries such as Poland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Malta and Germany.
We advise you to be very vigilant and warn you against using the services of non-regulated entities.
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KNF warns against IDeal Trade, FinCloud and Chartrize Trade
Polish financial supervision, KNF, informed about entering three entities on the list of warnings. Each of them does not have any approvals or licenses to conduct the activity of intermediation in trading on financial markets. The sole purpose of scammers is to extort money from potential investors.
Ideal Trade
- Web page: www.idealtrade.co
Official communication from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority
FinCloud
Scam that has already been warned by regulators from countries such as Italy and Spain.
- Web page: www.fincloud.center
Official communication from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority
Chartrize Trade
- Web page: www.chartrize-trade.com
- Entity name: Heba Tech LLC
Official communication from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority
FINMA warns against IGI Markets and UNIQUE Exchange
Swiss financial regulator, FINMA, has issued a warning against two entities that offer trading on CFDs and cryptocurrencies without any approvals or permits.
Suisse Luxury Bank
- Web page: www.sluysznebk.com
Peck Global Limited
- Web page: www.peckgloballimited.com
Spain enters the list of as many as 10 entities
The Madrid regulator CNMV has issued a warning against 10 scams:
Bitcoin BOT
- Web page: www.bitcoin-bot-pro.com
AF Invest
- Web page: www.afinvest.net
attiora
Web page: www.attiora.uk.com / www.attiora.com / www.attioragroup.com
- Entity name: Attiora Pty Ltd
Cryptics
- Web page: www.cryptics.cc
Swing Academy
- Web page: www.swingscademy.com
Universal Wealth Group
- Web page: www.universalwealthgroup.com
BBanc
The French financial supervision AMF already warned about this entity in July 2022.
- Web page: www.bbanc.com
- Entity name: Prime LLC
W2W Capital
- Web page: www.w2wcapital.com
- Entity name: W2W Capital LLC
i35 Academy
- Web page: www.i35academy.com
- Entity name: I35academy Limited
MYN Capital
- Web page: www.myncapital.com
- Entity name: Myn Capital LLC
CONSOB warns against 3 scammers
Italian regulator, CONSOB, added 3 new items to the list, although de facto all entries refer to recidivist scams that Italians had already warned against. Only the domains have changed. This shows that the names of scams are worth remembering at least a little, because the scammers themselves do not make much effort to create new "projects".
FTI FINANCE
- Web page: www.ftifinance.net (formerly ftifinance.com)
Broker Capitals
- Web page: www.brokercapitals.com
- Entity name: Broker Capitals Limited
MB Invest
- Web page: www.investingmb.com
Malta warns against Dcoin FX
Malta's financial regulator, MFSA, has listed an entity called Dcoin FX, which pretends to be a legitimate company (clone scam), partly using its image and address details to gain the trust of potential victims.
Bitcoin FX
- Web page: www.dcoinfx.com
Data of a legally operating entity:
- Name of the entity: Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited
- Reference number: C 70156
- License number: IS 70156
- Website: www.deriv.com
Official statement of the MFSA
Austrian regulator FMA warns against Concord Invest and GigaChains
The FMA, the financial supervision of the Austrian market, placed two entities on its list of warnings:
Concord Invest
Earlier, this entity had already appeared on the Swiss FINMA list.
- Web page: www.concordinvest.pro
- Entity name: Dulcet Group LLC
GigaChains
- Web page: www.gigachains.com
Portuguese CMVM warns of FinCloud
Portuguese supervision CMVM warns against the FinCloud scam, which also appeared on the black list of the Polish KNF.
FinCloud
- Web page: www.fincloud.capital
Germany warns against 4 scammers
German regulator, BaFin, announced the addition of 4 new entities to the scams list. These are:
Coin Trading
- Web page: www.cointrade.cc
- Entity name: Twingle Consulting Limited
wrdnvip / wardenvc
- Web page: www.wrdnvip.com
- Entity name: Mainserver Limited
Coinex
- Web page: www.coinex.com
- Entity name: Vino Global Limited
UGI/United Global Investing
A clone scam impersonating a legitimate entity.
- Web page: www.bitonext.com
Data of a legally operating entity:
- Entity name: US Global Investors, Inc.
- Website: www.usfunds.com
In the BaFin release we read:
United Global Investing, Inc. copied key elements and used the content from the website of the US company US Global Investors, Inc., under the domain www.usfunds.com, for its own website. BaFin has no evidence to suggest that the two companies can work together. In fact, this is likely an identity theft case committed by United Global Investing, Inc. v US Global Investors, Inc.
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