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BaFin Orders FX Firm GPay Ltd to Cease Operations Immediately
2019-03-08T12:50:25.000+02:00
The entity has been accused of operating in Germany without the proper authority.
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New Zealand’s FMA: Be Wary of Credit Capital International
2019-03-07T09:28:15.000+02:00
The entity appears to be a clone firm of a legitimate New Zealand registered company.
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Gold FX Trading Identified as Clone Firm of Gain Capital UK
2019-02-27T16:05:59.000+02:00
The FCA has flagged the company for fraudulently copying the licence details of a legitimate firm.
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Dutch Regulator AFM Fines FPlus Trading for False Claims
2019-02-27T15:05:13.000+02:00
FPlus Trading was falsely claiming to be authorised by the Authority for the Financial Markets.
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CONSOB Remains Alert, Flags Three FX Trading Providers
2019-02-25T16:33:54.000+02:00
The companies in question are Capital Com Investment Ltd, One Thousand One Ltd and Fsm Smart Limited.
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SFC Remains Vigilant with Scams, Flags Redsolarcapital.Com
2019-02-20T10:54:27.000+02:00
According to the warning, www.redsolarcapital.com, is a “suspicious website”.
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FSMA Outs Suspected Scams Disguised as Trading Platforms
2019-02-19T13:05:25.000+02:00
The regulator has warned against five entities of which it has received complaints against from Belgian residents.
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Another Clone Surfaces, FCA Flags SpectraFX Investment Team
2019-02-15T15:16:29.000+02:00
SpectraFX Investment Team is falsely claiming to be associated with FCA-authorised firm Spectra FX Solutions LLP.
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FCA Flags ADM Securities Cold Calling Scammer
2019-02-15T14:32:11.000+02:00
Someone pretending to represent the broker has been cold calling retail investors
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OctaFX Warns Against Social Media Scammers & Clone Firm
2019-02-12T15:57:02.000+02:00
Scammers have been imitating the broker's site to steal people's money
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CySEC Remains Vigilant, Flags Four Unauthorized FX Firms
2019-02-11T17:01:08.000+02:00
CySEC has warned against Lite Options, a clone firm of FXJET and Bogofinance, as well as Algobit Ltd.
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UK Investors Lost Over £197 Million in Investment Scams in 2018
2019-02-06T13:22:19.000+02:00
The most common scams reported were in forex, cryptocurrency, shares and bond investments.
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Regulation
The Seemingly Never-Ending Warning List of ASIC Grows Again
2019-02-05T10:18:22.000+02:00
The regulator has warned against KontoFX (NTMT Transformatic Markets OU) and Fortune Way Limited (FXFWay UK Limited).
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FXNobels is Blacklisted Again, this time by CONSOB
2019-02-04T13:10:00.000+02:00
The MFSA has also previously warned of a suspected scam by the name of FxNobels.
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New Zealand FMA Slams Unregulated Broker TradeFintech
2019-01-29T12:22:18.000+02:00
The broker has no licensing and doesn't even list a contact address on its site
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FCA Adds Premier FX Copy Cats to List of Suspicious Firms
2019-01-24T18:02:40.000+02:00
The firm appears to be an imitation of the recently liquidated FX company of the same name
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Regulation
BCSC Warns of Option888, Another Suspected FX Scam in Canada
2019-01-23T12:04:42.000+02:00
Option888 is owned and operated by Celestial Trading Ltd and is unauthorised in the province.
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CONSOB Continues Fight Against Scams, Updates Blacklist
2019-01-21T10:30:00.000+02:00
Nordic Pearl Ltd and Grand Services Ltd, operating through the website www.fxginvest.com, have been flagged by the regulator.
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Canada’s Nova Scotia Cautions Investors against HQBroker
2019-01-18T19:32:52.000+02:00
Last month, Ukrainian police arrested principals of HQBroker for operating an online trading scam.
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Trading Epic or Epic Fail? FCA Warns of Unauthorised FX Firm
2019-01-17T13:18:51.000+02:00
The FCA has called out Trading Epic for operating without authorisation in the UK.
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Regulation
FCA Continues Battle Against Scams, Flags eToro Clone Firm
2019-01-15T16:32:14.000+02:00
Bitcoin FX Option and Bitprofiting have both been blacklisted by the British regulator.
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Another Day, Another Scam: CYSEC Flags Three Entities
2019-01-15T13:14:46.000+02:00
CySEC has warned against World Trust Invest, Eurotrade Investments and Coinoptions Trade.
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Spain’s CNMV Updates Scam Warning List, Adds 23 Entities
2019-01-14T13:25:47.000+02:00
The 23 entities are operating in Spain without the proper authorisation, the regulator said.
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BaFin Orders Euro Wealth OÜ to Cease Trading Immediately
2019-01-11T15:43:14.000+02:00
Earlier this week the regulator ordered the immediate cessation of cross-border proprietary trading.
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Don’t Deal with Estonian Broker 4XFX, ASIC Warns
2019-01-10T09:56:55.000+02:00
4XFX is unlicensed in Australia to provide financial services and it could be involved in a scam.
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