Australian regulator ASIC has just issued a warning against the scam companies Luxembourg Offshore Banking and LUXOSB Limited. Scammers are claiming to be from ASIC, although they are not regulated it, nor licensed or authorised in Australia to provide financial services. Both scam companies are using the cold-calling method, and claim to offer an investment…
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The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has just issued a warning against the irregular activities of Saga Nagoya Securities. Saga Nagoya Securities Addresses: 40F Midtown Tower, 9 Chome-7-1 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan 56F Shanghai Tower, 501, Yincheng Middle Road, Pudong, Xinqu, Shanghai Shi, China Website: www.snscredit.com Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Tel.: +81 3 4578 8350…
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Last month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has contributed to the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) paper on Authorised Push Payment Scams. Following a super-complaint by Which?, the consumer watchdog, the regulators found that receiving PSPs could do more to identify fraudulent incoming payments and prevent accounts from being compromised by fraudsters. The FCA has today published new rules allowing…
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In an important step towards increasing the transparency of securities financing markets, the European Commission announced earlier today that it has adopted a package new measures under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The SFTR requires all securities financing transactions to be reported to a central database called "trade repository". The delegated and implementing acts…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Insight Managed Funds. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Bitcoin Revolution Limited. Bitcoin Revolution Limited Associated entity: Bitcoin Wealth Website: www.bitcoinrevolutionapp.com; www.pro-net-system.com According to the regulator, this company could be involved in a scam. Articles posted on social media about The New Zealand Treasury and/or current or former…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Ideal Services Direct Contact. Ideal Services Direct Contact Address: Sanno Park Tower, 2-11-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 Website: www.ideal-servicesdc.com Phone: +1 646 3782 801 Email: [email protected] According to the regulator, this company could be involved in a scam. New…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Westerman Consultancy Ltd. Westerman Consultancy Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called WiseBanc. WiseBanc Address: Popovo Street 10, Lozenetz district, Sofia 1421, Bulgaria Website: https://wisebanc.com Phone: +60 330 992 885 (Malaysia) ; +64 9 9518 350 (NZ); +65 31 384 058 (Singapore); +27 112 594 848 (South Africa) WiseBanc is not…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company The Pension Assessment Agency Ltd. The Pension Assessment Agency Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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