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This list of warnings and alerts on this page contains the names of businesses or individuals you should be wary of if you are planning to invest. The list is not exhaustive and there is no guarantee that the business or individual listed has not changed their name.
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WARNING: We are concerned that Maesara Investments Limited is involved in a scam, they are not an incorporated entity in New Zealand and is not registered on the Financial Service Providers Register. An NZ resident who has invested through Maesara Investments Limited is no longer able to contact the entity by telephone and email.
Warning: The website, twinfs.com, is falsely purporting to be associated with the registered New Zealand entity, Twin Financial Solutions Limited (NZBN: 9429049421224). Twins Financial Solutions Limited have confirmed that they are not operating or associated with www.twinfs.com
WARNING: We are aware that representatives from the blackwood-investment.com website have cold-called New Zealand investors offering fictitious pre-IPO shares. We believe they are impersonating a registered Hong Kong company, Blackwood Investment Limited. blackwood-investment.com is operating a scam.
WARNING: FMA believe that www.hubert-acker.com are impersonating a licensed broker in Belgium. We are aware that a New Zealand investor has been cold called by their representatives offering financial services.
WARNING: FMA are concerned that www.leadwaygroups.com (the website) is potentially operating a scam. The website offers trading platforms for various financial products and promises unrealistically high and guaranteed investment returns ranging from 500% to 1,000% in 21 days.
FMA are concerned the website www.tm-mgmt.com may be operating a scam. We have received reports of investors being unable to withdraw their investments. We have previously received a complaint regarding the entity offering shares in a fictitious IPO.
Regulatory bodies in Belgium and the United Kingdom have placed Immediate Edge on their investor caution list.
WARNING: toddenergyinvestments.com is falsely purporting to be associated with a registered New Zealand company – Todd Energy Limited, and may be operating a scam.
WARNING: Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) published a warning about the skywinprofit website on 16 Jun 2021 for falsely claiming to be licensed by the HKSFC and purporting to be associated HKSFC licensed entities.
The FMA has advised that the Belgian financial markets regulator [Financial Services and Markets Authority (‘FSMA’) has listed Bitengecko on its list of "Fraudulent Online Trading Platforms".
WARNING: We are concerned that pribizco.com and pbfx.asia (the websites) are involved in a scam. We have received a report from an overseas investor that the representatives of these websites have been guaranteeing profits to lure customers via WeChat.
FMA advises that www.oceaniatradinggroup.com is an imposter website. There are false claims made on the website that they are associated with the legitimate NZ company Oceania Trading Group Limited (NZBN: 9429042121473).
WARNING: The FMA received a complaint from a New Zealand resident who invested in shares with Adler Acquisition. Adler Acquisition issued the complainant a letter from Financial Services Inspectorate / Finansiell Tjänster Inspektorat, who purport to be a regulatory authority in Sweden, requesting the complainant make a payment to the regulator before the investor’s money can be released.
WARNING: Osaka Lenders claims to be the third project/loan financial institution registered in Tokyo, established in 2003, but there is no other web presence found apart from its website. Additionally, the persons shown on Osaka Lenders’ website are fictitious persons created using the images of some prominent Japanese businesspeople. Read the full warning.
Warning: We are concerned that www.tcnewhorizon.com (the website) may be operating a scam, as we have received report that this website is seeking NZ investors and are using TC New Horizon ICAV (TCNH), an Ireland-based company’s details to look legitimate. The operators of the websites are not registered in New Zealand to provide financial services or financial products. We recommend exercising caution when dealing with the website.
