Warnings and alerts

The FMA has had a report about an imposter of J Rothschild contacting New Zealanders through Facebook offering investment opportunities. 

HillierFinance.com shows indicators of information harvesting by sending phishing emails which leads users to input personal information.

The FMA considers Forex a derivative. Entities offering derivative services in New Zealand are required to hold a derivatives issuer licence. Riseup Trade does not hold this type of licence, nor is it registered on the Financial Service Providers Register.

FMA believes Early Offerings is a front, used to collect personal information from New Zealanders, which then enables overseas scammers to contact them with fictitious investments.

Investor warning: Titan Trustees, Monet Heritage, Fox Asset Finance, FCS Assets, Metro Capital websites are duplicate and offer similar short-term investment plans. None of the websites appear to be registered as Financial Service Providers, as is required to offer financial products in New Zealand.

Investor warning: AxonHoldingsLtd.com is falsely using the details of the registered New Zealand company Axon Holdings Limited using its name, address, and New Zealand Companies Office details.

We are concerned that Investing New Zealand may be operating a scam. It operates a website claiming to compare term deposit rates which states it offers “deposit protection up to $100,000 NZD per investment”, however no such scheme is currently offered in New Zealand.