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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: The website is falsely purporting to be associated with two registered NZ companies – Cambridge Partners Limited (NZBN 9429037884345) and Cambridge Capital Limited (NZBN 9429038446504). The FMA are concerned that www.campartnersinvestment.org may be operating a scam.
api-insurance-ltd is not registered to provide financial services to New Zealand residents.
WARNING: Whitcoin unreasonably withholding client funds and is not registered Financial Service Providers in New Zealand.
Farm-crypto.com is not a registered Financial Service Provider in New Zealand and is falsely purporting to be associated with New Zealand entity, Pearlfisher Capital Limited.
FMA are concerned that bnp-paribasclients.com is targeting New Zealand residents and offering investment in green energy bonds.
WARNING: Investors should exercise caution when dealing with Octavus Trade Limited and octavus.trade (the website). Octavus Trade Limited is not a registered financial service provider in New Zealand. The website contains a forged New Zealand company Certificate of Incorporation and AMI Certificate of Insurance. It claims to offer investment returns which appear to be unrealistically high.
The website audaxtrading.net is not a registered Financial Service Provider in New Zealand and is falsely purporting to be associated with New Zealand entity, Audax Trading Limited.
WARNING: Company claiming to be NZ Super Fund, is targeting New Zealanders, offering grants and opportunity to purchase cryptocurrency assets.
The FMA is advising the public to exercise caution when conducting financial services with Jensen and Partners, Financial Organisation for Foreign Equities, Palle Securities Group and Financial Services Inspectorate.
WARNING: The FMA is concerned that Capital Heritage, who operate the website https://capitalheritagelimited.com/, is falsely claiming to be a New Zealand company and is involved in a scam
A warning has also been published about Prime Bright Investment Limited by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority in South Africa (FSCA), the financial regulator of South Africa. FMA are concerned that the entity may be involved in a scam.
WARNING: FMA is concerned that the website vhnx.com may be operating a scam. We have received reports that representatives from VHNX are cold-calling New Zealand residents with investment offers when it is not authorised to do so. We have also received reports of people being unable to withdraw their funds.
FMA are concerned that https://bbcapitalmarket.com/ is operating a scam and falsely using the name of a New Zealand registered and licensed entity - Black Bull Group Limited (NZBN: 9429041417799) T/A Blackbull Markets. Black Bull Group Limited has advised the FMA that they are not associated with https://bbcapitalmarket.com/.
WARNING: We have received a complaint from a New Zealand resident who was contacted by Global Venture, through WhatsApp, to trade in cryptocurrencies through their trading platform. We are concerned that Global Venture may be involved in a scam. Global Venture is unreasonably withholding the complainant’s funds and is requesting further funds to enable a withdrawal.
WARNING: FMA is concerned that Global Venture may be involved in a scam. We have received a complaint from a New Zealand resident who was contacted by Global Venture, through WhatsApp, to trade in cryptocurrencies through their trading platform. Global Venture is unreasonably withholding the complainant’s funds and is requesting further funds to enable a withdrawal.
