NZ Rates Finders - Comparison site harvesting investor details
FMA believes that the NZ Rates Finders website is a front, used to collect personal information from New Zealanders.
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FMA believes that the NZ Rates Finders website is a front, used to collect personal information from New Zealanders.
A scam offering fake term deposits using the name of Kiwibank is targeting New Zealanders.
We are concerned that NZ Compare Rates may be operating a scam. It operates a website claiming to “compare New Zealand’s best investments”.
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.
Scam alert - Get Paid by Fixed Rate. The website claims to explore the best fixed term deposit rates and that deposits are protected under the ‘financial compensation scheme’. No such scheme is offered in New Zealand.
A scam offering fake term deposits using the name of Co-operative Bank is targeting New Zealanders.
A scam offering fake term deposits using the name of Bank of China (New Zealand) is targeting New Zealanders. Scammers are sending out highly professional-looking product disclosure statements featuring Bank of China’s name, logo, address and registration details.
We are concerned that NZ Best Rates may be operating a scam. NZ Best Rates's website claims to offer a way to compare and find the best term deposit rates in New Zealand, while also providing information on choosing term deposits.
A scam offering fake term deposit investments using the name of TSB Bank is targeting New Zealanders.
We are concerned that Kiwi Term Deposits may be operating a scam. It operates a website claiming to offer consumers a way to compare and find the best term deposit and bond rates in New Zealand. It states that investments are “fully insured and asset backed by provider”. However, no such scheme is currently offered in New Zealand.
We are concerned that a scam offering fake investments such as term deposits in the name of HSBC is targeting New Zealanders.
We are concerned that Rates Finder may be operating a scam. Titan Solutions Limited operates a website claiming to find the best term deposit savings rates in New Zealand.
FMA is urging New Zealanders to exercise extreme caution when dealing with a phony interest rates comparison website. The FMA believes the website is harvesting users’ personal information for criminals to sell fake investments.
Compare Fixed Term Deposits (CFTD) operates a website claiming to offer consumers a way to compare all registered and regulated fixed income investments in New Zealand and find the highest rates. FMA are concerned this may be a scam.
We are concerned that the website invest-nz.org contains false and misleading statements about term deposits.