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Author: Ben Givon

August 9, 2020

The CySEC Scam Tourism – The lasting impact of 4XP legacy of the pre-binary forex era

Forex and online trading scams have been a pandemics even before binary options entered the state in or around 2009. From this pre-binary options period of forex schemes, we know the names of the Israeli perpetrators Yossi Herzog, Aviv Talmor, Stavro D'Amore, and the then-rookie Guy Galboiz. The 4XP forex scheme was a network of brands such as Forex Place, Forex TG, or FXTG or SkyFX which operated globally with dozens of different entities. It was the pre-CySEC time. In the binary options era, the successors of the 4XP scheme emigrated to Cyprus which became the preferred Israeli offshore destination.

August 6, 2020

CONSOB blacked out another six scam brokers

The Italian regulator CONSOB blacklisted a further seven scam brokers on 3 August 2020. This means that the brokers' websites will soon no longer be accessible for Italian customer victims. At present, the Italian watchdog is the only regulator using this sensible measure. The number of sites blacked out since July 2019 has thus risen to 268.

August 6, 2020

Investor Warning: CPT Markets scam broker clone related to an FCA regulated entity

In the last few days, we have received information from whistleblowers that a scam broker with the CPT Markets brand under the domain www.cptmarkets.com has been acting as an allegedly regulated broker for months. In fact, this CPT Markets with this specific domain is a scam that appears as a clone of the actual FCA regulated CPT Markets. The "real" regulated broker, regulated by the FCA with the reference number 606110 uses the approved domain www.cptmarkets.co.uk and is operated by CPT Markets UK Limited.

August 5, 2020

Broker scams LincolnFX, ZurixCorp, and its payment processors

The UK watchdog FCA and the Spanish regulator CNMV issued investor warnings against the scam broker LincolnFX operated by Lincolnfx.capital Ltd. It's still online on August 5, 2020. The FinTelegram Research team has received documents from some of the scam's victims and thus has taken a closer look. Consequently, facilitating payment processors like Plus Exchange or Titan Payments as well as interesting connections have been identified.

August 5, 2020

Investor Warning – FairBit broker scam, Praxis Cashier, and Estonian cypro payment processors

The UK regulator FCA issued an investor warning against the Forex broker Scam FairBit (www.fairbit.com) on August 4, 2020. The scam is officially operated by Gama Solutions Ltd. registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Scam lures with a super great Fair-Bit Trade engine that would generate large profits for the victims. Praxis Cashier is the payment processor, again.

August 4, 2020

Open Letter to AnyDesk – Producer of terribly efficient cybercrime tools

Germany is something of a strategic base for international cybercrime and money laundering. It has been known not only since the collapse of the former FinTech star Wirecard that Germany makes considerable contributions to the prosperity of the international cybercrime and scammer scene. Dozens of illegal German payment processors like B2G, TrustSecure, or StronIT are facilitating scams in plain sight of law enforcement. The German software company AnyDesk Software GmbH provides a highly efficient remote access software to empower fraudulent boiler room agents.

August 3, 2020

Investor Warning against Praxis Cashier scam clients FX Leader and SwisCapital

The German regulator BaFin has issued a cease and desist order against the Praxis Cashier scam clients FX Leader which is connected to the SwisCapital broker scam. The FX Leader domain has linked to the SwisCapital CFD broker platform allegedly operated by a ScissCapital Limited, a company allegedly registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

August 3, 2020

BaFin issues another Cease and Desist Order to illegal payment processor TrustSecure

The unauthorized and thus illegally operating German payment processor TrustSecure GmbH has been operating since 2017. Initially, the company was founded at the end of 2017 as SCRI-Alpha 961 GmbH as an asset management company. Already in January 2018, the company was renamed to Trustsecure GmbH and Serghei Grodetchi with official residence in Düsseldorf was appointed as managing director. The BaFin issued another cease-and-desist order to TrustSecure in the context of the broker scams FDM Trade Online and TradesPrime.

July 29, 2020

Notorious Moorwand provides agent license to Seedcamp payment startup Telleroo

There's Wirecard. The scandal surrounding the once highly celebrated German FinTech start-up is well known. The company turned into the gravedigger for the reputation of the German regulator BaFin. While Wirecard is for sure a class on its own but then there is also the FCA-regulated Moorwand. This UK e-Money Institution that has been involved in scams, cybercrime, and money laundering with various brands and partners for years. Strange though that the payment startup Telleroo operates with the Moorwand license.

July 27, 2020

Request 4 Information – Israeli-Estonian Payment Processor Pradexx

Some of the PumaTS broker scams are facilitated by the Israeli-Estonian payment processor Pradexx OÜ. This company is the legal entity operating the FIAT payment platform Pradexx (www.pradexx.com) and the crypto payment platform NextPayWay (www.nextpayway.com). According to the information provided on its website, NextPayPay has managed to acquire "over 380,000 people across 123 countries since 2018." Impressive, isn't it? We would like to learn more.

July 26, 2020

Austrian regulator FMA warns against Joshua Group and its 10CryptoMarket scam

On 25 July 2020, the Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA issued an investor warning against Joshua Development Ltd and its new broker scam 10CryptoMarket (www.10cryptomarket.com). In the past years, the Joshua Group has operated a number of scams via various dummy companies such as Joshua Consulting Ltd, Joshua Partners EOOD, or Joshua Development Ltd. Financial market supervisory authorities have issued corresponding investor warnings against the Joshua Group.

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July 23, 2020

Investor Alert – New WorldMarkets payment processor uncovered

The WorldMarkets investment scam is a perpetual theme. The investment scam has apparently come to stay. But in the meantime, the obvious scam is a hunted one. FinTelegram regularly discloses the new account data and warns investors about investments. We have already been punished for this by WorldMarkets with threats of legal action and defamation. We can live with this as long as we protect investors. Today we expose another illegal payment processor or beneficiary.