The Spanish regulator reported back after the X-Mas break almost at the same time as the Italian Consob. They issued their last warnings on Dec 27, 2021, followed by a three-week silence. The Spanish CNMV has reported back today with investor warnings against 48 providers of illegal financial services. We call this is an impressive start to the 2022 year by the CNMV folks. Let's interpret this to mean that 2022 can be a strong year for the CNMV in the fight against scams and financial cybercrime.
This morning, we are led by one of the numerous SPAM emails to the fraudulent Bitcoin Billionaire on the website https://qualityofferyouneed.net/billionaire. We are promised to earn €6,325 a day with the system (or the app?) and will soon be millionaires. Sounds great, doesn't it? However, anyone who registers at this fraud campaign is only also automatically created as a potential victim of a scam. Today the Bitcoin Billionaire is on the hunt for victims for the Start Trade Now broker scam.
Once registered with one of the many fraudulent affiliate schemes, our research team is served with literally dozens of new scams every day via email, phone, or social media. Currently, cryptocurrencies are used to lure client-victims. These emails introduce crypto investment opportunities. In fact, you are redirected to scams via websites like Bitcoin Billionaire, Bitcoin Revolution, or Bitcoin Era. But also CySEC-registered CIFs use this fraud service. Yesterday and today, we found Trade360, which use it to get customers to deposit without KYC/AML and false promises.