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Identity fraud: BaFin warns against offers from Ambassador Management GmbH, Ambassador Financial Group Ltd. and Ambassador Global Systems LLC
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers, in particular offers to purchase shares and alleged pre-IPO shares, which are purportedly brokered by Ambassador. According to information available to BaFin, Ambassador Management GmbH, supposedly based in Frankfurt am Main, Ambassador Financial Group Ltd. and Ambassador Global Systems LLC are providing financial or investment services without the required authorisation. According to the current state of knowledge, there is no connection with the American company Ambassador Financial Group, LLC. This is most likely a case of identity fraud.
TradeNova: BaFin warns about offers from the fraudulent trading platform in WhatsApp and Telegram groups
The financial supervisory authority BaFin is warning against WhatsApp and Telegram groups where consumers are lured into trading cryptocurrencies via the fraudulent trading platform TradeNova, which can currently be accessed through the website m.tradenovaeo(.)com. According to their findings, the trading platform TradeNova provides financial services, securities transactions, as well as cryptocurrency-related services without authorization.
MaxFuledge: BaFin warns against offers from fraudulent trading platform on websites maxfuledge(.)com and trading-area.maxfuledge-v2(.)com/auth/register
The Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin has issued warnings regarding offerings found on websites maxfuledge(.)com and trading-area.maxfuledge-v2(.)com/auth/register. Based on its investigations, the purportedly London or Singapore-based trading platform MaxFulEdge offers unauthorised financial services, securities transactions, and cryptocurrency-related services. The platform promotes its offerings through supposed customer service representatives (maja.weis(at)maxfuledge.team and sophia.richter(at)maxfuledge.expert), whose actual existence remains questionable.
Senvix: BaFin warns against offers on website senvix(.)de
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website senvix(.)de. According to information available to BaFin, the trading platform Senvix, allegedly based in Frankfurt, is providing financial, investment and crypto asset services without the required authorisation.
Krypto Holdings Ltd: BaFin warns against offers on the website krypto-holdings(.)com
Krypto Holdings Ltd., allegedly based in Frankfurt am Main and Widnau, Switzerland, offers crypto asset services on its website krypto-holdings(.)com and via unsolicited telephone calls and emails. The necessary authorisation for this has not been granted.
Elysian Midco Limited: BaFin warns consumers about the website go-elsim(.)com
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the website go-elsim(.)com. BaFin suspects the operator of this website of offering consumers financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
Europa Invest: BaFin warns consumers about the website europa-invest(.)eu
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website europa-invest(.)eu. BaFin suspects the unknown operators, operating under the names Europa Invest and Europa Invest GmbH, of using this website to offer consumers financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
MakoTrade: BaFin warns consumers about the websites makotrade(.)net and makotrade(.)cc
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company MakoTrade and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the websites makotrade(.)net and makotrade(.)cc of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
BaFin warns consumers about the website zinderx(.)com
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Zinderx and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators, who purportedly have their registered office in Munich, of offering loans via the website zinderx(.)com, and therefore of conducting banking business without the required authorisation. Zinderx also operates under the names Zinderx-Kredit and Zinderx-Kredit-Ltd.
StockWave: BaFin warns consumers about services offered in WhatsApp groups
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about WhatsApp groups operated by an entity calling itself StockWave. In these WhatsApp groups (e.g. VIP68-StockWave AI Kapital), consumers are encouraged by a person calling herself “Lina Wagner” to use the website swpro.stockwav(.)info or the SWQAI Pro and SW PRO apps to invest in financial instruments. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website of offering consumers financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
kaeser-llc(.)com: BaFin warns consumers about website and suspected identity theft
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website kaeser-llc(.)com. BaFin has information that this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
BaFin warns consumers about the website commerzsci(.)com
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website commerzsci(.)com. BaFin has information that this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
RecoverX: BaFin warns against offers on website e-sec-crypto(.)io
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website e-sec-crypto(.)io. According to information available to BaFin, the trading platform RecoverX, allegedly based in Düsseldorf, is providing financial and crypto asset services without the required authorisation. The services are not offered by E-SEC GmbH. This is a case of identity theft. RecoverX is not supervised by BaFin.
Identity theft: BaFin warns against offers on website montante-finance24(.)eu
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on website montante-finance24(.)eu. According to information available to BaFin, banking transactions, especially fixed-term deposits, financial and investment services are being provided on this website without the required authorisation. According to the current state of knowledge, there is no connection with Montante GmbH. It is suspected, that this is a case of identity theft.
BaFin warns consumers about a further RoboSpark Investor website: robosparkinvestor(.)de
BaFin published warnings about RoboSpark Investor and the website robosparkinvestor(.)com on 10 October 2025 and 31 October 2025.
Finra International: BaFin issues warning about identity theft targeting Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., FINRA
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services being offered by unknown perpetrators using the email addresses “d.schmidt(at)finra-international.com” and/or “support(at)finra-international.net”. According to information available to BaFin, these email addresses are being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
Guggenheim Investments: BaFin warns against offers in WhatsApp groups and points out the risk of identity theft.
The financial supervisory authority BaFin warns against bad actors masquerading as Guggenheim Investments (and its affiliates) in WhattsApp groups or any other social media (including but not limited to Instagram and Telegram).
PCAM: BaFin warns against offers on the website polencapital-aml.mzgw(.)cc, in the app “PCAM.pro,” and in WhatsApp groups
In the WhatsApp groups, investors are recommended by “Harrison T Blake” to invest in financial instruments that can then be traded via the aforementioned app or the platform polencapital-aml.mzgw(.)cc.
BaFin warns consumers about a further VermögenMeister GmbH website: vermoegenmeister(.)com
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company VermögenMeister GmbH, which claims to be based in Nuremberg, and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website vermoegenmeister(.)com of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
Solvanta Invest: BaFin investigates purported sale of shares in Omni Shell Ltd.
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Solvanta Invest and the services it is offering. The company is offering financial and investment services without authorisation under the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG) or the German Investment Firm Act (Wertpapierinstitutsgesetz – WpIG). In addition, BaFin has not received a securities prospectus from the company; the prospectus is required under the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz – WpPG) for an offer of shares to the public. The company is leading investors to believe it can sell them shares in Omni Shell Ltd.
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