I don't know if Huiyou have seen such fraudulent news: fraudsters impersonate staff members of public security organs, claim that the victim's identity has been falsely used by violators, and demand that the victim pay unfreezing money and other funds for fraud under the pretext that their account will be frozen. As Marx said, if there is a 100% interest, some people dare to take risks
Unexpectedly, in the field of financial investment, there have also been such scams recently - they even use regulatory agencies as false platform names!
ASIC Trading APP
First, let's take a look at the Australian regulatory agency ASIC that has been impersonated. The following image was provided by a complaint user from Tianwang Cha:
You can see that the logo of this app is the same as the logo of a legitimate ASIC, but the color has been changed to blue. When you open the app, the content inside is completely different from that of a legitimate ASIC: a legitimate ASIC is a website for regulatory agencies, and when you open it, you will see its three service groups/institutions and the types of services they provide; False ASIC trading platforms are completely different, with the homepage displaying quotes for various currency pairs.
There are fraud gangs that dare to impersonate ASICs, and there must be other fraud gangs that dare to impersonate other regulatory agencies. No, Aihuicha also saw a netizen being scammed on the NFA platform.
NFA, a powerful trading platform
The deceived netizen had never been exposed to foreign exchange trading before. It was one of his netizens who lured him into the NFA, who told him that "NFA is a very powerful trading platform in the United States, and you only need to follow orders to ensure profitability". Under the inducement of netizens, the victim netizens opened an account in NFA, deposited funds, and followed the transaction.
Of course, everything was normal in the early stages, and the issue began with the disbursement of funds. The victim netizen's withdrawal on "NFA" was rejected, The "NFA" international customer service stated: "It has been found that the amount you transferred has been frozen by the Hainan Criminal Investigation Office's online police. The Hainan Criminal Investigation Office's online police have reported that you have used a risk account to deposit funds on our platform, which violates national laws and regulations. You are required to pay a 10% unfreeze deposit of 197 yuan for the total assets of your acquisition account. At the same time, they also stated that" this amount will only be transferred to the Hainan Criminal Investigation Office's online police account. After the unfreeze is completed, the platform will handle the withdrawal business for you as soon as possible .
At this point, as a novice victim, Huiyou also felt abnormal. After searching online, he realized that NFA was the abbreviation of the National Futures Association of the United States, not a trading platform at all; The 'NFA' he entered himself turned out to be a fake black platform.
Ai Hui Cha Reminder:
Generally, black platforms impersonate regulatory agencies, and it is rare for them to impersonate regulatory agencies. After all, this type of scam can only deceive a portion of people who do not understand foreign exchange trading at all. A little understanding indicates that regulatory agencies and trading platforms are completely different concepts.
If you, like netizens trading on the "NFA" platform, have no understanding of foreign exchange trading at all, then before starting, it's better to learn the basic knowledge of the industry and at least ensure the safety of funds.
