Scammers may try to win your trust by saying they are regulated by an organization that sounds legitimate. If they mention a 'fake regulator' featured on the list below, you know the offer is a scam.
The international organizations listed below are fake entities and no genuine government regulators exist under these names. Do not deal with them.
American Futures and Options Exchange
American Futures and Options Trading Commission (AFOTC)
Bureau of Foreign Security Affairs
Commodities Futures Trading Commission - www.cftc.org.au
(Please note that this fake regulator should not be confused with the legitimate US regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which is http://www.cftc.gov/)
Duetsche Anstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (DAFIN) - www.dafin.org
Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Frankfurt (FSRAF) - www.fsraf.org
Foreign Shareholders Protection Department
Forensic Financial Fraud Investigators
Frankfurt Financial Supervisory Authority - www.ffsauthority.com
Hong Kong Financial Services Authority
Hong Kong Financial Trading Authority (HKFTA)
Hong Kong Futures and Options Exchange (HKFOX)
International Association of Transfer Agents
International Compliance Commission
International Equity Commission
International Exchange Regulatory Commission
International Organization of Securities Commission - www.iosc-us.com
International Regulatory Commission
International Securities Tax Commission
International Shareholder Agency
Japan Futures Trading Fund (JFTB) - www.jftb.org/eng/
Japan Options and Futures Trading Board - www.joftb.org
National Mergers and Acquisitions Board
National Shareholder Protection Agency
Offshore Commodity Futures Dealers Association (OCFDA)
Offshore Futures Securities Association
Offshore Investors Protection Association
Options and Futures Trade Commission
Regulatory Association Of Offshore Investment Managers
Regulatory Compliance Commission
Securities Regulatory and Investment Board
Sicfex Swiss International Commodities Futures Exchange
Swiss Commodities Futures Exchange
Thompson Brennan Stanley
Transfer Exchange Corporation
US Securities Investigative Committee
US Stock Regulators
World Options Exchange - www.woptex.com
Worldwide Securities Investment Comission - www.asic-capital.com
Our list of International Regulatory Authorities is genuine and we check it on a regular basis to ensure that it is kept up to date.