Scammers may try to win your trust by saying they are regulated by an organisation that sounds, legitimate. If they mention a “fake regulator” featured on our list below, you know the offer is a scam. The international organisations listed below are fake entities and no genuine government regulators exist under these names. Do not deal with them.
1 Alliance Financial Regulatory Board
2 American Futures and Options Exchange
3 American Futures and Options Trading Commission (AFOTC)
4 Beacon Commodities and Futures Exchange (BCFX)
5 Beacon Hill Regulatory Trade Commission, The
6 Belgium Commodities and Futures Exchange – www.bcfex.com (no longer works)
7 Board of Securities Trading Commission
8 Boston Mergers and Acquisitions Board
9 Bureau of Financial Services Board
10 Bureau of Financial Trading
11 Bureau of Foreign Security Affairs
12 Commission on Financial and Securities Compliance
13 Committee of Regulation and Liquidation on Private Ventures
15 Commonwealth Regulatory Board
16 Department of Financial Trading
17 Department of Foreign Investment Control
18 Department of International Financial Trading
19 Department of Securities Trading
20 Duetsche Anstalt f端r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (DAFIN) – www.dafin.org
21 East West Financial and Securities Compliance
22 Equities Trading Commission
23 European Futures Options Commission
24 Federal Assurance Regulatory Commission
25 Federal Mergers and Securities Board
26 Financial Assurance Regulatory Board
27 Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Belgium
28 Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Frankfurt (FSRAF) – www.fsraf.org
29 Foreign Shareholders Protection Department
30 Forensic Financial Fraud Investigators
31 Frankfurt Financial Supervisory Authority – www.ffsauthority.com
32 Futures Trading Standards Commission
33 Global Metal and Commodities Exchange
34 Global Regulatory Authority
35 Hong Kong Financial Services Authority
36 Hong Kong Financial Services Authority
37 Hong Kong Futures and Options Exchange (HKFOX)
38 Integrated Financial Regulatory Board
39 Inter-global Financial Regulatory Board
40 International Association of Transfer Agents
41 International Compliance Commission
42 International Equity Commission
43 International Exchange Regulatory Commission
45 International Organization of Securities Commission – www.iosc-us.com
46 International Regulatory Commission
47 International Securities Tax Commission
48 International Shareholder Agency
49 Japan Futures Trading Fund (JFTB) – www.jftb.org/eng/
50 Japan Options and Futures Trading Board – www.joftb.org
51 National Compliance Regulatory Board
52 National Mergers and Acquisitions Board
53 National Shareholder Protection Agency
54 Office of Financial Affairs
55 Offshore Commodity Futures Dealers Association (OCFDA)
56 Offshore Futures Securities Association
57 Offshore Investors Protection Association
58 Options and Futures Trade Commission
59 Overseas Holding Compensation Commission
61 Prudential Regulatory Board
63 Regulatory Association Of Offshore Investment Managers
64 Beacon Commodities and Futures Exchange (BCFX)
65 Securities Regulatory Commission
66 Securities Regulatory and Investment Board
67 Sicfex Swiss International Commodities Futures Exchange
68 Swiss Commodities Futures Exchange
70 Transfer Exchange Corporation
71 The Futures Exchange Securities Regulator
72 The International Board of Trade Commission
73 The International Regulatory Panel of Trades
74 United Kingdom Commodity Derivatives Association
75 United Kingdom Managed Futures Association
76 United States Trading Commission – no address or website
77 US Securities Investigative Committee
79 World Options Exchange – www.woptex.com
80 World Trade Commodities Exchange
81 Worldwide Securities Investment Comission – www.asic-capital.com
