Masiju.com Claiming to Be Menhir Capital: Scam or Legit?
A website and email address presented themselves as Menhir Capital Management, a genuine DFSA-regulated firm. The regulator says the website and email were fraudulent and had no connection to the real company.
Masiju.com was not Menhir Capital Management. The DFSA says scammers copied the identity and regulatory details of the genuine authorised firm, making the website an impersonation scam.
The Dubai Financial Services Authority says scammers impersonated the legitimate DIFC firm using the website masiju.com and a fraudulent email address while copying Menhir's name, address and DFSA reference number.
A real licence does not make every website using it legitimate
Menhir Capital Management Limited is an authorised DFSA firm operating from the Dubai International Financial Centre.
That legitimate regulatory identity is exactly what the scammers borrowed.
According to the DFSA, the fraudulent website and email address used Menhir's genuine firm details without permission.
The domain is the difference
The DFSA identified masiju.com as fraudulent.
It states that Menhir Capital Management's genuine website is menhircapital.ae and that the firm's legitimate email addresses use the @menhircapital.ae domain.
The real company website also identifies Menhir Capital Management Limited as the DIFC-based regulated firm.
This is why checking only a licence number is not enough
A scammer does not need to invent a regulatory number if they can copy one from a genuine authorised company.
A user who checks only whether the firm's name or licence exists may therefore confirm the wrong thing.
The safer verification method is to start from the regulator's own register and compare the legal entity, website, email domain, address and contact details with the person or website approaching you.
The DFSA's instruction is explicit
The DFSA advises consumers not to respond to communications connected with the fraudulent website and under no circumstances to send money to parties associated with the scam.
What Arabian Current is watching
Watch for investment sites using the names, DIFC addresses and genuine DFSA reference numbers of real authorised firms while changing only the domain, email address or payment destination.
A user might assume that finding a genuine DFSA licence number is enough to validate an investment website.
The Menhir impersonation shows that scammers can reuse a real firm's name, address and DFSA reference number while operating from an unrelated website and email domain.
Verification needs to compare the website, email domain and contact information against regulator and firm records, not only the licence number.
What supports this verdict.
Checks and evidence stay linked to the review date.
The DFSA directly identifies the website and email as fraudulent and names the genuine Menhir domain. Menhir's own website confirms the legitimate company identity and regulatory details.
The operating entity and marketed identity are checked as separate records.
Licence and regulator claims are assessed against the evidence available at the checked date.
Claims that could materially change the verdict remain visible rather than disappearing into the conclusion.
Commercial relationships, sponsorships and advertising cannot purchase or alter a Scam or Legit? verdict. The conclusion follows the evidence record.
Open the evidence record.
3 linked sourcesSupport + limitations recorded.
01Core evidenceDFSA Authorised Firm impersonated in scam
Dubai Financial Services Authority
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DFSA Authorised Firm impersonated in scam
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Confirms that masiju.com and a fraudulent email address impersonated genuine authorised firm Menhir Capital Management Limited and used its name, DIFC address and DFSA reference number without permission.
Does not disclose victim numbers, losses or the identities of the people operating the fraudulent website.
02Supporting evidenceMenhir Capital Management
Menhir Capital Management
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Menhir Capital Management
Menhir Capital Management
Confirms the genuine company's website, DIFC presence and DFSA reference number, allowing comparison with the impersonating website identified by the regulator.
The legitimate firm's own website does not independently establish who operated the impersonation scam.
03ContextDFSA Alerts
Dubai Financial Services Authority
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DFSA Alerts
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Explains that users should verify financial-service providers through the DFSA and DIFC public registers before sending money or investing.
Provides general verification guidance rather than additional evidence about the Menhir impersonation itself.
Verdicts can change.
Track new clone sites using the identities of legitimate DIFC firms, especially cases where genuine licence numbers are copied into unrelated websites or communications.
Reporting with a visible evidence trail.
Arabian Current reporting is built around human editorial authority, source-linked claims and visible evidence trails.