Evidence-led checks on brokers, apps, platforms and claims in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and genuinely regional cases.
AvoidUAEDubai Police says a phone scam caused more than AED11.8 million in losses by impersonating official and international entities, falsely telling victims they were implicated in criminal cases abroad and pressuring them to transfer money while cutting contact with family and friends.
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AvoidUAEE-Community offers trading accounts for stocks, cryptocurrencies, commodities, currencies, indices and CFDs while claiming an ADGM connection. ADGM's FSRA says the entity has never been authorised, incorporated or commercially licensed there.
Scammers claim the DFSA is holding a box containing money and gold bars and demand an 11.1% fee before it can leave the country. The regulator says the story is fabricated, including AI-generated images supposedly showing the package inside its offices.
AvoidUAEThe DFSA says scammers are impersonating a DIFC-registered firm and telling job applicants they must buy a $105 'CAP Certificate' before completing their employee profile. The regulator says the employment email and training website are part of the scam.
AvoidUAEFin claims on its website that it is a DFSA-licensed entity in the DIFC. The regulator says the claim is false, Fin has never been authorised by the DFSA, and the DIFC office address it advertises is leased to another regulated firm.
AvoidUAEThe DFSA says scammers are impersonating the legitimate regulated firm XTB MENA Limited through Telegram, fake investment contracts, a fraudulent website and advance-fee requests. XTB MENA itself remains a genuine DFSA-authorised firm.
AvoidUAEThe DFSA says fraudulent recruitment communications from individuals and organisations including 'Pinnacle Staffing UAE' have falsely claimed to represent the regulator. Some recipients were offered jobs that do not exist and invited to interviews using DFSA-branded material.
AvoidUAEGWP Management Limited is a genuine DFSA-authorised firm. The websites and trading platform identified in a new DFSA alert are impersonators using the real firm's identity and regulatory details.
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