Erscheinung:27.01.2025 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection Identity fraud: BaFin warns consumers against offers on websites zinsify.de and smbcgroup.asia
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns consumers against offers on websites zinsify.de and smbcgroup.asia. According to information available to BaFin, banking transactions and financial services are being provided on these websites without the required authorisation. The services are not actually offered by SMBC Bank EU AG. This is a case of identity fraud by unknown perpetrators.
Anyone conducting banking business or providing financial or investment services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the required authorisation. Information on whether companies have been authorised by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies.
The information provided by BaFin is based on section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG).
Please be aware:
BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.
