Erscheinung:13.12.2024 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection BaFin warns consumers about ertdomb.com, ertdomc.com and 52 additional identical websites
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the websites ertdomb.com and ertdomc.com as well as 52 additional identical websites. According to information available to BaFin, the operators are providing financial and investment services on these websites without the required authorisation.
In addition to the websites ertdomb.com and ertdomc.com, other identical websites can be found on the internet. In each case, one of the 26 letters of the alphabet has simply been added to the website name “ertdomb” or “ertdomc”:
ertdomb.com ertdomba.com ertdombb.com
ertdombc.com ertdombd.com ertdombe.com
ertdombf.com ertdombg.com ertdombh.com
ertdombi.com ertdombj.com ertdombk.com
ertdombl.com ertdombm.com ertdombn.com
ertdombo.com ertdombp.com ertdombq.com
ertdombr.com ertdombs.com ertdombt.com
ertdombu.com ertdombv.com ertdombw.com
ertdombx.com ertdomby.com ertdombz.com
and
ertdomc.com ertdomca.com ertdomcb.com
ertdomcc.com ertdomcd.com ertdomce.com
ertdomcf.com ertdomcg.com ertdomch.com
ertdomci.com ertdomcj.com ertdomck.com
ertdomcl.com ertdomcm.com ertdomcn.com
ertdomco.com ertdomcp.com ertdomcq.com
ertdomcr.com ertdomcs.com ertdomct.com
ertdomcu.com ertdomcv.com ertdomcw.com
ertdomcx.com ertdomcy.com ertdomcz.com
All these websites are identical to the website ertdoma.com and 26 additional websites, which were already the subject of a warning issued by BaFin on 29 November 2024.
Anyone providing financial or investment services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the necessary authorisation. Information on whether a particular company has been granted authorisation 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.