FSMA Warns Against AI Trading Scams and Blacklists Over 20 Fraudulent Platforms

The Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a fresh warning regarding the rising danger of fraudulent online trading platforms. These deceptive operations lure victims across the web with promises of fast, effortless riches, often exploiting trending buzzwords such as artificial intelligence (AI) alongside low initial entry costs, such as a 250-euro deposit. Beneath these enticing offers lie sophisticated investment scams designed to strip investors of their capital. According to the financial regulator, scammers deploy a range of tactics to make initial contact with prospective victims. Common methods include fraudulent advertisements featuring unauthorized images of public figures, deceptive recruitment websites, fake profiles on social media and dating applications such as Tinder, Bumble, or Happn, and unsolicited SMS or WhatsApp messages masquerading as misdirected communications. Regardless of the outreach channel, perpetrators promote unrealistic, record-breaking profit rates. Once an investor registers, they are asked to make an initial deposit, typically around 250 euros. In several cases, fraudsters offer to assist the investor by taking remote control of their computer under the guise of executing transfers. This tactic grants criminals direct access to sensitive data and enables the installation of malicious software or spyware. Following the transfer, the platforms display fabricated dashboards showing substantial, fictitious trading gains. The victim's funds are never actually invested in real markets. Fraudsters then aggressively pressure victims into depositing additional capital through relentless phone calls, time-sensitive promotions, or outright intimidation. When an investor attempts to withdraw significant sums, the platform denies the payout, citing bogus taxes, administrative fees, or other contrived excuses before severing all contact and shutting down. The FSMA identified two recruitment websites actively directing consumers to fraudulent operations: Jexoro (jexoro.com) and Trilox AI (trilox-ai.com). Additionally, the FSMA explicitly advises the public against engaging with the following fraudulent trading platforms and clone firms: - 1Swiss (1swiss.com) - AIO Markets (aiomarkets.co, aiomarkets.com, aiomarkets.net) - BCHWorld (bchworldex.com) - Bitrue Clone (home.bitru.vc, bitru.io) - Crownet (crownet.com) - DaxFinances (daxfinances.com) - Fintiwall (fintiwall.net, webtrader.fintiwall.pro) - Finveste-markets (finveste-mrkts.com) - GlobalTargetFX (globaltargetfx.io, globaltargetfx.com) - Index Traders (index-traders.com) - Interactive Broker Clone (interactive-broker.co.uk, live.interactive-broker.co.uk/dashboard) - Markets Yield (marketsyield.com, markets-yield.com, marketsyield1.com, marketsyield5.com, marketsyield7.com) - Megacix (megacix.com) - Pips-Mastery (pips-mastery.com, www.clientzone.pips-mastery.com) - Profit Wave (profitwave.cc) - Profititerra Clone (profititerra.co, webtrader.reyvon.tech/login) - Rise Spark Solution (risesparksolution.com) - Seriaglobal (seriaglobal.com, platform.seriaglobal.net) - Silverfleet Capital Clone (sr-c.cc, si-c.cc, silverfleetcapital.pro) - Soft Complex (platform.soft-complex.com, app.gate-zen.com, platform.sof-complex.com) - Soros Trading / Trading Soros (tradingsoros.com) - Trade-Trends (trade-trends.com) - Vixacapital (inv.vixacapital.io, vixacapital.io) - Xeodis (xeodis.com) The regulator stresses that this blacklist is non-exhaustive and urges investors to verify the authorization of any financial firm before transferring money. The FSMA also warns victims to stay vigilant against recovery rooms—scammers who contact previously defrauded individuals offering to recover lost funds for an upfront fee, which is merely a follow-up scam. Victims of unauthorized investment schemes are advised to immediately cease all payments and communications, contact their banking institution to report unauthorized transfers, file formal complaints with local police and regulatory authorities, and preserve all transaction receipts and communication logs.