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The Alert List is a list of entities which have come to the attention of the SFC because they are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. You can either search by name or by type to check whether an entity is already on the list. This is not a comprehensive list and new names are coming to our attention all the time. We will add to the list as we hear of new names. If you have been contacted by an unlicensed firm, it would be of assistance to the SFC if you would provide information on your dealings with that firm by completing our online complaint form.

To see the names of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms added to the Alert List since January 2020, please search by type and choose “Suspicious virtual asset trading platforms”.

For further information on boiler rooms, scam websites and phishes, please follow the links.

Note: The information contained on the Alert List is provided as an early warning service to investors but is not a substitute for investors conducting their own due diligence by checking up on a particular entity.

Please view the list by selecting the first alphabet that starts off the name of each entry or the sub-group labelled “Chinese” for entities bearing only Chinese names:

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Company name Type Add date
城堡私募基金管理(上海)有限公司 / 券聯互匯 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 20 Feb 2024
周生生黃金APP (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 12 Jan 2024
德誠金融 DSG / 德誠資本 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 20 Nov 2023
香港恒齊財富有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 9 Nov 2023
方瀛資本 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 22 Sep 2023
深圳市方瀛科技發展有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 22 Sep 2023
隆源金控經紀(香港)有限公司 (隆源金控財富管理(香港)) (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 4 Aug 2023
宏達資訊期貨直播室 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 22 May 2023
新美銀行 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 16 Feb 2023
瀚濤基金有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 12 Dec 2022
香港耀才彩票有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 12 Apr 2022
香港富利嘉寶基金管理有限公司 (只有中文名字) Unlicensed entities 6 Jul 2021
凱飛財富 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 24 May 2021
豐收證券期貨(香港)有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 24 Feb 2021
香港國際期貨有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 22 Sep 2020
亞思科財富 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 6 Aug 2020
源泰國際金控股份有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 30 Jun 2020
智誠財經 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 23 Jun 2020
海拓國際金融有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 23 Jun 2020
美港交易中心 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 16 Mar 2020
欣鴻國際金控 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 21 Feb 2020
瀚泰國際 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 2 Jan 2020
領先資本 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 2 Jan 2020
豐杰資本集團有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 12 Dec 2019
日返佣網 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 21 Oct 2019
匯金國際金融有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 3 Oct 2019
亞斯科國際 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 25 Sep 2019
恆潤財富有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 23 Aug 2019
香港鑫瑞期貨資產管理有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 30 Jul 2019
智慧之王 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 19 Jun 2019
輝煌國際金融有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 13 Jun 2019
玖富財富資產管理有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 6 Jun 2019
中信之星 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 31 May 2019
融慧通 / 融慧通融資融券 / 融通國際(香港) (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 24 May 2019
華益財富有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 14 Mar 2019
益華國際 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 6 Mar 2019
天發證券 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 4 Feb 2019
易升金融 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 11 Jan 2019
融股通國際(香港)有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 20 Dec 2018
榮滙(香港)資本管理有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 4 Dec 2018
博林國際 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 5 Oct 2018
致遠金融 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 29 Aug 2018
廣匯國際金融有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 23 Aug 2018
榮欣財富 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 15 Aug 2018
伯克國際 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 20 Jun 2018
柏富諾互聯網劵商服務平台 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 19 Jun 2018
鴻運財富 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 15 Jun 2018
香港艾伯森集團 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 14 Jun 2018
中宜期指有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 15 May 2018
信合國際投資有限公司 [Chinese name only] Unlicensed entities 12 Feb 2018
香港民眾國際期貨交易中心 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 24 Jan 2018
中融國際期貨服務有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 15 Jan 2018
上海趣耍投資管理有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 11 Aug 2017
富騰有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 1 Aug 2017
凱基投資理財有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 21 Jul 2017
香港群益期貨(Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 16 Jun 2017
香港亞通金融集團 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 17 May 2017
卓益財富集團 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 9 Jan 2017
長江創投基金—興盛1號 (Chinese name only) Others 10 Nov 2016
深圳市中信達資產管理有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 26 May 2016
香港東融金融集團有限公司 (Chinese name only) Unlicensed entities 5 Feb 2016
豐業金融 Unlicensed entities 5 Jan 2016
宏利資本 Unlicensed entities 5 Jan 2016
富兰克林邓普顿财富基金管理公司 (in simplified Chinese characters only) Suspicious websites 4 Jan 2016
津元國際 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 7 Dec 2015
信達國際 / 信達國際環球投資 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 27 Oct 2015
富國國際金融集團 Suspicious websites 10 Sep 2015
摩根金融 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 21 Jul 2015
道富投資 (香港) 有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 27 May 2014
深圳盈富寶股權基金管理有限公司 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 14 May 2014
財華國際投資 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 19 Jul 2013
富泰金融網 (Chinese name only) Suspicious websites 19 Jul 2013
時富金融網 Suspicious websites 12 Jul 2013
博滙通 Unlicensed entities 27 Jun 2013
高銀金融 Suspicious websites 25 Jan 2013
富時金融 Suspicious websites 2 Jan 2013
德國LGT投資有限公司北京代表處 Unlicensed entities 7 Aug 2012
富克林投資有限公司 Suspicious websites 29 Jun 2011
華鑫國際投資理財有限公司 Unlicensed entities 31 Aug 2010
環球指數 Suspicious websites 12 Apr 2010
Unlicensed entities

Sometimes entities appear to target Hong Kong investors whilst not having been licensed to carry out regulated activities in Hong Kong. They often adopt names similar to legitimate financial institutions to confuse investors. Alternatively, such unlicensed entities may provide financial investment trading platforms on the Internet. If you deal with a company which is not licensed by the SFC, you may not be protected by the regulatory framework enforced by the SFC.

Deal only with licensed entities and hang up on cold callers. To check whether an entity is an SFC licensee, visit our Public Register of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions.

Suspicious websites

Dubious websites may offer too-good-to-be-true investment opportunities (e.g. pre-IPO stocks of fabricated companies sold at huge discounts, or funds with guaranteed multiple returns) that do not actually exist. Alternatively, such websites may be fraudulent copycat websites imitating the websites of reputable financial institutions to lure investors to part with their money and/or disclose personal information that the fraudsters may later use to swindle investors.

Do not respond to investment website offers unless you are sure of the legitimacy of the entity.

Suspicious virtual asset trading platforms

Do not respond to suspicious virtual asset trading platform (VATP) offers if its operator is not licensed. To check whether a VATP is licensed by the SFC, please visit our List of licensed virtual asset trading platforms. 

Some VATPs that appear to operate in Hong Kong or target Hong Kong investors may not have a licence to provide virtual asset service or carry out regulated activities in the city. They may lure investors with too-good-to-be-true investment offers, falsely claim to be or soon to be licensed in Hong Kong and/or overseas, or promote themselves aggressively through social media, instant messages, so-called “key opinion leaders” (KOLs) or any other forms of advertisements.

If you deal with a VATP which is not licensed by the SFC, please note that it is unregulated and not supervised by the SFC. You may lose your entire investment held on the VATP if it ceases operation, collapses, is hacked or otherwise suffers from any misappropriation of assets. Seeking recourse against those VATPs without a nexus with Hong Kong can be very difficult and legal remedies may not be available.

Phishes

Phishes usually imitate legitimate financial institutions to despatch emails to entice recipients to disclose their credit card / bank account numbers and passwords / Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). If you provide this information, you may find your account is drained of money.

Most legitimate banks will never email you asking for your details or PIN. If in doubt, contact your bank directly.

Fake regulators and/or market operators

Creating a fake regulator and/or market operator website is one of the tricks used to deceive unwary investors into thinking that certain unauthorised financial institutions or intermediaries listed on that website are supervised by a real regulator and that they conduct their trades through a recognised market operator (e.g. stock exchanges). The scamsters create a website for a non-existent financial regulator or market operator with a plausible name. Such a website is usually sophisticated and often contains up-to-date financial news to create a false impression of authenticity. In fact, no such financial regulator or market operator exists under that name.

To check whether a financial regulator and market operator really exists, see the member lists of the International Organization of Securities Commissions and the World Federation of Exchanges respectively.

Others

Last update: 3 Oct 2020

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