Alliance Capital (clone of FCA authorised firm) -
Waarschuwing FCA UK - 2019-Oct-25
Alliance Capital (clone of FCA authorised firm)
Warnings Published: 25/10/2019 Last updated: 25/10/2019
Fraudsters are using the details of firms we authorise to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Find out more about this ‘clone firm’.
Almost all firms and individuals carrying out financial services activities in the UK have to be authorised or registered by us. This firm is not authorised or registered by us but has been targeting people in the UK, claiming to be an authorised firm.
This is what we call a 'clone firm'; and fraudsters usually use this tactic when contacting people out of the blue, so you should be especially wary if you have been cold called. They may use the name of the genuine firm, the 'firm reference number' (FRN) we have given the authorised firm or other details.
You can find out more about this scam tactic and how to protect yourself from clone firms.
Clone firm details
Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in the UK:
Alliance Capital (clone of FCA authorised firm)
Addresses: 46 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7JW
Waltika Partners Ltd, Suite 305, Griffith Corporate Centre P.O.Box 1510, Beachmont Kingstown, St.Vincent and the Grenadines
Telephone: +44 02075340788
Fax: +44 02079006944
Email: support@alliance-capital.io
Website: www.alliance-capital.io
Be aware that the scammers may give out other false details or mix these with some correct details of the registered firm.
FCA authorised firm details
This FCA authorised firm that fraudsters are claiming to work for has no association with the ‘clone firm’. It is authorised to offer, promote or sell services or products in the UK and its correct details are:
Firm Name: Capital Alliance Partners Limited
Firm Reference Number: 460233
Address: 46 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7JW
Telephone: 02075340780
Email: arnaud@capitalalliancepartners.com
Website: www.capitalalliancepartners.com
How to protect yourself
We strongly advise you to only deal with financial firms that are authorised by us, and check the Financial Services Register to ensure they are. It has information on firms and individuals that are, or have been, regulated by us.
If a firm does not appear on the Register but claims it does, contact our Consumer Helpline on 0800 111 6768.
There are more steps you should take to avoid scams and unauthorised firms.
If you use an unauthorised firm, you won’t have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service(link is external) or Financial Services Compensation Scheme(link is external) (FSCS) so you’re unlikely to get your money back if things go wrong.
If you use an authorised firm, access to the Financial Ombudsman Service and FSCS protection will depend on the investment you are making and the service the firm is providing. If you would like further information about protection, the authorised firm should be able to help.
Report a clone firm
If you think you have been approached by an unauthorised or clone firm, or contacted about a scam, you should contact us. If you were offered, bought or sold shares, you can use our reporting form.
What to do if your firm is cloned
If you think your authorised firm has been cloned or scammers are fraudulently using your name or other details, contact our Firm Helpline on 0300 500 0597.
2020-02-10,
Public warning by Consob Italy against Alliance Capital:
Consob warning on
Trade Com Limited (web site https://fxonspot.com) - "cryptobase" (web site https://cryptobase.ltd and https://cryptobase.life) - "GotechFX" (web site https://gotechfx.com) - Waltika Partners LTD (web sites https://alliance-capital.io and https://alliance-capital.cc) - GAM Group Ltd - "MarketsFX" (web site https://www.marketsfx.it) - Honest Capital Ltd (web site www.profx247.com) - Expedite Spzoo / Nautilius Investment Ltd (www.omega.best) - www.manuelcooper.com / https://manuel.omegaita.it / https://www.facebook.com/groups/241778882951122)
Consob has ordered the black-out of 8 new websites that offer financial services illegally.
The commission availed itself of the powers resulting from the 'Decreto Crescita' ('Growth Decree'; Law no. 58 of 28 June 2019, article 36, paragraph 2-terdecies), on the basis of which Consob can order internet access providers to block access from Italy to websites offering financial services without the proper authorisation.
The companies and websites are listed below:
Trade Com Limited (website https://fxonspot.com);
"cryptobase" (websites https://cryptobase.ltd and https://cryptobase.life);
"GotechFX" (website https://gotechfx.com);
Waltika Partners LTD (websites https://alliance-capital.io and https://alliance-capital.cc);
GAM Group Ltd - "MarketsFX" (website https://www.marketsfx.it);
Honest Capital Ltd (website www.profx247.com).
The number of sites blacked out since July last, when Consob got the power to order blackouts, has thus risen to 139. The measures with which the aforementioned companies were ordered to terminate the abusive activity can be viewed on the website www.consob.it.
The black-out of these websites by internet service providers operating on the Italian market is ongoing. For technical reasons, it can take several days for the black-out to come into effect.
Consob draws the attention of savers to the importance of paying the utmost attention in order to make informed investment choices, focusing on those common sense behaviours - such as checking that the operator with whom you are investing is authorised - that are essential if you really want to safeguard and, hopefully, see a return. To this end, Consob would remind you that there is a section on the homepage of its website www.consob.it entitled "Be aware of fraud!", with useful information to warn investors against abusive operators.
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The Commission has also prohibited:
pursuant to Article 99, paragraph 1, letter d), of the Consolidated Law on Finance, the offer to the public residing in Italy by Expedite Spzoo and Nautilius Investment Ltd called "Omega Best", offering investments of a financial nature without the required prospectus, also through the website www.omega.best (Decision no. 21251 of 5 February 2020);
pursuant to Article 101, paragraph 4, letter c), of the Consolidated Law on Finance, the advertising activity carried out by Mr. Emanuele Fiore in the absence of the required authorisation, through the websites www.manuelcooper.com and https://manuel.omegaita.it, and the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/241778882951122 , offering to the public investments of a financial nature called "Omega Best" promoted through the website www.omega.best (Decision no. 21250 of 5 February 2020).
The Commission had already suspended the above activities for 90 days, in Decisions no. 21148 and no. 21147 of 13 November 2019 (see "Consob Informa" no. 40/2019)
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Order, pursuant to art. 7-octies, letter b) of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February, 1998 (Consolidated Law on Finance, CLF) to cease infringement of art. 18 of the CLF, put in place by:
Trade Com Limited, through the website https://fxonspot.com (Decision no. 21255 of 5 February 2020);
"cryptobase", through the websites https://cryptobase.ltd and https://cryptobase.life (Decision no. 21254 of 5 February 2020);
"GotechFX", through the website https://gotechfx.com (Decision no. 21256 of 5 February 2020);
Waltika Partners Ltd, through the websites https://alliance-capital.io and https://alliance-capital.cc (Decision no. 21253 of 5 February 2020);
GAM Group Ltd - "MarketsFX" through the website https://www.marketsfx.it (Decision no. 21252 of 5 November 2020).
Honest Capital Ltd, through the website www.profx247.com (Decision no. 21257 of 5 November 2020).
(Published in "Consob Informa" no. 5/2020 - 10 February 2020)
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