You engaged in a financial transaction and you think you were cheated

If you think a financial transaction was fraudulent, document the facts quickly and preserve all correspondence, payment records and marketing material.

Possible supervisory relevance

SFMA reviews information that may point to unauthorised financial-market activity or breaches by supervised providers. If there are concrete indications of a legal violation, SFMA can make further enquiries and take supervisory measures within its remit.

Criminal and civil routes

Fraud, deception and recovery of lost money may involve criminal prosecution authorities or civil courts. SFMA does not conduct criminal prosecutions and does not recover losses for individual clients.

What helps a report

Include the provider name, website, people involved, bank accounts used, dates, amounts, contracts, screenshots and any promises or risk statements made to you.