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The Forex market is the world’s largest and most liquid, with a daily trading volume of around £5 trillion. As Forex trading grows in popularity in the UK due to increased internet access and the rise of international brokers, scams and dishonest brokers have become more common.
To protect yourself and avoid being scammed, make sure to follow these steps:
It is illegal in the UK for anyone to invest on your behalf without a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). .
In our 2020 report, we found that over 50% of Forex scams start on Facebook and Instagram.
Forex trading is high-risk speculation and profits can never be guaranteed.
Regulated brokers are required to publish their licence numbers on their websites. Once you know a broker’s FSP or licence number, check with the regulator to see if the broker’s licence number is legitimate. The FCA in the UK keeps a register of all licenced brokers.
If your broker is not based in the UK, other major regulators such as ASIC (Australia) and CySEC (Europe) all have searchable registers too.
In addition to ensuring that you are dealing with a regulated broker and verifying their credentials, it’s crucial to explore reviews from impartial sources. We have a long-standing history of evaluating numerous Forex brokers for over a decade. Feel free to explore our independent, unbiased forex broker reviews.
In this video, we walk you through a scam Forex broker’s site and show you some common indicators that this is not in fact a legit Forex Broker.
We also provide a podcast episode about the subject matter, divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the procedure of scam brokers and in the second part we share real life stories of people who have been scammed, how it happened and how to avoid it.
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