The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) warns the public that the Internet website http://www.firstinvestbank.com under the name of a Company allegedly registered in Belize, and using one of the following names, FirstInvestBank Ltd or 1st InvestBank or First Invest Bank Ltd, is not autho ...

Consumers who have been approached by foreign contacts with an offer to work from home, should be forewarned. They might be victims of scams which have been doing the rounds in many other countries before hitting Malta during these past few weeks. These scams are disguised behind numerous pretences, ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has received a number of reports from the general public about unsolicited telephone calls, SMSes or correspondence (by e-mail and post) concerning bogus investment opportunities, and prize/lottery winnings. These calls/correspondence are typically deriv ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) notes with concern media reports on the launch of “offers” by licensed financial institutions, aimed at enticing new and existing customers with free gifts and participation in a prize lottery. In the past, the Authority has addressed its concerns ...

The MFSA has been made aware that a number of internet domains have recently been created purporting to belong to particular financial entities in Malta. A domain name is simply an internet address, used to help people get to a website. For example, the MFSA’s domain name is www.mfsa.mt. Althou ...

The MFSA would like to inform the public about what appears to be a new type of cross-border scam which is generally (but not exclusively) targeted at traders who might use the internet to promote and sell their products and services online. The scam is usually referred to as Cheque Overpayment S ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA’) refers to its recent notice to the public regarding The Malta International Art Fund Ltd. The MFSA would like to warn the public that The Malta International Art Fund Ltd is not a company registered in Malta and is not regulated under Maltese f ...

In these last few days, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has received a number of reports from the general public regarding what appears to be a new wave of spam letters and emails which are being mailed directly to individuals living within households. These letters and emails seem to ...

The Prime Forestry Group, which describes itself as “an innovator in forestry partnerships” and is supposedly based in Switzerland, has been sending unsolicited letters, colourful brochures and emails to Maltese consumers, enticing them with “investment opportunities” offering “annualized ...

Once again, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) would like draw the attention of the general public that no person may offer to provide financial services of any type unless that person is duly authorised by the Authority. Last year (in July 2004), the MFSA issued a public warning about ...