ob体育 is warning the public to be wary of scammers claiming to be from ob体育 in connection with Luxembourg Offshore Banking, also known as LUXOSB Limited.
The activities of Luxembourg Offshore Banking and LUXOSB Limited are scams. They are not regulated by ob体育 nor licensed or authorised in Australia to provide financial services.
Luxembourg Offshore Banking and LUXOSB Limited are based overseas despite claiming to be associated with a company in Australia.
Theses scammers maintain that withdrawals are being processed or withheld by ob体育.
Luxembourg Offshore Banking and LUXOSB Limited claim to offer an investment program called ExpertKonek, through an online trading platform relating to stocks, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies and indices markets.
To activate a personal 鈥榯rading account鈥�, customers are asked to provide proof of ID such as photocopies of a passport and proof of address such as a utility bill.
ob体育 urges anyone who receives unexpected contact in these circumstances to simply hang up or delete the email and block the sender.
If you have been targeted by this scam or believe your bank account may have been compromised, you should contact your bank or financial institution immediately.
ob体育 Commissioner Sean Hughes said 鈥淭hese are sophisticated scams convincing people to part with their money and provide personal information. The public need to be extremely cautious of these scams and contact their financial institution if they believe their money may be at risk.鈥�
Protect yourself
- Check the ob体育 website to see if the company has an听Australian Financial Services licence
- Check听the list听on of companies and individuals that听are not licensed by ob体育. If the company that contacted you is on this list, do not deal with them
- Don鈥檛 deal with people who do not have an Australian听Financial Services licence
- Don鈥檛 send money or give out your personal information听to someone you don鈥檛 know and trust or who contacts you out of the blue
- If you鈥檝e provided your bank account or credit card听details to a scammer, contact your bank or financial institution听immediately
- Keep in mind that government departments and financial 听听听听 institutions would never ask you for your personal details via unsolicited听contact
Report
You can report scams via ACCC鈥檚 .
More information
The Australian Government website is a safe portal for finding government services.
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