Verification Tricks Used by Telephone Share Scammers

Overseas firms calling New Zealanders often refer to agencies with official-sounding names to prove their authenticity. These official sounding agencies are in fact an extension of the bogus firm itself.

Representatives at these agencies sound convincing and authoritative when they talk about the overseas firm in question.

Like the overseas firms these official- sounding agencies listed below have failed to provide evidence of their registration and jurisdiction to the Commission.

This list is not exhaustive. If you are referred to an agency that is not mentioned in the list it does not mean that the agency is genuine.

It is better to buy shares in overseas firms through New Zealand brokers accountable under New Zealand.

Also, see alerts from other overseas regulators:

North American Securities Administrators Association
Australian Securities and Investments Commission

List of official- sounding agencies:

The Bureau of Foreign Securities Affairs
15 Argyle Square
London WC1H8AS
United Kingdom

Central Registry Regulators
The Central Registry Regulators Central Office
4411 West Market Street
Greensboro
NC 27407

International Association of Transfer Agents
30 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
United States of America

International center For Fraud Control
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland OH 44114

International Stock and Asset Compliance Center
(This agency does not have an address or phone number)

Offshore Investors Protection Association
(This agency does not have an address or phone number)

The Securities Archive Center
600 Superior Ave
East Fifth Third Building
Suite 1300
Cleveland
Ohio, 44114
USA

U.S. Financial Management Service
401 - 14th Street S.W. # 548
Washington D.C. 20024
Not to be confused with the genuine:
Financial Management Service (a bureau of the US Department of the Treasury) Website: www.fms.treas.gov

Tokyo Futures Options Exchange
JAPAN

US Equities Registry
500 Woodward Avenue
Detroit
MI 48226
USA