Be alert to scams and fraud

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Phishing websites
Fake websites (e.g., fund comparison websites) to obtain personal information which is then used to make contact to offer an allegedly attractive investment opportunity.

Impersonation of New York Premier Investments employees
Using genuine names of employees that match those on regulators’ websites or senior executives.

Use of social media channels to provide alleged training to achieve high returns
Fraudsters may use social media and messaging applications to target large audiences through group chats and make it appear as if individuals in the group are making high returns and that others that do not follow would be missing out.

Fake email addresses
Using fake email addresses through free webmail services or creating domains and email addresses that look similar to genuine companies.

Fake documentation
Fake documentation such as investment prospectuses, application forms and transactional information using company logos and pictures of senior management to look legitimate.

Time pressure
Pressurizing you with time-limited offers, investments or opportunities. For example: If you don’t invest by the end of the week, you’ll miss out.

Social engineering techniques
Using social engineering techniques (e.g., manipulation, influencing) to extract confidential or personal information.

Spoofing
When fraudsters make it look like a message, email or phone call is coming from a legitimate company by changing the sender name or number that you see.

It's important to be able to spot warning signs (or red flags) potentially indicating a scam.

It’s important that you can spot potential warning signs or red flags that may indicate you are being scammed. Some examples of these are below*:

Payment requests for payments to the bank accounts of individuals, companies or third parties that have no apparent connection to New York Premier or through cryptocurrency or payment wallets. New York Premier Investments would never request such payments.

Poor spelling and grammar in documents or communications.

Returns that appear too good to be true and out of line with the market.

Emails from free webmail services or domains created with subtle differences such as the addition or removal of letters, numbers or special characters (e.g., newyorkpremierinvestmentss.com with an extra s rather than newyorkpremierinvestments.com). Please note that individual New York Premier Investments employee emails end in @newyorkpremierinvestments.com.

Variation in email domains used in communications within a short space of time (e.g., emails first sent from a fake domain such as @newyorkpremierinvestmentsbonds.com and later from a different email address such as @newyorkpremierinvestmentsbonds.co.uk).

Switching email domains in the midst of an email conversation can be an indicator that the old domain has been shut down and is no longer working.

Eagerly chasing or threatening you to make a decision or a payment with urgency. Encouraging you to invest for guaranteed returns.

New or additional payment requests in order to release investments that have already been made (purportedly for tax, administration or other purposes). New York Premier Investments would never request such payments for you to access your accounts or investments.

Time-bound offers which pressure you into making a decision or payment quickly.