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Do investors and CFD brokers have a conflict of interest in contracts for difference?

A lot goes wrong when investing in CFDs. Our firm has handled more than 60 cases in recent years against foreign providers of CFD investments. The AFM and the Fraud Helpdesk warn about unreliable providers. What exactly is the problem with these investment products? What is a CFD? Many inexperienced investors who get into "contracts for differences" think that a CFD is a type of stock with a buyer and a seller. The seller [...]

Hupkes advocaten2024-03-12T08:28:16+01:0012 March 2024|Contracts for Difference (CFD Providers), Financial law, Investment Fraud & Boiler Rooms|

The investment fraudster’s roadmap: 5 tricks a boiler room uses to defraud customers

How do you know if you have fallen into the nets of an investment fraudster, an online scam or an untrustworthy CFD broker? All these scams work according to the same playbook; step by step, the investor, who is actually a prey, is lured into the trap. Phase 1: the positive phase In the first stage, the investment fraudster does not show his true face, but presents himself as friendly and helpful as possible. He [...]

Hupkes advocaten2023-02-01T12:30:09+01:0015 February 2024|Contracts for Difference (CFD Providers), Fraud & Deception, Investment Fraud & Boiler Rooms|