Published by CryptoLiveHelp 2 November 2026
Scam impersonating New Zealand entity: a source record attributed to Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand. Check the exact identity and linked source finding.
Identity and source
- Name in source
- Scam impersonating New Zealand entity
- Source authority
- Financial Markets Authority
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Source category
- Unregistered/Unlicensed entity offering financial products or services
- Source validation date
- 2025-01-21
- Source modification date
- 2025-01-21
- Additional source information
- We are concerned that scammers are impersonating a New Zealand licensed financial advice provider – Max Money Group Limited (NZBN: 9429046167460).
We have received reports that impersonators of Max Money Group Limited have approached persons or entities on social media platforms and offered insurance and lending products. The impersonators used fake identity documents to impersonate Max Money Group Limited’s staff members.
Max Money Group Limited has advised that they are not associated with the offers and the email addresses included in this warning.
We recommend caution when receiving unexpected contact offering financial services, financial products, or investment opportunities.
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The supplied category concerns authorisation or registration. An authorisation warning is not, by itself, a court finding of fraud or proof of a particular customer loss.
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