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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|

New CFD broker from Cyprus focuses on Dutch people

The Cypriot CFD broker Capixal sells CFD investments on the Dutch market. A report has been received at our office of extensive damage. We're starting a lawsuit.

Hupkes advocaten2023-11-08T12:49:32+01:006 June 2022|Contracts for Difference (CFD Providers), Investment Fraud & Boiler Rooms|

Lawsuits against new CFD brokers from Cyprus

In recent months, our office has received many complaints about evaporation of investments in CFDs through brokers that have recently been active on the Dutch market, which focus on Dutch consumers. New labels, but the same method The parties that have become active on the Dutch market in recent months are: Tradedwell ( https://www.tradedwell.com/nl ), a label of iTrade Global (Cy) Ltd. IGMFX ( www.igmfx.com/nl ), a label of IGM Forex Ltd Phoenix Markets ( [...]

Hupkes advocaten2023-07-26T13:54:35+01:0014 April 2022|Contracts for Difference (CFD Providers), Investment Fraud & Boiler Rooms|

First ruling CFDs: EUR 807,600 in damages

A Cypriot CFD broker must repay €807,600 from the District Court of Noord-Holland. The court ruled that there were "unfair commercial practices". This is the first ruling in a series of proceedings pending before various courts in the Netherlands against CFD brokers from Cyprus. In total, this involves damage of more than € 12 million. Most victims say that they came into contact with the investment products from Cyprus through a "fake ad" with a [...]

Hupkes advocaten2022-08-17T17:50:17+01:009 May 2021|Contracts for Difference (CFD Providers), Investment Fraud & Boiler Rooms|