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National Bank Warns of New Fraudulent Schemes
The National Bank of Kazakhstan warns the public about investment fraud schemes involving tokenized gold, AI developments, and trading robots promoted via social media and messaging apps. Scammers mimic legitimate brokerage platforms to display fictitious high returns, initially allowing small withdrawals to build trust before blocking access and demanding payments for fake taxes or fees. The regulator clarifies that its employees do not make unsolicited calls, offer investments, or process payments to individuals, and advises victims to report such activities to law enforcement.
National Bank Warns of New Fraudulent Schemes
National Bank of Kazakhstan warns of new investment fraud schemes.
On social media, instant messaging apps and forums, scammers posing as investment companies spread messages about guaranteed returns on investments in "tokenized gold," "super-profitable AI developments," and "neural network-based trading robots."
Scammers misrepresent themselves as financial consultants and display fictitious statistics about high returns of an "investment platform" or "crypto service," then help users register on websites that mimic those of brokerage or cryptocurrency platforms. These websites create appearance of a genuine investment activity. Thus, charts, transaction history, a personal account and a support chat are displayed.
To gain credibility, the scammers allow users to withdraw a small amount of "profit" to gain trust. After this, under the guise of a "unique offer," "increased profitability" or "a particularly advantageous deal," they persuade users to invest a larger amount. Once the user's account balance increases significantly, withdrawal becomes impossible. The scammers then demand payment of taxes, fees or insurance.
Furthermore, to lend a veneer of legality to their actions, the scammers regularly send users fake letters and documents containing seals, signatures, serial numbers and other details. After receiving funds under the guise of payment for "taxes, fees" or other charges, the scammers cease communication and block access to the platform.
We remind you that employees of the National Bank do not make audio or video calls, do not service individual accounts, do not offer investment in mutual funds or other financial products, do not insure funds and do not process payments to individuals.
If you run into a fraudulent activity, we strongly recommend that you file a report with the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
For consultation, please contact the National Bank Contact Center at 1477.
For more information mass media can contact: 8 (7172) 77–52–10 e-mail: press@nationalbank.kz www.nationalbank.kz
National Bank Warns of New Fraudulent Schemes
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