On January 18, 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority issued a warning regarding SSW Market Making GmbH

In its notification, the FCA said "We believe this firm may be providing financial services or products in the UK without our authorisation. Find out why you should be wary of dealing with this unauthorised firm and how to protect yourself.".

The FCA went on to note that

Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or products in the UK have to be authorised or registered by us.

This firm is not authorised by us and is targeting people in the UK. You will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), so you are unlikely to get your money back if things go wrong.

Unauthorised firm - SSW Market Making GmbH

Address: 40 Bank Street, London, UNITED KINGDOM, E14 5NR

AM Knick 4, Osteinbek, GERMANY, 22113

Telephone: 02 07 048 0570

Email: info@sswmarketmakinggmbh.com

Website: www.sswmarketmakinggmbh.com

Other Information: Please note - this scam firm is suspected to be using the same name and cloning a genuine firm registered in Germany by BaFIN (ID: 145005). It has no association with the genuine firm; who have issued an alert on their own website: http://www.ssw-marketmaking.com/en/ssw-market-making-gmbh.html Scammers are falsely claiming the name and address of the BaFIN registered company.

Be aware that some firms may give out other details or change their contact details over time to new email addresses, telephone numbers or physical addresses.

Click here to view the FCA's original notice