Scam alert: Scammers fraudulently stating ob体育 will guarantee their bonds

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Published 1 December 2022

1 December 2022

Scammers are using ob体育鈥檚 name and logo to issue fake bond documents to investors, holding out that ob体育 will 鈥榞uarantee鈥� their bonds.
The scammers are targeting overseas residents and are pretending to be Australian financial services (AFS) licensees.
ob体育 will never provide a guarantee for bonds or other financial products.

Red flags

Documents with ob体育鈥檚 logo which hold out that ob体育 will guarantee the relevant investments. These documents are fake. ob体育 will never provide a guarantee on investments and will never authorise its logo to be attached to investment materials.
Offers which are made through unsolicited telephone calls, emails or other means such as social media contact. If you receive an investment offer which claims to be guaranteed by ob体育, do not deal with the entity.

Do not send any more money.
Be wary of secondary scams听辞谤 money recovery services that may offer to help you get your money back for a fee.
颁辞苍迟补肠迟听,聽a free government-funded service for Australian residents, which can help to develop a specific response plan. IDCARE will never contact you out of the blue.
Report the scam聽to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission through聽聽and to the Australian Cyber Security Centre via聽.听
Report to ob体育聽if you notice ob体育鈥檚 logo on a company鈥檚 or financial product鈥檚 promotional materials. Include a link to the website or a screenshot. Your report may disrupt the scammers and will assist us to issue a warning, which will hopefully help others to avoid it. Unfortunately, ob体育 cannot help you get your money back.

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If you live in Australia and are experiencing problems with debt, contact:

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