Reported as a scam / unregulated
Why Vault Markets is on the register
Vault Markets is not a reliable broker for traders even though it states offers that look good to be true. Vault Markets claims it is a product of 1st Fintech Capital (Pty) Ltd, a company licensed and regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa with FSP No. 51478. We do find a match result to 1st Fintech Capital (Pty) Ltd in FSCA. But as per details of the regulated firm(Physical Address, telephone number) published on FSCA do not match Vault Markets. Vault Markets may be a clone firm that falsely uses regulatory info of an FSCA-regulated firm. Vault Markets is not under valid regulation to do forex by any regulators. Investors’ funds in this broker are unsafe and cannot be protected by any law. Therefore, it is a scam.
If you have money with this broker
- Stop sending funds. Do not pay any further “fees”, “taxes” or “verification” charges to release a withdrawal — this is a common secondary scam.
- Preserve evidence. Save transaction IDs, wallet addresses, chat logs, and every screenshot before the account is closed.
- Report it. Notify your bank/exchange and your national financial regulator so the activity is on record.
- Get guidance. Tell us what happened and we will point you toward the right next step. We are a free public registry — we never charge any fees.
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