Reported as a scam / unregulated
Why Vaanex is on the register
Vaanex claims to be a member of Vanex Limited, a liability company licensed and regulated by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC). We indeed found an authorised entity named “VANEX LIMITED”, but VFSC provides neither authentication details nor domains of registered company for traders to verify. Consequently, it is not a hundred percent sure that the licensed entity is the one that runs the business under the trading name of Vaanex. Probing further into this broker, we deem that Vaanex is a scam firm that falsely uses regulatory information of the licensed entity. We downloaded its MT5 platform and noticed that this broker is owned by a BVI-based company named “Vaanex Group Company Limited” rather than “VANEX LIMITED.” So Vaanex may be a clone firm of the VFSC-regulated entity. Moreover, we didn’t find any matching results in the registers of the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC). So Vaanex is actually not regulated by any financial regulator. That means investors’ funds in this broker are unsafe and cannot be protected by any laws. 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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