{"id":85040,"date":"2025-09-04T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=85040"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:41:57","slug":"scam-alert-secp-warns-of-fradulent-investment-scheme-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/scam-alert-secp-warns-of-fradulent-investment-scheme-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert: SECP warns of fradulent investment scheme on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/secp-warns-against-fraudulent-summit-4x-trade-summit-ah-experts\/\">SECP<\/a>) has issued a scam notice regarding an illegal investment and deposit-taking scheme being aggressively marketed on social media. 4D Group of Companies and its proprietor Muhammad Asif offer monthly returns of 8% to 12%.<\/p>\n<p>The SECP notified the general public that the 4D Group of Companies is not incorporated and not registered with the SECP under the Companies Act, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it is not licensed to collect deposits from the public or provide any investment schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The investment and deposit-taking operations of the 4D Group of Companies are illegal and carry a high risk of financial loss to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The SECP warns the public against investing or depositing money with the 4D Group of Companies or any other similar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/fbr-bans-unregistered-sellers-from-online-platforms-heres-why\/\">unregistered platform<\/a>, in whatever form or arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been referred to the concerned investigative authorities for further action against the persons involved in these illegal schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The public is also reminded that a company&#8217;s &#8220;Certificate of Incorporation&#8221; only verifies its registration with the SECP; it does not entitle the company to collect deposits or introduce investment schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The SECP requests the public to be cautious and to check the authenticity of any investment opportunity through the SECP&#8217;s official channels.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting the public and preventing unauthorised investment schemes are top priorities for the SECP, which continues to monitor such activities and takes necessary action when such activities are identified.<\/p>\n<p>The public can report suspected fraudulent investment schemes through the SECP&#8217;s Complaint Management System, by email, or through the SECP Toll-Free Helpline at 0800-88008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued a scam notice regarding an illegal investment and deposit-taking scheme being aggressively marketed on social media. 4D Group of Companies and its proprietor Muhammad Asif offer monthly returns of 8% to 12%. The SECP notified the general public that the 4D Group of Companies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":79942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31047,30338],"class_list":["post-85040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-fraduelent-shceme","tag-scam-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85041,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85040\/revisions\/85041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}