# Is this broker legit

**URL:** <https://community.brokerchooser.com/t/is-this-broker-legit/168>\
**Category:** Scam Broker Check 🛡️\
**Tags:** not-trusted-broker\
**Created:** [December 30, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://community.brokerchooser.com/t/is-this-broker-legit/168 "2023-12-30T06:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![user29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2acd7d/32.png) [@user29](https://community.brokerchooser.com/u/user29)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://community.brokerchooser.com/t/is-this-broker-legit/168/1 "2023-12-30T06:45:16Z")

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Hi everyone! This is my first post, so sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this  
He notified me that I needed to pay taxes and other things, so that money gets transfered, I stopped paying him, cause I don’t have money, and don’t want to pay him. I tried to find him in registry, but couldn’t find him. Maybe I don’t know how to search for him. Can someone help me in finding. I want to know if he is legit, and if he is, can I get my money back through justice system

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**Author:** ![nadam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.brokerchooser.com/nadam/32/4_2.png) [@nadam](https://community.brokerchooser.com/u/nadam)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://community.brokerchooser.com/t/is-this-broker-legit/168/2 "2024-01-02T08:40:49Z")

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Hey, welcome here, it’s great that you shared your first post!

Unfortunately, this person is not legit due to the following reasons:

- I checked the license number on FSCA register website ([https://www.fsca.co.za/Fais/Search\_FSP.htm](https://www.fsca.co.za/Fais/Search_FSP.htm)) and there was no result, see screenshot.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/brokerchooser/original/1X/8bd8edff593a477d10baffda2408a4db2685d983.png)
- Online brokers are companies and not individuals. Most scams relate to a person who pretends to be a professional broker.
- In the license paper, there is a typo (is license by **rhe** UK Trade Commission), which is an alarming sign as such official documents usually don’t have typos.

Unfortunately, it’s difficult to get your money back. We collected a few things here you can try to get your money back: [https://brokerchooser.com/forex/regulation/scams#how-to-recover-your-funds-when-scammed](https://brokerchooser.com/forex/regulation/scams#how-to-recover-your-funds-when-scammed)

Let us know if you have any further questions.  
Best,  
Adam

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**Author:** ![user29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2acd7d/32.png) [@user29](https://community.brokerchooser.com/u/user29)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.brokerchooser.com/t/is-this-broker-legit/168/3 "2024-01-03T13:43:43Z")

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I have every evidence, have the whole chat with pictures of documents he sent me, probably fake, but also have proof of payments, where I got emails and accounts with the payments I made on Mangopay, Paybis, TON bot on Telegram etc.  
Some Facebook ad popped up, which sent me through Telegram, where was that group.  
Anyway, thanks a lot for the info, hope I will get something back, either through court, or through bank with Chargeback