Further warnings from Consob and foreign authorities

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Further warnings from Consob and foreign authorities

A selection of warnings, statements and investor protection resources published by Consob and foreign supervisory authorities on online scams, crypto-assets, unauthorised financial activities and other risks for investors.

Further insights

! ESMA urges social media companies to tackle unauthorised financial ads Investor protection 28 May 2025 ! IOSCO Statement on combatting online harm and the role of platform providers 21 May 2025 i ESMA Factsheet - Using Artificial Intelligence for Investing: What you should consider 25 March 2025 ! ESMA warning on the risks of crypto-assets 13 December 2024 ! Press Release: Beware of online trading “video games” - Consob points out in a Warning about the risks associated with skill tests 8 July 2024 i G20/OECD High-Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection 12 December 2022 ! Alleged purchase of Amazon shares - Updates 21 September 2023 ! Consob warning: Alleged purchase of Amazon shares 31 October 2022 ! ESAs warning on the risks of crypto-assets 17 March 2022 ! Consob and Bank of Italy warn against risks inherent in crypto-assets 28 April 2021 i Consob statement on cases of exceptional volatility in the trading of stocks and the use of social forums and web trading platforms 13 April 2021 ! Consob warning: Illegal use of the Consob acronym and logo 6 April 2021 i ESMA Report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities 17 March 2021 ! ESAs warning - Crypto-assets: ESAs remind consumers about risks 17 March 2021 ! ESMA warning on the risks to retail investors of social media-driven share trading 17 February 2021 ! Consob warning: Advertising initiatives that use illegitimately the image of celebrities 5 February 2021 ! FCA warning on the risks of investments based on crypto-assets 11 January 2021 ! Consob warning about the practice adopted by abusive financial operators who improperly use the name and image of celebrities to promise easy earnings 18 May 2020 ! Consob warning on other Supervisory Authorities warnings about fraudulent initiatives during the Coronavirus pandemic 12 May 2020 ! Consob warning on fraudulent initiatives taking advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) 9 April 2020 i FINMA news: communication on “stable coins” (Libra) 11 September 2019 ! Consob warning: Risks for consumers - misuse of identifying elements identical or similar to those of authorized companies as well as the name of Consob and other Supervisory Authorities 23 April 2019 ! Consob warning: risk for consumers - alleged offers assistance for the recovery of credit from losses for financial fraud 15 March 2019 i Esma notice: Initial Coin Offerings and crypto-assets FINMA 9 January 2019 ! ESAs warning on the risks of virtual currencies 12 February 2018 ! Consob warning: risks for consumers - sale of diamonds January 2017