Warning: scammers are posing as Amdax
Scammers are using the Amdax name to take people's money. They run websites that look like an investment platform, such as ‘Amdax Trader’, and approach people by phone, WhatsApp or email. These websites and the people behind them have nothing to do with Amdax.
The scammers are mainly active in Spain. Several people have contacted us after losing money through these websites. The Spanish website Victifin has also published a warning about this scam (opens in a new tab). We consider this misuse of our name unacceptable. We want to prevent anyone else from being harmed.
These websites are not Amdax
- amdaxtrader.com
- amdaxtrader.co
- amdaxbv.com
- amdaxinvest.com
- olafrrecovery.comoffers to recover lost money, and runs on the same servers as the websites above
This list is not complete. Scammers regularly open new websites under different names.
The people who contacted victims used names including Bianca and Aaron. No one by those names works at Amdax.
How to recognize a fake website
The websites above look professional. Look closer and the details don't add up.
A license number that doesn't exist
The site amdaxtrader.com claims to be registered with the Spanish regulator CNMV under number 123456. Always look up a license yourself in the regulator's register, such as the AFM in the Netherlands or the CNMV in Spain.
Borrowed credibility
The site amdaxbv.com claims to be supervised by the AFM and lists an address almost identical to ours: Gustav Mahlerlaan 59 instead of Gustav Mahlerplein 49. Logos of regulators, Trustpilot or auditors without a working link prove nothing.
Details that don't match
The site amdaxtrader.com says it is a Spanish company in Madrid, but lists a UK mobile number.
High deposits and big promises
You're asked to start with $5,000 to $250,000. In return they promise that 67% of their signals turn a profit. No one can offer that kind of steady success rate in financial markets. If an offer sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Links that go nowhere
Clicking the terms, regulatory information or social media buttons does nothing.
Unsure about a website that looks like ours? Send us the link and we'll take a look with you.
How to recognize the real Amdax
- Our only website is amdax.com. You log in through the Amdax app or at my.amdax.com.
- Our team only emails from addresses ending in @amdax.com.
- We never ask you to transfer money to a wallet address or account outside your own Amdax account.
- We never ask for your password or verification code, and never ask to take over your computer remotely.
- We never ask for a payment to ‘release’ or recover your money.
- Amdax B.V. is licensed by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under the European MiCA regulation. You can check this yourself in the AFM register (opens in a new tab).
Has someone contacted you on behalf of Amdax and you're not sure?
End the conversation and contact us yourself using the details on amdax.com.
Don't use the phone number or link from the message you're unsure about.
Not sure? Contact us directly
You can always call or email us, also if you're not a client. We'll look at your situation with you and tell you what we see. There is no charge.
Email
Phone
Address
Gustav Mahlerplein 49, 1082 MS Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Language
We can also help you in Dutch and Spanish.
Have you been affected? What you can do
Stop paying and end all contact. Even if you're told you need to pay first to get your money back.
Contact your own bank right away. Sometimes a payment can still be stopped or reversed.
Keep all evidence: chat messages, emails, phone numbers, website addresses, wallet addresses and proof of payment. Take screenshots before the website disappears.
Report the fraud to the police in the country where you live.
Be careful with ‘recovery services’ that offer to get your money back for a fee. This is often the same scam, round two.
Let us know. Feel free to send us a copy of your police report. Every report strengthens our case with the authorities.
Amdax cannot recover stolen money or crypto for you
It never reached us, and we have no access to the scammers' accounts or wallets. We do take every report seriously and use it to get these websites taken offline.
What Amdax is doing
We have reported these websites to the Dutch Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD), the AFM, their Spanish counterparts the Guardia Civil and the CNMV, the hosting providers and Google. We will keep doing so as long as they are online.
Unsure about a website, call or message that appears to come from Amdax? Ask us. Better to check once too often than once too few.