Finance AU Scam: Fake Investment Site on a Typo Domain

Finance AU is an investment site running on the "au2" subdomain of finenceau.com, a domain in which the word "finance" is deliberately misspelled. The "AU" at the end of the name and the serial number in the subdomain suggest a scheme that targets Australia and offers the same content through several copies.

🔎 Warning Signs in the Domain Name

• finenceau.com was registered in September 2026; only the au2 subdomain is live, while the main address returns a blank page.
• The hosting infrastructure provider shows visitors a "suspected deceptive site" warning when they open the address.
• The ASIC alert entry points directly to the au2 subdomain.

🎣 From Visitor to Investor: How It Works

Misspelled domains and numbered subdomains are used to open a fresh copy whenever advertising is blocked. On sites of this kind a visitor's phone number is collected first; an "account manager" then calls, asks for a small initial deposit and shows profits on the dashboard. After larger sums are sent, withdrawals are held back with excuses such as a tax, insurance or "liquidity" fee.

Finance AU is not authorised in Türkiye by the Capital Markets Board (SPK); this can be verified on the SPK list of intermediary institutions. SPK Decision No. 8/297 of 24 February 2017 expressly treats unauthorised intermediation in leveraged transactions as unlawful.

🔗 Other Platforms Using the Same Method

We have previously covered these schemes, which also take investments through newly opened addresses and an "account manager":

🧭 The Legal Process

1. The team that steers people by phone is assessed together with the findings on fake investment call centresTR.
2. For the accounts that received the money, an asset investigationTR is carried out.
3. The general framework of the legal routes is set out in the article on refunds from overseas platforms.

For detailed information and legal support, you can contact Savun Law & Consultancy.

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