VyberFX Scam Warning: Unlicensed Forex Site Flagged by FCA

VyberFX is an operation that says it offers forex trading at vyberfx.net and uses a mobile number in the United Kingdom. The UK financial regulator, the FCA, added this site on 6 November 2026 to its list of firms that may be providing financial services without permission.

🔍 What Has Been Identified About VyberFX

• Phone: +44 7701 426550, which appears as the firm's number in the FCA record.
• Claimed address: 6-7 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, AL5 4US. It has not been verified that this address truly belongs to the firm.
• Domain: vyberfx.net was registered on 18 March 2026, so the site is only a few months old.
• Licence: It does not appear on SPK's list of authorised intermediary institutions.

🚩 How Do Forex Platforms of This Kind Work?

In schemes of this kind the first contact is usually a call from a foreign number, and a trial deposit of a few hundred dollars is requested. Profits appear in the panel within a short time, and a larger amount is expected to be deposited "before the opportunity is missed". When a withdrawal is requested, new items such as a tax, a commission or an account verification fee come up. For VyberFX specifically there is no independent record of this sequence yet; what is described is the known way these operations work.

🔗 Other Platforms Using the Same Method

Some of the forex sites that make contact by foreign phone and demand fees at the withdrawal stage:

🧭 How Does the Legal Process Unfold?

Article 109/2 of Capital Markets Law No. 6362 punishes unauthorised activity in the capital markets with imprisonment of two to five years. The routes open to a victim are described in the legal roadmap for forex victims, and how to check a firm's authorisation is explained in the guide to SPK licence checksTR.

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

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