Fraud warning
We take every report and suspicion of fraudulent activity seriously. From time to time we identify companies and individuals using our name, or names confusingly similar to it, without permission. This page explains why the warning exists, how clone firms operate, and the three checks that confirm you are dealing with the real Inves 21.
Why we published this warning
Cloned companies
Fraudsters copy the name, logo, and website style of a real firm because a trusted brand lowers your guard. If you suspect you are dealing with a clone using our brand, do not share any personal information and notify us immediately at [email protected].
Detection has limits
We work continuously to identify clones, but some remain undetected for a period, and new ones appear faster than they can be listed. Every investor should verify a company's legitimacy independently before sharing personal data or entering any business relationship.
What we are not responsible for
We are aware of cases where our name and identity have been misused for fraudulent purposes we cannot control. While we sincerely regret the losses suffered by anyone affected, the company bears no liability for fraudulent transactions carried out in our name by parties we have no connection with.
Three checks before you share anything
Every impersonation attempt fails at least one of these. Make them a habit before your first deposit, and no clone gets far.
Check the domain
Our only website is inves21.org. Type it yourself rather than following a link from a message. Look-alike domains with extra letters, hyphens, or different endings are not us, however convincing the page looks.
Check the address
The only email domain we write from is [email protected] as the support address. Any message about your account that arrives from a free mail service or a look-alike domain is fraudulent.
Check the behaviour
We never promise guaranteed returns, never pressure you to act within minutes, never ask for your password or 2FA codes, and never request remote access to your device. Urgency plus secrecy is the signature of fraud, not of finance.
What to do if you have been targeted
If you shared information with, or sent money to, someone claiming to represent Inves 21 and now doubt they were genuine, act the same day. Contact your bank immediately and ask about reversing the payment and securing your accounts; speed matters more than certainty, and banks treat fraud reports fastest when they are fresh. Change the passwords of any accounts whose details you disclosed, starting with your email, and enable two-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
Report the matter to the South African Police Service; organised commercial fraud falls to the Hawks directorate for serious cases, and a case number is useful for your bank's investigation as well. If the fraud touched a card payment, your bank can also advise on the banking ombud's scheme for unresolved card disputes. Then write to us at [email protected] with the details: the addresses or numbers that contacted you, what was said, and any payment references. We cannot reverse a payment made to criminals, but we can warn other clients, report the clone where it operates, and confirm quickly whether any supposed representative was actually ours.
Our commitment
We will keep publishing what is genuinely ours, the domain, the address, the behaviour standards, and keep this page current as patterns change. We will answer verification questions in writing, the same day where possible, and we will never treat a "is this really you?" question as an inconvenience. The safest question in investing is the one asked before the money moves, and we would rather answer a hundred of them than see one client taken in by someone wearing our name.