{"id":1182668,"date":"2026-02-03T10:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/?p=1182668"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:00:23","slug":"investytsiini-pastky-chomu-varto-pereviriaty-proiekty-pered-vkladenniam-koshtiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/investytsiini-pastky-chomu-varto-pereviriaty-proiekty-pered-vkladenniam-koshtiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment traps: why it is worth checking projects before investing money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In total, the list currently includes 460 investment initiatives showing signs of fraud or legal violations. The current list is available on the Commission\u2019s official website in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/activity\/insha-diialnist\/zakhyst-investoriv\/#tab-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investor Protection<\/a>\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to international investments, use data not only from the Commission\u2019s list but also from the investor protection portal of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). You can find it at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iosco.org\/i-scan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep these key warning signs in mind:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Lack of licenses and transparent information about the owners;<br \/>\n\u25cf No official confirmation of operations;<br \/>\n\u25cf Lack of regulatory oversight;<br \/>\n\u25cf Aggressive and manipulative advertising;<br \/>\n\u25cf Promises of super-high returns without mentioning the risks.<\/p>\n<p>These signs are explained in more detail in the Commission\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/osnovni-oznaky-scam-proiektiv-nktspfr-pidhotuvala-infohrafiku-poperedzhennia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infographic<\/a>. We urge investors not to ignore these warnings and to choose only verified investment projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1182667 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1182666 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1182665 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1182664 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1182663 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In total, the list currently includes 460 investment initiatives showing signs of fraud or legal violations. The current list is available on the Commission\u2019s official website in the \u201cInvestor Protection\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,853,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-golovn-novini","category-zakhyst-investoriv","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183944,"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182668\/revisions\/1183944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nssmc.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}