Hi, am newbie in this forex thing.. Hope you guys can go easy on me... I was recently approached by a friend to do forex. And it all looks perfectly legit to me, it uses olympusfx and they go under a centre name FAMS+ in sri hartamas giving free classes.. Of course it has mlm elements..
Would be helpful if those who have some experience with this companies can shed some light and how to distinguish between legit or non legit forex groups?
My main concern is regarding the legality of forex trading in Malaysia which I can't seem to get a clear or good enough answer with quite an amount of probing through my friend and their uplines and uplines. Which means I did not get a convincing enough answer.
I have found out through our FEA and FSA 2013, any person who is involved in forex trading apart from licensed onshore banks is deemed to be liable. Liable persons can be subjected to find not more than rm50 million or jail up to 10 years or both.. So am pretty confused is forex legal or not? if it's not legal, why so much activity on forex here in lowyat forum? why so many still hasn't get caught? or is it bnm is closing off an eye?
Extra info: the money withdrawal can be done through olympusfx. and depositing money apparently goes through a local money changer which ultimately goes into this bank called europacific bank (am still in the process of finding out the particulars of this money changer).
Please refrain from gullible answers such as "all mlm element induced in forex is scam" or "if your upline can't answer you then probably don't join". Hope to get an educated and good response on this supported with facts.
100% scam lor. no need to consider at all