Common Investments

Is Common Investments a scam? Based on its regulatory footprint, withdrawal behaviour and corporate transparency, our verdict is clear — and concerning. Here is the full review.

Who is Common Investments?

Common Investments markets itself as an online trading and investment service. Its public site is presented at https://commoninvestments.co. As with most operations of this kind, the polished front end conceals a lack of the basic protections a real, regulated broker is required to provide.

Is Common Investments regulated?

We could find no evidence that Common Investments holds a valid licence from any recognised financial regulator. Trading client funds without authorisation is one of the strongest indicators of a scam — there is no regulator to complain to, and no protection for your money.

Red flags we identified

• No verifiable licence from a recognised financial regulator
• No credible physical address or verifiable corporate record
• Withdrawals reportedly blocked behind “taxes,” “fees” or account “upgrades”
• Account dashboards that show “gains” with no real market exposure
• Offshore or shell-company registration used to avoid oversight

Our analysis

On 17 Jan 2023, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) issued a warning that Common Investments was not entered in commercial register. You may visit: https://www.finma.ch/en/finma-public/warning-list/common-investments/

Can you recover money lost to Common Investments?

If you have deposited with Common Investments, do not pay any further “fees” to withdraw — that is part of the trap. Funds sent to operations like this can sometimes be traced on-chain and pursued through the exchanges and processors that received them. Whether recovery is realistic depends on how you paid and how quickly you act.