THE WARNING AT A GLANCE
Know the warning. See the distinction.
The SFC's suspicious-website notice says this site made a false claim of being licensed by the SFC. The record supports that specific warning about the listed domain and its Hong Kong licensing representation.
Licence & authorisationFalse licence claim · Hong Kong
Warning classificationSuspicious website
Jurisdiction of noticeHong Kong
Documented bySFC
Published05 Oct 2026
The scope of this warning
SFC category: Suspicious websites. The stated finding concerns a false SFC-licensing claim by this website; no unrelated company, other jurisdiction, trading-performance result or numerical risk score is inferred.
The identified website
www.openworldmarkets.comNamed in the authority notice