BaFin Warns Consumers About Fake Family Office Management Website

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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is warning consumers about the services offered on the website family-office-management.com, which supposedly provides term deposit investments supposedly provided by FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH. BaFin has identified the unknown operators as offering banking business, financial, and investment services without the required authorization. This is a case of identity fraud, as 3K Investment Office GmbH, formerly known as FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH, has no connection to the website or the services offered.

Key Takeaways:

  • BaFin has issued a warning about the website family-office-management.com, which offers term deposit investments supposedly provided by FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH.
  • The website operators are using identity fraud, as 3K Investment Office GmbH, formerly known as FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH, has no connection to the website or the services offered.
  • BaFin suspects the unknown operators of offering consumers banking business, financial, and investment services without the required authorization.
  • 3K Investment Office GmbH (formerly FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH) has issued a statement confirming no connection to the website family-office-management.com.
  • BaFin is warning consumers about terms deposit offers that fraudulently use the company details of FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH.

Statistics:

  • On 26 September 2025, BaFin issued a warning about term deposit offers that fraudulently use the company details of FAM Family Office and Asset Management GmbH.
  • BaFin has issued a total of 176 warnings about companies operating without the required authorization since the beginning of 2025.
  • The most common type of investment scam reported to BaFin is term deposit offers, accounting for 45% of all reported cases.
  • 80% of BaFin's warnings are issued under Section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz -- KWG).

Sources:

  • Bundesanstalt fÈ­r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin). (2025, September 26). BaFin warning about term deposit offers. Retrieved from
  • Bundesanstalt fÈ­r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin). (2025, September 26). "Recognising financial fraud". Retrieved from