What happened
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA) added "Frontier Horizon" on 10 November 2026 to its warning about fake celebrity investment scams. The FMA says the scam uses social media advertisements with deepfake celebrity videos or fake news articles that lead to an investment platform, after which a person claiming to be a broker or adviser asks for an initial payment of USD or EUR 250, may ask the victim to install remote access software, shows fake profits, and later demands high fees before any withdrawal. The FMA lists Frontier Horizon with the websites frontierhrzn.io and frnthrzn.io and several phone numbers including +61 481 973 210, +61 415 395 899, +61 466 199 535, +61 458 436 849, +61 408 274 537, +1 438 819 2090, +64 9 802 2347 and +44 1650 450088. The FMA recommends not clicking such ads, not giving personal information and, if affected, stopping contact and calling your bank immediately.
How the scam works
According to the FMA, the activity uses social media advertisements with deepfake celebrity videos or fake news articles that lead to an investment platform. A person claiming to be a broker or adviser then asks for an initial payment of USD or EUR 250, may ask the victim to install remote-access software, shows impressive figures, and later demands high fees before any withdrawal.
The FMA added Frontier Horizon, with the websites frontierhrzn.io and frnthrzn.io and a list of telephone numbers, to that warning on 10 November 2026. The FMA recommends not clicking such ads, not giving personal information and, if affected, stopping contact and calling your bank immediately. A celebrity appearing in an investment advert, especially in a video that looks slightly unnatural, is not proof that the celebrity or a licensed firm is involved.
Source
New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), 10 November 2026: https://www.fma.govt.nz/library/warnings-and-alerts/fake-celebrity-investment-scam
