Is 1PrimeOptions a scam?

We rate it a likely scam at 78 percent risk and we would not deposit with it. Spain's CNMV published a warning naming this exact website in January 2021 and Panama's SMV warned against the brand in September 2021. It holds no licence from any financial regulator, and clients have reported unpaid withdrawals and blocked accounts consistently from 2023 into 2026.

We hold evidence, not a court judgment, so we do not make that legal accusation. What we can state is documented: two national securities regulators have publicly warned that this operation is not authorised, it holds no licence anywhere, and multiple clients describe money that did not come back. We assess the risk of fraud as high.

No. No financial regulator is named anywhere on its website, and we found no licence on any register. Its only identifier is Marshall Islands business company number 118183, which is a company registration and not financial supervision. Spain's CNMV and Panama's SMV have both confirmed it is not authorised in their jurisdictions.

Some clients clearly do, but a persistent pattern of clients who cannot runs from 2023 into 2026. Reports include a withdrawal of USD 400.99 never paid, an account with more than USD 6,000 blocked, and requests left pending beyond 60 days. If you hold a balance, request all of it now and keep records of every step.

No. Without a regulator there is no requirement to hold client money separately from company money, no external audit of where it sits, and no compensation scheme if the firm fails or refuses to pay. Your only protection is the company's own terms, and those reserve the right to withhold your funds for any reason.

The contracting company is Global Options Ltd., business company number 118183, registered in the Marshall Islands at a corporate services address in Majuro shared by very large numbers of offshore companies. No directors, officers or beneficial owners are named on the website, and the Marshall Islands corporate registry publishes no public company search, so the ownership cannot be independently confirmed.

The domain was registered on 7 February 2020, which matches the 2020 start date the company advertises, so it has operated for about six years. Treat that as an upper bound: the Marshall Islands registry publishes no public search, so the company itself could not be dated and the figure rests on the domain alone.

Very little for your protection. It means somebody filed paperwork and paid a fee to create a company. No regulator assessed the business, checked the owners, inspected its finances, or set rules about handling client money. It is not a licence and should never be read as one.

No. We checked, and this is not impersonation. The brand, the domain and the legal entity are its own, and we found no other company's licence number, registration or address in use. Note separately that a lookalike site at a hyphenated address calls itself unofficial and forwards visitors to a different broker through affiliate links.

The profile shows 1,624 reviews at 4.8 out of 5, but the shape matters more than the average. Ratings are 91 percent five star and 3 percent one star with almost nothing between, Trustpilot itself notes the reviews may not be representative, and most praise comes from accounts with one lifetime review thanking a named account manager. That is the pattern of reviews collected by a sales desk.

A binary option is a fixed payout bet on whether a price will be above or below a level at a set time. The structure is closer to gambling than investing, and because the loss rate for retail clients is so high, the product has been banned for retail investors in the European Union and the United Kingdom. This firm offers it to Spanish speaking retail clients with no regulator supervising it.

No. Under the published terms a bonus on options carries a 40 times volume condition, and for forex and CFDs a USD 1,000 bonus requires USD 10,000,000 of trading volume before you can withdraw. Accepting one attaches that condition to your own deposited money, not just to the bonus.

That asymmetry is one of our main concerns. The site accepts cards, bank transfer and local payment points for deposits, but offers withdrawals only in USDT, TRC20 and BTC. It also contradicts the firm's own terms, which say funds are withdrawn by the method used to deposit. The practical effect is that a card depositor cannot be repaid by the reversible route they used to pay.

Screenshot your balance, your withdrawal requests with their dates, and all support correspondence straight away. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback quickly, because time limits run from the transaction date. Report the firm to your national securities regulator. Do not pay anyone who offers to recover your money for an upfront fee, as that is a second scam.

Find the licence number on the broker's own site, then look it up on the regulator's public register yourself and confirm the entry shows that company and that website. Check your regulator's warning list for the exact domain. Confirm you can be paid back by the same method you paid in. If any of those three fails, do not deposit.