Risk scorecard
Each area is scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). Higher means more risk.
Regulation
9/10 · CriticalNo licence from any financial regulator while taking client deposits, and the site falsely advertises 'Globally Regulated'. Only a Saint Lucia company registration exists, which is not a trading licence.
Identity & transparency
6/10 · HighIt does disclose an entity, addresses and a phone, but the legal entity moved from St. Vincent (Mekness LLC) to Saint Lucia (Mekness Limited), the registered address is a common offshore mail-drop, and no regulator or owner is named.
Withdrawals & conduct
6/10 · HighRecurring fund-integrity complaints of accounts blocked after making a profit across more than one platform, though specificity (amounts, dates) is limited and some users report successful withdrawals.
Reputation
6/10 · HighTrustpilot around 2.9 with net-negative sentiment and low independent trust-scanner scores, but no regulator warning and a mixed rather than uniformly damning record.
Website claims
8/10 · CriticalThe homepage claim 'Globally Regulated' is false; no regulator is named and none exists. Presenting a company registration as if it were regulation compounds the misrepresentation.
Operational history
5/10 · ModerateBrand and domain verified from 2020, so roughly six years old, but the legal entity was re-registered from St. Vincent to Saint Lucia in 2024, an offshore-churn pattern, and it has been unregulated throughout.
Who they are
A quick desk file on the company behind the brand.
- Brand: Mekness (also shown as 'Mekness Trading Limited' in the page title)
- Legal entity: Mekness Limited, Saint Lucia (company registration No 2024-00682). Earlier operated as Mekness LLC, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (company 524 LLC 2020).
- Registered: Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia. Operational office listed as Blue Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE.
- Website: mekness.com (login at cabinet.mekness.com, web terminal at web.mekness.com)
- Only 'licence': a Saint Lucia company registration, which is incorporation only, not a financial or forex licence.
- Offers: Forex, gold and oil, indices and other CFDs on MetaTrader 5, leverage up to 1:500, plus IB and white-label programs.
- Not accepted: historically excluded USA, Canada, Japan, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, North Korea.
- Age claim: the brand and domain date from 2020; the current Saint Lucia entity was registered in 2024.
Regulation
Who really oversees this broker, and what each licence is worth to you.
Proof of regulation on an official register: No
We could not confirm this broker on any genuine regulator’s register.
Licences the broker publishes
None named (site states 'Globally Regulated')
Why we reached this verdict
How the evidence adds up.
We reached a likely-scam view because the most important protection for a client, real regulation, is missing and is actively misrepresented.
- No regulation, but a claim of regulation. The site displays 'Globally Regulated' on its homepage, yet names no regulator and holds no licence we could find with any authority. The only registration it shows is a Saint Lucia company number, which does not authorise it to hold client money or run a trading business.
- Money-access complaints. Across more than one platform, clients describe the same pattern: they made a profit, then were blocked from logging in to their MT5 account, and support closed their tickets without answering. Accounts blocked after a profit is a fund-integrity problem, not a service gripe.
- Offshore entity churn. The operation began as Mekness LLC in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 2020 and re-registered as Mekness Limited in Saint Lucia by 2024, while operating from Dubai. Moving between light-touch offshore jurisdictions is a common way to shed accountability.
- Weak external reputation. Its Trustpilot rating sits near 2.9 and independent trust scanners score the domain very low.
We stopped short of confirmed scam because there is no regulator warning naming the domain, the operation is genuinely several years old, and a minority of users report normal, fast withdrawals. Confidence is medium.
Evidence ledger
Every finding, with its source and how strongly it points.
E1The mekness.com domain was registered on 27 June 2020 (re-registration; earlier unrelated snapshots exist from 2009 to 2014), registrar NameCheap.
WeakVerisign RDAPE2The broker's own homepage advertises 'Globally Regulated' while its legal footer names no regulator and shows only Mekness Limited, Saint Lucia company registration No 2024-00682, with an operational office in Dubai. A claim of regulation with no licence behind it.
E3A 2021 snapshot shows the original operator was Mekness LLC, incorporated as company 524 LLC 2020 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, later re-registered as Mekness Limited in Saint Lucia (2024). Same brand, domain and template throughout.
ModerateMekness website (archived 2021)E4Independent reviews confirm Mekness is unregulated, with no authorisation from the FCA, CySEC, ASIC or any other supervisor, despite soliciting deposits.
StrongLegal Certifi reviewE5Reviewers report the same fund-access failure, for example 'I made a profit, and they blocked me from logging in to MT5', alongside a Trustpilot rating around 2.9 and tickets closed without response.
E6Independent trust scanners give mekness.com a very low score (around 19.9) and note the hosting IP is on a security blacklist.
E7A minority of users report normal or fast withdrawals (within 24 hours), so the record is mixed rather than a total freeze.
ModerateGlobeGain reviews aggregation
The other side
The strongest case in this broker’s favour.
In fairness, here is the case for caution rather than certainty.
- The company is not a fly-by-night: the domain and brand have existed since 2020, and the site runs a real MetaTrader 5 platform, not a home-made fake terminal we could identify.
- Some reviewers report receiving withdrawals, including within 24 hours, so the picture is mixed rather than a total freeze.
- No financial regulator has published a warning that names mekness.com, so there is no enforcement finding against it.
- Operating from an offshore jurisdiction and being unregulated is, on its own, a risk tier rather than proof of theft, and many offshore brokers operate without stealing funds.
- Our own record and some reviews disagree on the base country (Saint Lucia vs St. Vincent); the truth is that the entity moved between the two, which a careless reader could mistake for deception when it is a re-registration.
What would change this
What we would need to see to revise the verdict.
Our view would move if new facts appeared.
- Toward safer: a genuine, in-force licence from a recognised regulator, verifiable on that regulator's own register under the Mekness entity, plus a consistent record of clients withdrawing profits without accounts being locked.
- Toward confirmed scam: a regulator warning list naming mekness.com, a documented advance-fee demand (being told to pay a tax or fee before funds are released), or a cluster of detailed, dated complaints with amounts showing a systematic withdrawal freeze.
Check it yourself
Official registers and warning lists. Verify every claim first-hand.
Mekness official website
The broker's own site and legal footer; it advertises 'Globally Regulated' but names no regulator.
FCA Warning List (UK)
Search to confirm a firm is authorised in the UK; Mekness is not authorised here.
IOSCO investor alerts (I-SCAN)
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Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this broker’s safety.
Is Mekness a scam?
Mekness shows the hallmarks of a high-risk, likely-scam broker. It takes real deposits and claims to be 'Globally Regulated', but it holds no financial licence, and several clients report being locked out of their accounts after making a profit. We rate it likely scam with medium confidence.
Is Mekness regulated?
No. We found no licence from any financial regulator, including the FCA, CySEC or ASIC. The only paperwork Mekness shows is a Saint Lucia company registration (No 2024-00682), which is company incorporation, not a trading licence, and gives clients no protection.
Can I withdraw my money from Mekness?
Some users report normal withdrawals, but a recurring complaint is that accounts are blocked after a client makes a profit, and support tickets are closed without a reply. Because the broker is unregulated, there is no authority to force a payout if it refuses.
Is my money safe with Mekness?
There is no evidence your funds are protected. There is no regulator, no client-money segregation we could verify, and no compensation scheme. If the broker keeps your money, recovery options are very limited.
Who owns Mekness and where is it based?
The site is operated by Mekness Limited, registered in Saint Lucia, which earlier operated as Mekness LLC in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Its listed operational office is in Dubai, UAE. Individual ownership is not disclosed.
How old is Mekness?
The mekness.com domain and the forex brand date from 2020, so the operation is around six years old. However, the current legal entity, Mekness Limited in Saint Lucia, was only registered in 2024 after the business moved from St. Vincent.
What is the Saint Lucia registration worth?
Very little for your protection. A Saint Lucia company registration simply records that a company exists. It does not license the company to run a brokerage or hold client funds, and Saint Lucia does not supervise forex trading.
Is Mekness a clone of another broker?
No. Mekness uses its own name and does not appear to impersonate a well-known regulated firm. The risk here is that it is unregulated and misrepresents its regulation, not that it is copying another company.
Why does Mekness say it is 'Globally Regulated'?
That badge appears on its homepage, but it names no regulator and we found no licence anywhere. Advertising regulation you do not hold is a serious warning sign and is itself a form of misrepresentation.
What should I do if I was scammed by Mekness?
Stop depositing, gather all records (deposits, chats, screenshots), and report it to your bank or card provider to explore a chargeback, and to your local financial regulator or police. Do not pay anyone who promises to recover your funds for an upfront fee, as that is usually a second scam.
What should I check before depositing with any broker?
Confirm the licence number on the regulator's own website, check that the licensed entity matches the site you are using, read recent independent reviews for withdrawal problems, and be wary of high leverage, big bonuses and pressure to deposit quickly.
Does Mekness appear on any regulator warning list?
We did not find a warning list entry that names mekness.com as of this review. That is not clearance; warning lists lag new scams, and the absence of a licence combined with fund-access complaints is already a strong reason for caution.
What we recommend
The practical takeaway from everything above.
Treat Mekness as high risk and do not deposit.
- Do not send new money, and if you hold a balance, attempt a withdrawal now and keep written records.
- Because it is unregulated, there is no compensation scheme or ombudsman to recover funds if it refuses to pay.
- Prefer brokers licensed by a top-tier regulator (for example the FCA, ASIC or CySEC) that you can verify on the regulator's own register.
- Ignore any third party who contacts you promising to recover your money for an upfront fee; that is a common follow-up scam.
This is an independent assessment of risk, not a legal ruling. Scores and verdicts follow the Wikilix broker-safety methodology and can change as new evidence appears. Review scores are treated with caution when a broker’s reviews look manipulated. Last reviewed August 18, 2026. If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, or you represent this broker, please contact us.