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Vantage Global Partners
Aikawa Building 
25 B 7th Floor 
Nishishinjuku 
Shinjuku-ku 
6-5-1 
Tokyo JAPAN 
Phone: +81 345 884 017 
Fax: +81 345 884 020 
Email: [email address], 
[email address] 
Website: www.vantageglobalpartners.com 
James Martins - associated individual 
Michael Klein - associated individual 
Peter Louw - associated individual 
Published on this site September 2010 
Vantage International Management Group Inc
Times Square Building
12th Floor, Unit 12-04B
246 Sukhumvit Road
Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110
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THAILAND 
Published on this site September 2001 
VantagePro Asset Management
Level 7, Wakamatsu Building 
3-3-6 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-Ku 
Tokyo 103-0023 
JAPAN 
Tel: +81 3 6202 2913 
Fax: +81 3 6202 2912 
Associated individual: Richard Weller 
Website: www.vantagepro.jp 
Email: [email address] 
Published on this site February 2010 
VIP World Asset Management Co
Shirlaw House
Shirley Street
P O Box SS-19084
Nassau
THE BAHAMAS 
Associated individual: Joseph Santeramo 
Published on this site October 2000 
Warren and Baker
Otemachi First Square East Tower 4F
1 - 5 - 1 Otemachi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0004
JAPAN 
Associated individuals: Frank Raul, William H. Warren, James 
Rayburn 
Published on this site October 2003 
Webster Acquisitions
29th floor
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
LONDON E14 5DY 
Associated individual: Stephen Larson 
Published on this site November 2004 
West Golden Capital
Level 14 & 15, Prudential Tower 
30 Cecil Street 
Singapore 049712 
Fax: +65 6491 5143 
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Email: [email address] 
Website: www.westgoldencapital.com 
Associated individuals: Ronald Nicholson, Shaun Vincent, 
Brian O'Connor and Lourens Waller 
Published on this site March 2010 
The West Group
Glockengieberwall 17
Hamburg
GERMANY 20095 
Associated individual: Doug Mason
Published on this site March 2005 
West Pac Inc.
Published on this site November 2006 
Westernfield Holdings Inc.
Shinjuku Park Tower S 20/F 
3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-1035 
JAPAN 
Phone + 81-345209532 
Fax + 81-344966474 
Email [email address] 
Website www.western-field.com 
Associated individuals: Alex Barclay, Anthony Barling 
Published on this site February 2010 
Western Equities Corporation
Manhattan Business Centre, 15th Floor
410 Park Avenue
New York NY10022
USA
Tel: + 1 646 360 1663
Fax: + 1 914 462 3791
Email: [email address]
Website: www.westernequitiescorp.com
Associated individual: Kenneth Logan
Published on this site March 2010 
Westgate Capital Management
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Westgate Capital Management listed here has stolen the 
identity of a legitimate firm in the United States. The 
legitimate Westgate Capital Management is located at One 
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Blue Plaza, 11th floor, Pearl River, NY 10965. They can be 
contacted on the phone at +1 845 620 1818 or by fax +1 
845 620 6868.
Published on this site April 2008 
Whitby Dumas
130 Cromwell Street
LONDON SW5 OBW 
Published on this site 04 June 2004 
Whitman Lloyds and Associates Mergers and 
Acquisitions
70 West Madison Street
Chicago
IL 60602-4270
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Published on this site March 2006 
Whitman Wright & Associates
1886 Steeles Avenue west, Suite 201 Concord
Ontario
CANADA L4K 3E9 
Published on this site 04 June 2004 
The Williams Group
29 Harley Street
London W1G 9QR 
Associated individual: William Edwards 
Published on this site November 2004 
Worldwide Investors Management Inc
Suites 303 and 305
Valero Plaza
124 Valero Street
Salcedo Village
Makati
Manila
PHILIPPINES 
Associated individuals: Chase Trek, Ramiro Yabut, Christian 
Dupont, Richard Austin, Nathan Logan, Amador Pastrana, 
Toby Forster and Peter Lawson. 
Published on this site October 2000 
Worldwide Service Inc.
322-2906 West Broadway Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
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CANADA 
Associated individual: Jeffery Diamond
Published on this site July 2004 
Younger & Hausmann Private Equity
105 Cecil Street
# 106 - 01 The Octagon
SINGAPORE 069534 
Published on this site February 2005 
Youngson International Holdings Limited
45/F 1 Exchange Square
8 Connaught Place
HONG KONG
Published on this site July 2005 
The Xenon Group
979 King's Road
Island East
HONG KONG-2761
Published on this site August 2006 
Zeus Enterprises
86 Queens Road
Central
HONG KONG
Published on this site November 2005 
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This list is not comprehensive. You should take exceptional care 
before committing to any transactions with overseas brokers 
particularly if they are known to you only by telephone 
conversation.
See also: 
z Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Cold 
Calling
z Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Follow 
Up Scams
z Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Fake 
International 'regulators' 
z Securities and Exchange Commission Thailand - Boiler Room 
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z Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Agency 
z US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
z Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)
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