HPR Commodities LLC

          IMPORTANT          FRAUD WARNING

There may be fraudulent web sites 
and telephone solicitors
 falsely claiming to represent:
 
HPR Commodities LLC 

and/or
 Robert Halper

They may use the same or similar names in attempting to defraud you

 They may also claim to trade on a non-existent exchange called NYPOE

("New York Petroleum Option Exchange")

If You Have Received Any Phone Calls or E-Mails Claiming to be From HPR Commodities, They Were Fraudulent 

Update of 23 November:
ASIC Obtains Federal Court Order Against
 Cold-Calling, Boiler Room Scammers 
Impersonating Legitimate Firms (Such as Hpr Commodities, LLC)

Important ASIC Press Release of 23 November, 2006

    
Update of 27 November, 2006

Further Details & Clarifications About the Fraud


Please contact ASIC, or your nation's authorities, if you have received these solicitations


Please notify us
 at
spoof@hprcommodities.net


Any website, e-mail, or telephone call that solicits you to "invest" or to "trade" using our name is a fraud.

HPR Commodities LLC never calls or e-mails any member of the public. 

There is NO such exchange as NYPOE

("New York Petroleum Option Exchange")
  • If you receive a telephone solicitation from anyone claiming to represent Hpr Commodities, please hang up the phone immediately.
  • Note: it is easy to send an e-mail with a false address; so do not assume that an e-mail comes from a specific person or company just because it has their e-mail address on it
  • In the Untited States, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") is the government entity that regulates futures and options markets. Their website at www.cftc.gov details their mission and provides information to the public
  • The CFTC has a specific advisory at :
http://www.cftc.gov/enf/enfseasonaladvisory.htm
that may help you determine if a telephone caller or an e-mailer is fraudulent.

Residents of Australia may obtain information from the
 Securities and Investments Commission, at:
http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf

    Agencies you can contact for  more information about fraud,                                                   and to report fraud:

Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Response Center
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
202-FTC-HELP (382-4357)
202-326-2502 (TDD)

North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
10 G Street, NE
Suite 701
Washington, DC 20002
202-737-0900

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20581
202-418-5000

National Association of Securities Dealers
1735 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1500
202-728-8000

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
202-942-7040

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASIC Complaints
Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
PO Box 9149
Traralgon Vic 3844

Infoline: 1300 300 630

United Kingdom Financial Services Authority

                        From UK: 0845 606 1234.

                            Call rates may vary.

    From Overseas: 020 7066 1000 (Switchboard.)

United States Secret Service

United States Federal Bureau of Investigation

United States Postal Inspection Service

National Fraud Information Center

Unites States Internet Crime Complaint Center

Canada's Competition Bureau Consumer Page

Securities Commission of New Zealand

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Hpr Commodities, LLC, 1 North End Avenue, Suite 906, New York, New York 10282