Verdict up front: StroVaults (strovaults.com), a “Digital Trading Platform”, promises to let you “Trade Smarter, Funded by Experts”. The Dutch regulator, the AFM, warned about it on 23 June 2026. The domain was registered on 5 December 2025 — about ten months ago.
| Website | strovaults.com |
|---|---|
| Pitch | “Trade Smarter, Funded by Experts” |
| Users claimed | “20K+ traders” and, elsewhere, “23k worldwide users” |
| Licence named | None — placeholder text under “Regulated & Secure” |
| Warning | AFM (Netherlands), 23 June 2026 |
| Domain registered | 5 December 2025 — about 10 months old |
‘Regulated’, followed by filler
Under the heading “#2 Regulated & Secure” the page reads: “Trouble that are bound to ensue and equal blame belongs.” That sentence is from the standard Latin placeholder text web designers use, translated into English. The hero says “Greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid” — same source. Nobody wrote a licence into the space because there is no licence to write.
Contacted by someone from StroVaults?
✎ FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT STROVAULTS
Or write to support@ettran.com — Include the website, what you paid and any screenshots. Never send passwords or seed phrases.
A pop-up deposit every few seconds
A notification slides in: “NEW DEPOSIT — Investor from Hong Kong deposited $39,872 via Cardano.” These tickers are generated by the page itself to create urgency. No real broker announces individual client deposits to strangers.
Two different user counts
One section says “Join 20K+ Traders Worldwide”. Another says “23k WORLDWIDE USERS”. When a company cannot keep its own invented numbers consistent on one page, the numbers were never measured.
Same kit as Vinance
The StroVaults logo — a V-shaped swoosh over the words “DIGITAL TRADING PLATFORM” — is the same design used by Vinance (vinance.net), which Sweden’s Finansinspektionen warned about. One builder, two names, two regulators.
⚠ Verified evidence
- AFM warning about strovaults.com, 23 June 2026.
- “Regulated & Secure” followed by lorem-ipsum filler.
- Fake pop-up: “Investor from Hong Kong deposited $39,872”.
- Logo kit shared with Vinance, warned in Sweden.
How to check
Search the firm’s exact name and web address on the register of the regulator in your own country, and on IOSCO’s I-SCAN list. A real broker shows a licence number you can look up in under a minute.
What to do if you paid StroVaults
- Stop sending money — no “tax”, “release fee” or “upgrade” will unlock a withdrawal.
- Keep every record: receipts, wallet addresses, emails and chat screenshots.
- Call your bank or card issuer today and ask about a chargeback or recall.
- Report it to the regulator that issued the warning and to your local police.
- Ignore anyone who offers to recover the money for an upfront fee.
The verdict: StroVaults never finished its own website, but it did finish the deposit button. Do not deposit.
Tell us what happened with StroVaults
✎ FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT STROVAULTS
Or write to support@ettran.com — Include the website, what you paid and any screenshots. Never send passwords or seed phrases.
Sources, checked 3 October 2026: AFM (Netherlands) warning via IOSCO I-SCAN (23 June 2026) · RDAP registration record for strovaults.com · the live page at strovaults.com, read in full. A regulator warning is not a court ruling. Educational content — not financial advice.