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Investment Warnings Update

The following companies have had warnings issued about them from the relevant authorities regarding their trading activities.

Brentwood Group Ltd

By publication in the official gazette "Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung" of 03 April 2009, the FMA is exercising this right and warns against financial service transactions requiring a licence with the following provider:

Brentwood Group Ltd.
Level 15,
Tokyo Ginko Kyokai Building,
1-3-1 Marunouchi,
Chiyoda-Ku,
Tokyo,
Japan
100-0005
Tel: +813-4580-1760, +813-6688-4521
Fax: +813-4496-6228

This provider does not possess a licence issued by the FMA to provide investment services in Austria. Therefore, it is neither allowed to provide investment advice regarding financial instruments, nor portfolio management, i.e. managing portfolios for individual customers who authorise a room for manoeuvre, provided that the customer portfolio contains one or several financial instruments. Furthermore, the provider is also not entitled to accept or transmit transactions, provided that such activity involves one or several financial instruments.

Reality National Bank (RNB)

According to the Jersey Financial Services Commission RNB is carrying on or holding out that it is carrying on deposit taking business in Jersy when it is not authorised to do so pursuant to the provisions of the banking business law.

Global Asset Group

Global Asset Group is not authorised by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services.

Global Asset Group has a website (www.global-asset-group.com) using the following address:

Beulstrasse 20,
Hergisvil,
Switzerland
6052.

Global Asset Group's representatives contact investors in Sweden by telephone, cold calling.

Silverman International

Silverman International has been listed on the FSA warning list, unfortunately there is no further information available from the authority to inform investors.

Lehman Brothers & Associates Corp

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority has been informed that a company named Lehman Brothers & Associates Corp, unsolicited has contacted a Danish citizen. The company appears to operate from Montréal in Canada and the company's homepage is http://lehmanbrotherscorp.com

According to the information given to The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, the company has offered transmission of orders in shares.

Lehman Brothers & Associates Corp. does not have authorization from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority in accordance with the Financial Business Act to carry out such services in Denmark.

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Investment Warning - Sumitomo International

Investment warning against Sumitomo International

Sumitomo International is not authorised by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services.

Sumitomo International has a website, (www.sumitomoint.com) and using the following address:

20-1 Sakuragaoka-Cho
Shibuya Infos Tower 8F,
Shibuya-Ku,
Tokyo,
Japan.
150-0031.

Sumitomo International's representatives contact investors by telephone and offer to buy their holdings of shares. However, the investor must first pay a fee in advance. This is an advance fee fraud scheme. Information suggests that Sumitomo International takes over the operation of Masahiro International. Please, see warning against Masahiro International issued 16 November 2007.

Courtesy of The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

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Boiler Room - Olympia Law Firm Mergers and Acquisitions

Olympia Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions is not authorised by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services. Olympia Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions has a website (www.olympia-lawfirm.com) using the following addresses:
Met Life Building, 200 Park Avenue, New York City, NY 10166.
8 Robinson Road, Singapore 068898. Olympia Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions' representatives contact investors by telephone and offer to buy their holdings of shares. However, the investor must first pay a fee in advance, "Vendor's Insurance Indemnity Escrow Fund@10%". This is an advance fee fraud scheme.