Pamper Me Salon and Spa

September 8, 2023 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY This Advisory is prompted by reports and information received by the Commission that individuals or group of persons representing PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA , is enticing the public to invest their money in the said entity with a promise of high monetary rewards or profits. TAIaHE Information gathered show that PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA headed by Ms. Trina Rodriguez Dela Rosa entices the public to invest a minimum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php50,000.00) allegedly for the expansion of their salon branches and promises a return of their investment (principal) within 6 months with a 10% monthly interest for Php50,000 investment, 20% for Php100,000, 25% for Php200,000 and 35% for Php500,000 or more, as shown below: In this regard, the public is made aware that an "investment contract," which is a kind of security, exists when there is an investment or placement of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the efforts of others, which is prominent in the scheme of PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA . As such, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that said offer and/or sale of securities must be duly registered with the Commission and that the concerned entity and/or its agents should have the appropriate registration and/or license to sell such securities to the public. ICHDca Based on the Commission's database, PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA is NOT REGISTERED as a corporation or partnership and OPERATES WITHOUT THE NECESSARY LICENSE AND/OR AUTHORITY to solicit, accept or take investments/placements from the public nor to issue investment contracts and other forms of securities defined under Section 3 of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) . Further, the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act also prohibits investment fraud which is defined under the law as any form of deceptive solicitation of investments from the public which includes Ponzi schemes and such other schemes involving the promise or offer of profits or returns sourced from the investments or contributions made by the investors themselves and the offering or selling of investment schemes to the public without a license. In view thereof, the public is hereby advised NOT TO INVEST or to STOP INVESTING in the investment scheme being offered by PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA , and its representatives . Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents, representatives, promoters, recruiters, uplines, influencers, endorsers, abetters and enablers of PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA , in soliciting or convincing people to invest in the investment scheme being offered by the said entity including soliciting investments or recruiting investors through the internet may be held criminally liable under Section 11 of the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act (FCPA) and Section 28 of the SRC and both penalized separately with a maximum fine of Five Million Pesos (Php5,000,000.00) or imprisonment of Twenty One (21) years or both pursuant to Section 73 of the SRC (SEC vs. Oudine Santos, G.R. No. 195542, 19 March 2014) . Should you have any information regarding the operation of PAMPER ME SALON AND SPA , and its representatives, please send your report through email at [emailprotected] . For the information and guidance of the public. Makati City, September 8, 2023.