Rule no 1. If smb calls you and offers something which seems to be too good, it is a scam. Stop or you will lose your money. And probably also your house or apartment or... Depends.
The story started in 2015. He introduced himself and asked if I might be interested in investing. He offered to buy a stock which price was available on Google finance. They offered the shares with better price than was the actual price but the difference was very small.
After couple of weeks the price went up. They sold the shares and there was a real profit. Scammer had prove itself and "earned" profit.
They use real stock. You can check the price and everything is correct. Except one fact - you will never get back Your money ! If you already made first payment, stop it and do not take any more calls because the only thing they want is more money. And they are really good in talking.ˇ
After the first "successful" investment there came next offer. Scammer sayed that the investment will be guaranteed by bank and even if sth goes wrong, money back with small profit will be guaranteed. No risk. His role was to play "big boss" who is the hedge fund manager and his portfolio is hundreds of millions of dollars. They create positive press releases. After reading this kind of press-release it looks like normal company which you can trust. Exactly - looks like...
The scammers know that you start to google. They generate fake press-releases to make people trust the company so you will find nice articles about investment plans etc.
Check if the company is listed in official warnings. The problem is that official authorities do react very slowly and before the company will be listed it will be too late for you.
That is why we need these bloggs and Your comments !
They can`t change the history of their webpage. You can check it here https://archive.org/web/ Usually there is no history because the web page has been online may be for couple of months.
After the first payment the story will change.
There might be very different reasons. It does not matter - the "change in agreement" means always that to "finish the deal" you have to pay more money. And more. And more ...
You will be explained that if you will not pay then you will lose the money you have already invested. They might use agressive sales tactics or be very convincing and they try realy hard.
STOP PAYING !
The sums will only increase and there is no stock and no deal.
Boiler room scam. Chapter 2.
After a lots of calls and discussions about "how he can take you out of the deal and you will get back your money", the scammer will understand that there will be no more payments. You will think that this is it. Again you are wrong. After some weeks there will be a new call.
Soon the "investment company" will be a history and it`s portfolio will be taken over by a new investment company. They will tell you that the old company made a lot of mistakes but he/she is the "good person" who can "finish the deal". The story starts from beginning and long conversations will lead to the needs for new payments !
The fact is that these scammers in the same group do communicate and your phone number will be forwarded to other scammers. They will use different approach to get Your money.
