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Investment scam recovery
Getting To Know
Investment Recovery
This is a very common type of fraud that comes in many forms. The most common type of fraudulent investment is when someone reaches out to you, claiming to be a regulated broker, financial advisor, fund manager, or financial service provider before demanding you transfer a large sum of money. In reality, this company doesn’t exist, meaning you are transferring money directly to them.
One of the reasons why this is so common is the fact that they are often indistinguishable from genuine investment opportunities. They are designed to closely mimic common forms of investment, with those responsible even creating professional-looking materials and websites in an attempt to entice more victims. Many investments are promised to offer high-return investments, but in reality, they can lead to investors losing thousands.
Getting money back used to be a rare occurrence, however, here at Wealth Recovery Solicitors, we’ve helped many clients all over the world recover their lost funds. Our recovery value is in the millions, and we have many tried and tested means of recovery. Investors now have more eligibility to recoup funds than before, and we’re confident that we can help with our tried and tested process.
Prevention
How to identify a scam
What types of scam are there?+
Investments are a very common type of fraud that comes in many forms. The most common type of fraudulent investment is when someone reaches out to you, claiming to be a regulated broker, financial advisor, fund manager, or financial service provider before demanding you transfer a large sum of money. In reality, this company doesn’t exist, meaning you are transferring money directly to them.
More specifically, these are:
- Boiler room fraud
- Financial mis-selling
- Ponzi schemes (also known as pyramid schemes)
- Pension scams
- Binary scams
- Land banking fraud
These schemes are set up and designed to specifically make a financial gain at the expense of the investor. As mentioned, victims will typically be contacted out of the blue and the schemes put forward are very sophisticated. They often involve elaborate advertising campaigns or professional websites, solely designed to deceive.
There are some forms of scam which are more susceptible to fraud than other types, and these tend to be unregulated schemes, such as cryptocurrency or wine and fine art investments.
What are the signs I’ve been scammed?+
We understand that realising you have fallen victim to fraud can be both shocking and upsetting. Once you know that it has happened, many victims feel like they should have spotted the signs earlier, but it’s important to understand that these schemes are highly sophisticated and trick even the most experienced of investors.
There are many signs of fraudulent schemes that you must be aware of. We live in a digital age where scammers are rife and have become increasingly common with the use of artificial intelligence, impersonating celebrities and tempting victims into investing.
The most common signs of a scam include the promise of large returns on your investment that sounds too good to be true and can be described as being once-in-a-lifetime, contacting you out of nowhere and pushy tactics.
It is worth mentioning that even if a company is on the list of the FCA, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are transferring money to that firm. It is one of the many tactics that fraudsters use to trick you into parting with your cash.
Another common sign you’ve fallen victim is when the scammer gives you short deadlines. For example, the scammer will say you need to invest before a specific date or time before you miss it to get the most profit and/or best rates. They will also say that you will get your returns relatively quickly. If any of these are mentioned then it should be avoided.
How do you avoid falling victim to scammers?+
Avoiding fraudulent schemes is easier said than done. There have been many cases which we have dealt with where the victim did not know that these things even exist. That is why it is important for us to not only help you retrieve most of the money which you have lost, but also educate you on the signs so you can avoid falling victim again in the future. Understanding and being able to recognise some of the signs as mentioned above can help keep you protected when trading online.
What’s the most common way for scammers to target victims?+
Scammers will use many different means to try and dupe you. One of the most common ways is through social media, including platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and X, particularly with cryptocurrency scams. Scammers will set up very convincing social profiles, even going as far as to follow similar accounts or luxury brands.
Another way in which scammers will target victims is through sophisticated social media adverts or highly professional looking websites, which will often be duplicated from verified and trusted websites. By impersonating this level of authority, they can then much more effectively trick and persuade people into believing that they are genuine brokers.
Our Action
Not your average recovery company
At Wealth Recovery Solicitors, we operate differently from other recovery companies, with good processes in place. We don’t simply just speak to your bank on your behalf to request a chargeback of use CRM and APP codes and neither do we use free tracing technology to try and find the destination of the crypto lost.
Free platforms such as Blockchain Explorer or Etherscan which are used for free tracing are highly unreliable and won’t always provide you with the results required in order to trace the final destination of your crypto and recover your lost funds. Instead, we use our dedicated technology and expertise to trace and recover crypto, with the facility to trace over 100 different coins.
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Our Support
What to do if you have fallen for a scam
If you have fallen for a scam, please try not to feel embarrassed or ashamed. We have dealt with hundreds of cases similar to yours and it is very common to fall for these fraudulent schemes, especially if you are unaware of what to look out for.
As soon as you think you have been conned, contact Wealth Recovery Solicitors. One of our team will ask you to go through the steps you took, including details of what the scammer asked of you. We’ll also ask you for any contact information you got from the scammer which will then form part of our trace. One risk is that the scammer will often quickly move or look to dispose of the money received almost immediately. This is why it is so important to quickly make a start with recovery action.
Further Information
Frequently asked questions
01.Are scams a criminal matter?+
Cases such as these can be both a civil and criminal matter, depending on the offence. A number of scams involve false representation, which can be both investigated and prosecuted, depending on the individual or business impersonated, by a range of different authorities. Our team of solicitors can help you pursue financial recovery and will handle all of the paperwork for you.
02.Do banks offer recovery of funds?+
Many victims believe that their banks will refund them their money once they spot the fraud. In some cases, the banks will give the money back, but this typically only happens with very specific circumstances, such as authorised push payment (also known as APP fraud) which is where scammers will ask you to make a bank transfer. Banks can refuse refunds where they believe that the individual hadn’t been careful when investing, which is why a number of our clients then come to us for help, as we can help in many more cases than the banks can.
Victim of a Scam?
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We understand that being the victim of a scam can be tough to handle, but we hope that our support, action and guidance can enable you to recover lost funds and regain a sense of confidence and security in making trades and investments online.