Wtf? The source if the crime is abroad. What exactly can our police do? There is a special unit that you report to, anonymous if required. Scams are highlighted and bank's ask if you make unusual large withdrawals. Get grief from customers too. Greed drives this. I actually feel sorry for anyone with an Indian accent. Not likely to succeed in sales in the UK 😂😂😂😂
The work of journalists is grossly underrated! Look what she has accomplished. Bravo! But wow, people do NOT invest your money like this. It is robbery, not real investment.
Nope, not stupid. I work in a space where I should know better about scams and I’ve been milliseconds away from clicking on something I shouldn’t have. All it takes is tiredness, stressful times and trusting too much to get scammed.
I lost the exact amount as you and I feel the same. The guy who helped me invest was known to me an acquaintance. He targeted me at a vulnerable time when I had to quit my job to take care of ailing parents. My mum had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Unbelievable how cruel someone can be. He ended up committing su_ icide just after my mum passed away. His parents knew me and when I turned up at their door and found out about his demise they faked caring about my predicament. They knew he was a wrongen and they were complicite in gaining my trust. I felt they all got their karma
I thank God every day for my mother, a former deputy. I was raised to trust no one. She used to say “a dumb criminal uses a gun to steal your money but a smart criminal will simply ask for it”
@@rc.... Really; we have been conditioned into believing that "trust is better" and that we "need to trust" others; but no; as I said we have been conditioned into that belief; it is a marxistic conditioning; a political one; as you suggested; discernment is always needed. That is the need we ought meet. Not the need to trust.
More people should move the way you guys simply keep modest and follow the advise. You deserve it all on the internet, *THE TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* ! This clarifies the degree of an angel for people. Man, you deserve praise. The main reason I motivate myself to serve others.
As a Georgian and a journalist, I would love to thank you for this investigation! These call centers have been rotting the youth for quite some time already! I am happy you went after them!
I worked for a similar company in Kyiv for one month when I was a student in Ukraine. I resigned when I knew it was a scam because I can't use that money to feed my family and pay my bills as a god-fearing person.
Good. Unfortunately they often use people who have no choice, but it's easy to be corrupted with nice things (always a car waiting, food delivered, etc)
God-fearing person?!? You should not do something like that simply because it's wrong, it harms people and could potentially ruin their life. We don't need a manual (the bible, for some) to become aware of that.
@@kerrybarnes7289 yeah good work but does seem perhaps a bit naive of her to be so public about her role in this; given she's an experienced reporter one can assume that she must have by now perhaps passed the buck on to someone else, a colleague or new entrant to investigative journalism to build a career from, something of that nature.
While German authorities are continuously working to bring the perpetrators to justice, British authorities are not even aware of this scam. Amazing!! Kudos to this kind of journalism.
If you take the time to look at the history of Britain, You'll understand why they tend to ignore such deplorable practice's. The greed of the hustle is real...
If the British were that great then u think all those Pakistani politicians would be living out there. The shareef family, ishaq dar, altaf Hussain. It's a haven for them till they are paying the British bribe they are safe out there
Excellent job "Jeni". This is award-winning investigative journalism. I was scammed by "First Financial Banc", invested 250€ which "grew" to 1000€ in two weeks. I wanted to withdraw my 250€ investment as a precaution and that is when I met with insults, abuse and racial attacks including "I wish you had been the one who died instead of George Floyd". Next, my login was disabled and access to their website was blocked. They have morphed. These days they call from "Norway", "Burundi" and "Austria". Take care good people
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs
As a Georgian national I am beyond ashamed and do apologies for the harm caused and thank BBC for helping to bring the awareness. These people do not represent Georgia and they’ve robbed Georgian people too.
Banks now have serious warnings on clients online account pages. Clients should seriously take notice of these, and block unknown unsolicited emails and phone calls.
I don't mind their local investigations. But their investigations on politics of non westernised countries are nothing but 80% lies, projection, spin and outright propaganda.
Good journalism, very impressed. As a Brit I am disgusted the reporter had to ask a German policeman if he could assist British victims. His answer was spot on ... where are the UK police in all this. I am not anti police inspite of all their short falls, sadly we still need cops ... but the total absance of UK police leaves me thinking - simple incompetance or worse protection of local intitutional financial collusion. Please keep digging.
I'm British, I had a boss a few years ago who got scammed between £1 mil - £1.5 mil. From an private equity investment scam. He told me when he reported the crime, British police already knew and simply weren't interested in resolving it - because it was an international scam. More than that, there were no reports publicising the scam on the gov.uk website, or anywhere online, verified by the British state/police/govt.
My impression has been that London specifically has been very important hub for money laundering between Saudi and Russian national operations. The amount of money which is transferred is mind blowing. Hundreds of billions. Reason it has been able to go like that is due the extraordinary challenges to prove it is blood money. What need to be understood is the money laundering is only a symptom for the real disease: natinonally supported organized crime. Every country has it but some thrive from it like Saudis and Russians (and many ex Soviet nations). It all boils down of complete disregard and even hate towards other ”systems”. Religion and lack of it at both extremes create the disrespect towards other people. I’d count in as a religion also greediness. The overwhelming desire to own things with zero empathy. This is why beheading is normal tactics with Saudis, Russians and other ISIS-alike regimes. Only thing we can do (I believe) is to break ”the money loop”. Make the money worthless.
"As a Brit I am disgusted the reporter had to ask a German policeman if he could assist" WTF do you think SBF was? And it directly fed into the Biden Midterm Campaign. These eastern EU types are just copy cats to the main game. Build Back Better.
Not just one. Almost every Forex/commodities trading company is a scam; it's not just the 'Milton Group' - City of London is the mother of them all which BBC conveniently fails to mention. I used to work for one at the highest level. Know the scam inside-out. Anyone can start such a company for under $100,000 dollars. You can buy the white-label software, rent the servers to install it, buy the feeds, register the company in Malta (or another British tax haven) and off you go. And it is all legal.
The blame SHOULD be directed onto the company or companies. A country cannot be held responsible for what individuals are planning and carrying out. My parents unfortunately fell victim to same type of scammers, they were based in Nepal!. Does this mean the Nepalese country is responsible, no.
Great documentary! I do feel sorry for those who have been scammed but also quite frustrated how many people are still falling for these scams. There's definitely an element of greed and stupidity that the scammers are all to willing to exploit.
They have a great example to follow if the largest financial frauds are anything to go by. Get enough money and you’re untouchable. Go to a territory with no extradition policy and you’re safe. TH-cam pushes these schemes at every opportunity because they pay advertising fees and look like credible financial systems. The education pushers are telling you the truth because they sold you their education product so their system works and your purchase added to the revenue returns they proclaim are the potential you’ll have after buying their product, which increases their appeal, and so on, indefinitely, making their claims of a self perpetuating income with little actual effort, true. Caveat emptor. If it’s too good to be true it’s probably a scam.
The amount of bravery this took was INSANE. These people all had their lives in danger, but still decided to go through with the recovery for the sake of busting bad scammers. True respect *Strong widget on the internet!* If the FBI was half as dedicated and ingenious (and honest) as you guys are, the USA would be a much safer country. Amazing work!
You need to listen. She said no one in the USA gets called because one of perps was arrestedm, convicted and imrionsed for more tha 20 years. The USA. You seem to be part of the right wing smear campaign against the FBI.
The problem is that people like you think that the FBI can investigate EVERY scam. It's too many and they along with the secret service are the main agencies investigating crypto and other advanced fee fraud scams. How about having state and local police catch up so that the feds aren't so overwhelmed. How do I know? I used to be an analyst with an agency that investigated these scams
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs
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Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs
When you say something they say you are jealous or poor, youtube is filled with ADs from scammers google does nothing because they also make money from it, city of london is full of russian oligards.
There’s an old saying “The law is an ass”. Except in trivial matters it’s barely fit for purpose. If a criminal agency could derive part of its funding from the proceeds of criminals it busted there might be some justice.
The idea that multi-million dollar scam operations are going to allow themselves to be bothered by reporters on a shoestring budget is just ridiculous.
If Britain didn't want scammers they wouldn't have established Tax Havens in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and elsewhere. They are complicit in the scams.
"If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is." If everyone lived by this statement, then there would be a lot less of these types of scams.
I'm worried for your safety Simona!!! It's so brave of you to reveal your identity but you should not have done that. To do that for us, is just amazing. Thank you very much. Thank you to the other gentleman.❤
Simona was courageous to take this on, and that courage has yielded extremely powerful results by stopping future victims. She should be very happy with her work
In the early 2000s an investigator for the Australian Federal Police predicted the internet will shut down. Costs to companies in fraud and scams was already in the $billions. I see this prophecy materialising with each passing year.
Want to know the solution? State you have a mental health condition. They can’t sell to unsound minds but can to sound ones who don’t think things through. Handy tip number two. All street pushers of charity direct debits work under a code of conduct. Simply state ‘No’, clearly, twice, and they’ll move on wishing you a good day. They depend on your hesitant non comital politeness to continue the sales pitch.
She sounds dumb! Also no need to pretend to be mentally ill just to avoid being scammed (not that that would even work against scammers) - just don't buy! Why do we need to act!
Thank You BBC for going after these scammers awareness is the first line of defence against these scammers. To all the people who who were victims never feel ashamed it could have been anyone of us no one is immune.
About the UK police re financial scams or frauds investigations being non existent, I can vouch for that. In the early eights I used to bore anyone who would listen to death "the city of London is home to all the world's criminals" was my mantra
Absolutely love this. We need way more investigative journalism now, more than ever! Great work, Simona. Thanks BBC for giving her the $500 so she could get scammed on purpose lol. I'd love to hear how that convo went.
If it looks too good to be true it’s probably a scam. Those buying in fit into three categories: 1. Avarice. 2. Laziness. 3. Desperation. The sales pitch focuses on these three and is designed to hone in on them to elicit a sale. If you’re fortunate to not fit these categories you have nothing to worry about.
Someone from my family got scammed pretty badly from a similar company years ago, it never got enough attention for investigation and the local police wouldn’t even bother, no wonder people don’t report it, knowing that reporting won’t change anything…such a shame… I’m glad that BBC shedding light on those thieves and hopefully no one will have to go through what these people went through.
@@fidelcatsro6948 I see a or hear zero accountability here......if you take someone's word that you will get a 90% return o your money you are either biblically naive or most of the time I suspect are greedy and lazy thinking there's a short cut to making money.
@@Beauloqs Banks pay between 0.5 & 2 % interest ON YOUR MONEY what sort of noggin would believe that theres a 90 % profit system ? even bank robbery is not a guaranteed return in that figure , you have to be mental to fall for this
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs，
@@Beauloqs Couldn't agree more. The banks are forever warning us about scams, before every bank transfer. The privileged minority who can make these sort of returns with their insider knowledge aren't sharing that with joe public.
Thanks for the great work! I myself a victim of this scam in the UK back in 2019. Deposited £250 initially and they showed screen profits for 2 weeks and after that asked me to deposit more money. By then I investigated more and found out that I was scammed and asked them to refund money but never got it.
Very easy to show simulated returns from historical data. It’s like buying the winning Euromillions ticket after the draw. If only life was that easy we’d all be rich but wouldn’t be because rich would no longer exist and we’d invent another differentiation.
Alot of scams running are directed by a group of people at the very top that if mention you be called anti something . And most of it is connected to Intel. Sector of a few countries .
I am in South Africa and my niece was scammed for the equalivant of 30k dollars. The bank refuses to information on who withdrew the money. According to our law even scammers have a right to privacy. So the police can not do anything because they have no access to information. As long as banks are not losing their money, they allow excessive overseas transfers even without otherong to check.
If they had checks for all transfers it would hold up many legitimate transfers. There's no protection to gullible fools without inconveniencing everyone else.
You can clearly tell that this company is tired of playing nice guy. You can see the anger and frustration towards these scumbags in his eyes. *THE TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* I support you 100%. You are doing AWESOME work. Never give up. This is the kind of recovery agent that should get a tv show. National platform to show the scammers their days are numbered. Thank you for what you do!!.
The couple from the midlands are like a parody of pretentious rubes. Not really 'poor souls', they're motivated by hubristic greed. If you believe that somebody will turn your 1,000 quid into a million you're kind of asking for it.
Some time ago I watched a Tamil movie called 'Sathuranga Vettai" (Chess poaching literally translated) about scammers. One famous dialogue in this movie goes this way: If you want to defraud someone, you need to first instill greed in the intended victim. How true it sounds after watching this!!
It is partly true. However, the only people who really have a little money to invest are elderly who have saved all their lives and want to make that money last longer. That is not necessarily greed. More valuable to teach that "if it sounds too good to be true, it is probably not true, but a scam."
I was a victim of SamTradeFX, basically the same setup but in Singapore, many users from Indonesia too. They were the official shirt sponsor of Valencia FC. Fortunately, the Singaporean police and monetary authority of Singapore have made an investigation and is currently in court. But the chances of money returning is basically 0. The founder, doesn't look like he will be charged either. It's a mess. I lost $100k USD in this scam.
Get a class action lawyer and go after the FC with others. They added legitimacy to the scammers organization and should be liable for not doing the proper due diligence before exposing their fans to this nonsense.
Wow have I missed Tyler explaining the episodes? Will search for more. Absolutely loved how he explains the history etc. By far my favourite “BTS” of The Chosen. Would love to hear Tyler discus every episode, he’s so easy to listen to and explains everything so well 🙏🏻
Bankman-Fried was different as he actually invested the money and did not have plans to defraud. He did mismanage it, though. And was outwitted by a rival.
Wow! You are brave investigators and law enforcement groups! Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the rest of society who are likely to be the targets of such scams.
GOOD FOR YOU GIRL. YOU DID WHAT INTL LAW ENFORCEMENT DIDNT EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT - you made a difference even though nobody cares. Your quite a journalist. Please be careful young lady evil lurks around every corner you turn. GOD KEEP YOU SAFE thank you on behalf of all the victims here.
Brave woman. Governments need to dedicate more resources to investigating and shutting down these scumbags. It’s absurd that it takes the actions of a few individuals to make change happen.
The government agents and prosecutors and judges all benefit from scaring the public while not actually doing anything productive to stop scamming. The reality is they can't stop it, but they can bilk the public out of millions through taxes and fraudulent claims they're doing something. The government can't do anything, but you can. There are potential cheap technical solutions to these scams. First we need to teach people to be skeptical. 2nd people need to research investments before they take the risk as all investments involve risk. Third the technical solution to minimizing the ability of scammers to scan vulnerable and elderly folks is education AND accounts that restrict but do not stop people from accessing their money and investments. An alert could be sent to a loved one or financial advisor anytime an amount of money is being sent/withdrawn/wired that puts a person over by a percentage what they'd normally spend on a monthly basis. This would provide an opportunity for people who are in the process of being victimized to stop the transfer of larger amounts of money. As it stands banks have to do something called KYC. KYC however is a scam. It's called know your customer, but it doesn't stop scams. It's mostly just used to to go after people the government doesn't like and minimize competition in the marketplace for financial services and products. The government likes being able to abuse the financial system to target those it or some people don't like. Did you go to a protest against the guy in power? Don't be surprised when your bank account is frozen. That happened recently in Canada to tens of thousands of people. The US does something similar to certain groups of people. Ever work in the sex industry (legally that is)... expect to have your bank account closed. There is no law, but the regulators sent every financial institution a letter threatening to suspend banking licenses if they didn't suspend the accounts of "sex traffickers" and that is code for anyone in the sex industry. It was already illegal for the banks to knowingly do business with criminals after all. The officials got away with that and they're getting away with this sort of thing to oppress political opposition regularly now. The democrats utilized the IRS to go after conservatives at some point here in the past 5 - 10 years. It was a bit of a scandal. You don't think they stopped doing that did you? I'm not a conservative, but I do speak out because what they can do the conservatives and socialists they can do to me.
It is so very worrying that scammers can rent hotel event rooms for celebrations while those exposing them have to live in hiding. It should be vice versa.
It’s crazy how they’re not able to prosecute any of the big fish so to speak, but a few employees? That’ll work for now.. what a shame, after such a brilliant investigation. Great job:) Please stay safe💕
@@milo-qh7cv Money talks and buys political solutions. The financial sector depends on this. PPI, endowments, pensions, etc. All miss sold en masse. All exposed. And they were legal manipulations of the rules by the institutions clever clogs crunching the opportunity into numbers.
that was crazy and such great work by you and Alex. I was scammed out of $800 to an advertising company for my small business and I felt like such a fool and didn't know who to turn to for help. I just called myself stupid. thanks again for your hard work
@@fatemad4012 no they had a fake website and everything. Was supposed to do Facebook and google ads for me. I paid them through Venmo and one week later the phones didn’t work, the email bounced back and the website was gone.
You and vour team and vour associates are absolute legends. Thanks so much for the Work that vou've all been doing *ExposeGadgets* .Keep up with the great work, you've been doing!! Thank you for saving and protecting millions of European FROM this heartless People...What comes around, goes around!!!!! Let them have it ! God bless your heart for helping us the victims...💗
The fact that a reporter could find out so much and law enforcement with all their resources are so timid and powerless... Makes me think maybe whoever is directing the law has a cut in all these billions.
It’s hardly reassuring when the public has to rely on investigative journalists to fight major crime, is it. Especially with how so many networks and media companies opting more for sensationalist ‘journalism’ rather than investing money on real journalism that takes a long time and a lot of resources, but yields monumental results.
That's exactly right...the corruption is from the the top down, that's way it continues to exist...look at Germany, they are actively catching the scammers.
Oh you mean "hushmoney"? Bribe money? "Scratch my back ,I"ll scratch yours?Yes there's a lot of that bullshit out there and that's why scammers get away with crime! Money talks and bullshit walks!
Scammed people do not go to the police because they feel ashamed that they were cheated and they just did not realize it…shame makes them stay silent..but it can happen to anyone, they are professional they know how to create confidence in clients…you did a great investigating job, it can help protect many people in the future, thank you
I work in the financial services industry and have seen a rise in scams and fraud companies targeting inexperienced retail customers over the past few years. Economic policies favoring corporations and the richest 10% over working and middle class citizens that are desperate and struggle to make ends meet create the perfect enviroment for scammers and fraudsters.
Especially when the government itself consists of fraudsters and idiots in a 50:50 proportion. Police are demoralised, their funding cut. UK is a paradise for scammers nowadays. To be expected in a country that elected a professional con man as a PM in 2019.
Team *Adroitkey* ! It's so satisfying to see you putting in the effort to stop those shady characters. Protecting the public, especially the elderly, from those despicable con artists is crucial. You truly deserve recognition and appreciation for keeping us secure. I'm thrilled for you because you're my sibling. Your accomplishments definitely make you a strong contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. Keep up the outstanding performance ❤️❤️
Sponsorship Deals and Endorsements sporting clubs and celebs/influencers must be scrutinised and apply heavy penalties to at least limit the social engineering for Scams like these Milton, SamTrade, and many more.
Scams or get rich quick or easy income schemes will proliferate more in recessionary times. Desperate times call for desperate measures. These desperados fill a need for hope. To many it’s a religion they never escape, their residual incomes pushed into scheme after scheme. But then I buy lottery tickets with no return but the occasional ‘Win’ that never covers my losses.
Quality investigative journalism, one of the best pieces I've seen in recent memory. Also the courage of the reporter is commendable, these people are likely violent sociopaths who would not be above killing to protect their evil operation, a fact I'm sure must be difficult to cope with.
Yeah you'd think so.. But my friends use one of the trading platforms mentioned in this report - and they never had a problem with it. I can barely find any negative reviews about it. Comparing that platform to an obvious call centre scam site with nobody heard of.. that's quality? Another propaganda piece to smear unregulated services in favor of the companies that wrote the regulations.
Great investigation. Lessons to be learned. No free lunches, if it seems too good to be true it usually is. Do not let greed get the better of you. There can be no substitution for hard work and normal investment channels.
the Mr. & Mrs. that lost over 300K pounds must have gone through a lot, I could feel how heavy the man was when he was sharing his story. this scams have even gotten to Africa, and many people will die as a result of this scams. I pray and hope that we get to the end of this and arrest & persecute everyone involved.
There’s one that is ravaging Africans as we speak. It starts with a “P” It’s terrible how people just give fake promises of monthly returns on investments and then after a few months they sort of shot it down and do away with billions of people’s money. Some of them even brag how the CEO has made billions in the business and that he can now retire if he wants to. While people are crying over their money that has made him a billionaire. It’s terrible. BBC should also investigate it and get them arrested!!!!
Brilliant initiative, *VortexTrace* It's encouraging to see that you are actively opposing these dishonest individuals. It is imperative that the safeguarding of the general public and the elderly from these abhorrent con artists be a top priority. Excellent job, my companion! Because of your dedication to ensuring our safety, you merit the Nobel Peace Prize.
Just make sure you do your Due Diligence on the company and its management, not being FOMO, keep your capital investments in line with what you can tolerate to loose, do not listen or believe in endorsements by influencers/celebs/clubs. All types of investments carries a risk but there are higher risks that are involved with investment classes that does not really have any underlying physical assets (that you can see/touch yourself).
I am from America. I am really happy to see your work to expose people like this on web and make awareness among people. I had already shared this *Briskdeft* to all my foreign friends and ask them to share to others. Thank you again please keep the good work. Thank you again..………👍😇
I had the same here in Switzerland, I reported to the police on two occasions. Well, you can guess the outcome. The State prosecutor did not want to investigate. Most likely because he/she did not want his/her reputation to be linked with a failure to close out a result. As long as the police/justice does not take responsibility this will never stop
@Patrick Abas individuals are not always helpless into being scammed. Continue to educate yourself on scams: educate your friends and family, be over vigilant while in email or speaking on the phone, spread the word about scams. We ALL have to help each other fight these criminals.
Scammer only get greedy people, if you have 300K£ why do you need more, and if that was true you have to also thing if I get 90% of profit someone else has to lost it but you would not care about that. However everything was scam and you've lost 100% due to greed.
@@AIgirls365 I couldn’t really understand what you were saying… But I did get the gist that you said, why would anyone want more than £300,000? Because they don’t live where you live, and the cost of living where they live is way more expensive. That $300,000 will only last them just a few short years when rent is £50,000 a year, not to mention food, clothing, medical, transport, etc. These days that is not a lot of money to have to live on for the next 30 or 40 years until you die. Before you make nasty comments about other people, do some homework first.
@@AIgirls365 😂 I just saw your flawed logic! Sounds like you know. Nothing about economics. Just because someone makes 90% profit, does not mean that someone else has lost 90%. It is not a zero sum game. I’m guessing you said such a ridiculously ignorant comment, because you have no money or else you are just a child just starting out in the world and know nothing about being an adult.
Now this is journalism, nothing but true journalism, professionalism and very well investigated, we are tired of the daily Agenda based news this actually brings hope to victims. Cheers 🥂
It’s another narrative of convenience to their viewers which tugs heartstrings. If you’re not avaricious, lazy, or desperate, you won’t fall for these scams. That the avaricious and lazy are desperately seeking sympathy, and get it, goes to show where journalism has descended.
@@CT-vm4gf Anything that says covid came from a wet market when infact it was intentionally leaked from a lab and they sent agents around the world. Or anything that shows the left doing good things. The left are a disease. Biden is the worst thing to happen to USA. The uk is on a downward spinal.
The video does not mention it, but the scammer business is likely just a niche market for larger criminal organizations connected to drug trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution, etc. Good report. Thank you for warning all of us and especially the trading community.
Acually this is not quite true. Many of the big criminal networks are moving to scamming in different ways. Atleast thats what they are doing in Scandinavia.
When your financial advisor calls you darling and promises a 90% return on your investment in one day, please hang up the phone and call the police...
this comment should be pinned
Do a search on "FX scams in Israel"
ANYBODY...
Who claims
"GET RICH QUICK"...
Do not believe them.
Absolutely. This is called hitting the nail on the head
@@satadruray9787 😅😅😅Exactly, these people are idiots
I am grateful that I was able to partake in this and share it with the TH-cam community. Our love knows no bounds, *THE TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* .
Well done to the journalist and the German prosecutors. Shame on the British who refused to investigate.
no surprise there,
they still hold julian assange without a trial
You have to wonder why. The UK is known to launder money for the Russians.
Wtf? The source if the crime is abroad. What exactly can our police do? There is a special unit that you report to, anonymous if required. Scams are highlighted and bank's ask if you make unusual large withdrawals. Get grief from customers too. Greed drives this. I actually feel sorry for anyone with an Indian accent. Not likely to succeed in sales in the UK 😂😂😂😂
@@deborahosborne9426bet you voted brexit.
Lies again? Anti Scam SAF SPF
The work of journalists is grossly underrated! Look what she has accomplished. Bravo! But wow, people do NOT invest your money like this. It is robbery, not real investment.
Nah, after watching this I’m more than ready to invest in a scam….
Investigative journalists are my heroes! 👏👏👏 Thankyou for your hard work to warn us
Honestly it's just another biast smear piece to bash unregulated services - while promoting those that wrote the regulations..
The pressure they put on the person is immense. I lost $8000. I'm still embarrassed, angry and stupid.
You're not stupid. The scammers are very manipulative and it's difficult to know what's real and what isn't nowadays!
admitting this promptly stops the black hole suction effect.
I was scammed though crypto investment scam but i recovered lost money and got justice for me
Nope, not stupid. I work in a space where I should know better about scams and I’ve been milliseconds away from clicking on something I shouldn’t have. All it takes is tiredness, stressful times and trusting too much to get scammed.
I lost the exact amount as you and I feel the same.
The guy who helped me invest was known to me an acquaintance.
He targeted me at a vulnerable time when I had to quit my job to take care of ailing parents.
My mum had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Unbelievable how cruel someone can be.
He ended up committing su_ icide just after my mum passed away.
His parents knew me and when I turned up at their door and found out about his demise they faked caring about my predicament.
They knew he was a wrongen and they were complicite in gaining my trust.
I felt they all got their karma
I thank God every day for my mother, a former deputy. I was raised to trust no one. She used to say “a dumb criminal uses a gun to steal your money but a smart criminal will simply ask for it”
Wow..the one line that summarise a lot of things 😊
Trusting no one isn't the way to go either, it is important to exercise discernment.
Like how that imb*c*l€ elon ask debt slaves to give up thier freedom?
wOw! you are so right!
@@rc.... Really; we have been conditioned into believing that "trust is better" and that we "need to trust" others; but no; as I said we have been conditioned into that belief; it is a marxistic conditioning; a political one; as you suggested; discernment is always needed. That is the need we ought meet. Not the need to trust.
More people should move the way you guys simply keep modest and follow the advise. You deserve it all on the internet, *THE TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* ! This clarifies the degree of an angel for people. Man, you deserve praise. The main reason I motivate myself to serve others.
As a Georgian and a journalist, I would love to thank you for this investigation! These call centers have been rotting the youth for quite some time already! I am happy you went after them!
The EU must pass a law against scammers and victims must be compensated
rotting you mean rolling in cash
Georgia should set up Vigilante police to hit back hard at these scam centers
Please let them know that the Georgian politicians/police are part of the scam scheme.
@@agnescraig2912
Ha! The EU probably has any number of people involved. Itself is corrupt.
I worked for a similar company in Kyiv for one month when I was a student in Ukraine. I resigned when I knew it was a scam because I can't use that money to feed my family and pay my bills as a god-fearing person.
I,m don,t understand why they didn’t shut you up for leaving them so soon
Good. Unfortunately they often use people who have no choice, but it's easy to be corrupted with nice things (always a car waiting, food delivered, etc)
You need to be afraid of God to know it's a bad thing? What a dumb shit.
God-fearing person?!? You should not do something like that simply because it's wrong, it harms people and could potentially ruin their life. We don't need a manual (the bible, for some) to become aware of that.
@@Batavo666So true.
These football clubs should be held accountable for taking sponsors and promoting them without checking their backgrounds.
KYC regs should be applied to these clubs. There's just so much shady money going into these institutions.
A lot of these clubs are already owned by dirty money, so they can clean that money
@@carrioncrow8191 WE HAVE A BINGO!
There are networks of lodges.
They are a part of the racket.
@@tombirmingham7033 yay, what do I win?
That football club should be sued as well. How do you just advertise any old thing just because they paid you?
The most important lesson you'll ever learn, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"
When it comes to money, absolutely
One may sound clever and bright but before you know it you got scammed.
That advice sounds too good to be true to be honest
If it probably is, that means sometimes it isn't
That lesson is been around for Millenia, many people just DON'T want to learn
This is journalism. Thank God it still exists. Good job.
BBC IS SHIT
yeah great, now they know who she is, they will go deeper.
@@kerrybarnes7289 yeah good work but does seem perhaps a bit naive of her to be so public about her role in this; given she's an experienced reporter one can assume that she must have by now perhaps passed the buck on to someone else, a colleague or new entrant to investigative journalism to build a career from, something of that nature.
@@J3diMindTrix Or maybe she is wearing a mask even in this one. She is not that dumb
Her voice is annoying asf, why does she speak like that?
This journalism is simply the BEST .
While German authorities are continuously working to bring the perpetrators to justice, British authorities are not even aware of this scam. Amazing!! Kudos to this kind of journalism.
If you take the time to look at the history of Britain,
You'll understand why they tend to ignore such deplorable practice's.
The greed of the hustle is real...
Well a lot of the scammers live in parliament.
If the British were that great then u think all those Pakistani politicians would be living out there. The shareef family, ishaq dar, altaf Hussain. It's a haven for them till they are paying the British bribe they are safe out there
The British authorities do know. They just cannot be bothered stopping it because they are corrupt themselves and it's too much work for them.
We are the privileged ones leave us alone
Excellent job "Jeni". This is award-winning investigative journalism. I was scammed by "First Financial Banc", invested 250€ which "grew" to 1000€ in two weeks. I wanted to withdraw my 250€ investment as a precaution and that is when I met with insults, abuse and racial attacks including "I wish you had been the one who died instead of George Floyd". Next, my login was disabled and access to their website was blocked. They have morphed. These days they call from "Norway", "Burundi" and "Austria". Take care good people
Be glad you only lost 250€. I know this guy who lost $250,000....
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs
The classic Ponzi scheme. Show high returns and select numbers who withdrew riches to build the pyramid.
@@eleghari was he liquidated?
@@21Blockboy No need...law is on the side of perpetrators of these scams...nothing that was done was "illegal"
As a Georgian national I am beyond ashamed and do apologies for the harm caused and thank BBC for helping to bring the awareness. These people do not represent Georgia and they’ve robbed Georgian people too.
englands got them as well, dont worry about it. regulators dont do their job
You should do what we do and give them jobs in banking and politics.
Dont worry we dont blame you
Tbh even the stereotype of Nigerian scammers is not true - less then 1% of Nigerians do that so its unfair to stereotype
They were based in your country but they are Israeli
@@hunter5369 And when they run back to Israel with the stolen millions they're protected from extradition by the state.
I was once told that financial scammers appeal to the victim's greed and laziness.
Exactly. It’s irrespective of one’s education. It’s targeting our human flaws/traits 😊
I thought I was very smart before I was scammed. Those guys are very smart. Thanks for this video
Excellent work. We need more like this. Give this journalist a HUGE raise.
Investigation journalists are not in it for money. But that's what most non-journalists don't seem to understand. Of course 😊
Banks now have serious warnings on clients online account pages. Clients should seriously take notice of these, and block unknown unsolicited emails and phone calls.
A surprisingly good piece of journalism from the BBC who have lost the plot in almost every other way. Well done to the team who made this.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't mind their local investigations. But their investigations on politics of non westernised countries are nothing but 80% lies, projection, spin and outright propaganda.
Good journalism, very impressed. As a Brit I am disgusted the reporter had to ask a German policeman if he could assist British victims. His answer was spot on ... where are the UK police in all this. I am not anti police inspite of all their short falls, sadly we still need cops ... but the total absance of UK police leaves me thinking - simple incompetance or worse protection of local intitutional financial collusion. Please keep digging.
There's something definitely wrong with the police force in UK.
I'm British, I had a boss a few years ago who got scammed between £1 mil - £1.5 mil. From an private equity investment scam.
He told me when he reported the crime, British police already knew and simply weren't interested in resolving it - because it was an international scam.
More than that, there were no reports publicising the scam on the gov.uk website, or anywhere online, verified by the British state/police/govt.
My impression has been that London specifically has been very important hub for money laundering between Saudi and Russian national operations. The amount of money which is transferred is mind blowing. Hundreds of billions. Reason it has been able to go like that is due the extraordinary challenges to prove it is blood money. What need to be understood is the money laundering is only a symptom for the real disease: natinonally supported organized crime.
Every country has it but some thrive from it like Saudis and Russians (and many ex Soviet nations). It all boils down of complete disregard and even hate towards other ”systems”. Religion and lack of it at both extremes create the disrespect towards other people. I’d count in as a religion also greediness. The overwhelming desire to own things with zero empathy. This is why beheading is normal tactics with Saudis, Russians and other ISIS-alike regimes.
Only thing we can do (I believe) is to break ”the money loop”. Make the money worthless.
"As a Brit I am disgusted the reporter had to ask a German policeman if he could assist"
WTF do you think SBF was? And it directly fed into the Biden Midterm Campaign.
These eastern EU types are just copy cats to the main game.
Build Back Better.
The City of London launders all the black money in the world.
In simple words UK is responsible for protecting the main scammer.
(the BBC)
@@louiswilliamterminator2887 So very true!
Not just one. Almost every Forex/commodities trading company is a scam; it's not just the 'Milton Group' - City of London is the mother of them all which BBC conveniently fails to mention.
I used to work for one at the highest level. Know the scam inside-out. Anyone can start such a company for under $100,000 dollars. You can buy the white-label software, rent the servers to install it, buy the feeds, register the company in Malta (or another British tax haven) and off you go. And it is all legal.
The blame SHOULD be directed onto the company or companies. A country cannot be held responsible for what individuals are planning and carrying out.
My parents unfortunately fell victim to same type of scammers, they were based in Nepal!. Does this mean the Nepalese country is responsible, no.
They allowed these scammers to register the business there. UK government is a sham
I love how your "advisor" called you Darling twice in a short call
Great documentary!
I do feel sorry for those who have been scammed but also quite frustrated how many people are still falling for these scams. There's definitely an element of greed and stupidity that the scammers are all to willing to exploit.
Greed is a failing for many..the promise of easy wealth
Impressive work! These people need to not just be held accountable, but made examples of.
Yeah punched in the throat
They have a great example to follow if the largest financial frauds are anything to go by. Get enough money and you’re untouchable. Go to a territory with no extradition policy and you’re safe. TH-cam pushes these schemes at every opportunity because they pay advertising fees and look like credible financial systems. The education pushers are telling you the truth because they sold you their education product so their system works and your purchase added to the revenue returns they proclaim are the potential you’ll have after buying their product, which increases their appeal, and so on, indefinitely, making their claims of a self perpetuating income with little actual effort, true. Caveat emptor. If it’s too good to be true it’s probably a scam.
Shot
The amount of bravery this took was INSANE. These people all had their lives in danger, but still decided to go through with the recovery for the sake of busting bad scammers. True respect *Strong widget on the internet!*
If the FBI was half as dedicated and ingenious (and honest) as you guys are, the USA would be a much safer country.
Amazing work!
Strong widget scam
You need to listen. She said no one in the USA gets called because one of perps was arrestedm, convicted and imrionsed for more tha 20 years. The USA. You seem to be part of the right wing smear campaign against the FBI.
The problem is that people like you think that the FBI can investigate EVERY scam. It's too many and they along with the secret service are the main agencies investigating crypto and other advanced fee fraud scams. How about having state and local police catch up so that the feds aren't so overwhelmed. How do I know? I used to be an analyst with an agency that investigated these scams
Love your work Simona Wineglass! Fighting the good fight. I love seeing justice against these evil people.
You mean against the Israelis that were behind the scam? Wineglass didn't mention that, did she? Good work, truly!
Her voice is adorable too
winona sineglass
British give asylum and safe heaven to financial frauds from all across the globe each year. I am still waiting for BBC to make a documentary on that!
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs
Warren Buffet has good advice: Do not put money in a business you don't understand. It's that simple.
But those are the only companies offering such incredible profits.
Vulture capital makes trillions transferring wealth to as few people least deserving as possible by depreciation and desecration all ways.
Illegitimate oligopolistic trillion $ heir and billion $ heirs, in an iron triangle of government and business control frauds, make illegitimate news and views via BBC, PBS, Fox, CNN, Globo et al, persuading time, will and money from thought free marks watching illegitimate professional actors competing for advertising and power, paid for by illegitimate spooks and influencers, for illegitimate safety and health, profiting illegitimate so called trained professionals, especially from the IVY LEAGUE and hanger ons like U.C. and other "bargain rate" centers of indoctrination real estate PR boondoggles known as HIGH Ed.
Illegitimate investment is a predictable age old consequence.
Lessons never learned by the permanent foolish caste will be often taught by their masters.
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The truth is, if they wanted to trace it - they would. If they wanted to get them arrested, they would. It will never end.
It took decades for anyone to even notice what Bernie Madoff was doing. Even when people were trying to sound the alarm on him.
@@enviritas9498 Bernie M He also holds the world record at the full distance💸
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs
When you say something they say you are jealous or poor, youtube is filled with ADs from scammers google does nothing because they also make money from it, city of london is full of russian oligards.
There’s an old saying “The law is an ass”. Except in trivial matters it’s barely fit for purpose.
If a criminal agency could derive part of its funding from the proceeds of criminals it busted there might be some justice.
This woman and her associates are incredibly brave souls. Amazing work!
This is proper journalism. Instead of 90% of the nonsense the media puts out.
You need to use this story to slam other journalists. Which journalism is a waste? Do you lose money on cat stories?
The truth is, if they wanted to trace it - they would. If they wanted to get them arrested, they would. It will never end.
The idea that multi-million dollar scam operations are going to allow themselves to be bothered by reporters on a shoestring budget is just ridiculous.
Nobody in the world is in business to help you get rich.
If Britain didn't want scammers they wouldn't have established Tax Havens in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and elsewhere. They are complicit in the scams.
"If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is." If everyone lived by this statement, then there would be a lot less of these types of scams.
True.
But remember, “You cannot cheat an honest man.”
He defrauded so many British people .., just to buy a property in London 😬
And when you realise the BBC just sent them £500 of our TV LIcense money. Even this damn documentary is funded by us! 😟
@@blakasmurf😂😂😂😂
If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. It doesn't get much worse than this.
Not usually...always.
governments have been scaming its peoples for Centuries
I wish this level of journalism was more frequent
This is the kind of investigator we need more of! Good job!
I'm worried for your safety Simona!!! It's so brave of you to reveal your identity but you should not have done that.
To do that for us, is just amazing. Thank you very much. Thank you to the other gentleman.❤
It wasnt brave.
@@Kittiesinclair5 how so???
Praying for your protection.
"Lead us not into temptation bur DELIVER us from evil"
Kudos to the team for bringing this up and making people aware of it.
Simona was courageous to take this on, and that courage has yielded extremely powerful results by stopping future victims. She should be very happy with her work
In the early 2000s an investigator for the Australian Federal Police predicted the internet will shut down. Costs to companies in fraud and scams was already in the $billions. I see this prophecy materialising with each passing year.
Want to know the solution? State you have a mental health condition. They can’t sell to unsound minds but can to sound ones who don’t think things through. Handy tip number two. All street pushers of charity direct debits work under a code of conduct. Simply state ‘No’, clearly, twice, and they’ll move on wishing you a good day. They depend on your hesitant non comital politeness to continue the sales pitch.
Minus the way she talks. Lol🤣 scammerzzzzz..omggg…
Best AI voice in the biz
She sounds dumb! Also no need to pretend to be mentally ill just to avoid being scammed (not that that would even work against scammers) - just don't buy! Why do we need to act!
Thank You BBC for going after these scammers awareness is the first line of defence against these scammers. To all the people who who were victims never feel ashamed it could have been anyone of us no one is immune.
They tried to get me invest $250. I told them am poor.
No remorse for anyone falling for get rich quick schemes. Their motives are every bit as scummy as the scammers themselves
The crowvid jab is safe and effective - the BBC says so
BBC is the biggest scam agency , next to the church
About the UK police re financial scams or frauds investigations being non existent, I can vouch for that. In the early eights I used to bore anyone who would listen to death "the city of London is home to all the world's criminals" was my mantra
This needs to be shared worldwide to protect the innocent future investors because they aren't going to stop their scamming
You see its against the powers that be to have an informed public so such information is suppressed
Nomad capitalist another scammer!
American hypocrisy democracy freedom and greed
Thousands of huge scams were shared before this one, many people just DON'T want to learn
Absolutely love this. We need way more investigative journalism now, more than ever! Great work, Simona. Thanks BBC for giving her the $500 so she could get scammed on purpose lol. I'd love to hear how that convo went.
It wasn’t easy!
@@yfelwulf racist much? Be a better person, it's not even hard to not hate.
Legend has it that BBC is still crying over the 500 hard earned dollars lost...
Great job on the reporting. The German prosecutor is Awesome. Keep up the great job!. He is very intelligent.
@@ImahSillyGirl Where is the racism?
Keep up the excellent work. It's a disgrace that governments are not willing to investigate to the level you have and bring these scammers to justice.
Money "talks" to too many government officials.
The governments are run by crooks... crooks are not going to turn on each other. They need each other.
If it looks too good to be true it’s probably a scam. Those buying in fit into three categories: 1. Avarice. 2. Laziness. 3. Desperation. The sales pitch focuses on these three and is designed to hone in on them to elicit a sale. If you’re fortunate to not fit these categories you have nothing to worry about.
@@brynleytalbot778 It's no different from the boiler rooms of the 80s and early 90s nor the average stock broker from about 1905 to present day.
The fact that they refused to name the top bosses indicate the possibility of govt officials' involvement.
Someone from my family got scammed pretty badly from a similar company years ago, it never got enough attention for investigation and the local police wouldn’t even bother, no wonder people don’t report it, knowing that reporting won’t change anything…such a shame…
I’m glad that BBC shedding light on those thieves and hopefully no one will have to go through what these people went through.
some people commit suicide as a result of making such huge losses from these kind of scams
@@fidelcatsro6948 I see a or hear zero accountability here......if you take someone's word that you will get a 90% return o your money you are either biblically naive or most of the time I suspect are greedy and lazy thinking there's a short cut to making money.
@@Beauloqs Banks pay between 0.5 & 2 % interest ON YOUR MONEY
what sort of noggin would believe that theres a 90 % profit system ? even bank robbery is not a guaranteed return in that figure , you have to be mental to fall for this
Please tell your compatriots that Chinese immigrants, especially Chinese political asylum smugglers, are Trojan horses planted by the Communist Party in the democratic world. They will carry out suicide attacks in your country in the future. They all know how to make suicide attack weapons and how to Carry out suicide terrorist attacks because they find out that they are ultimately dictator slave owners and slaves, genetically unable to integrate into the democratic world, please don't forget the human disasters and social disasters they have caused you in the past with their bottomless morality and beliefs，
@@Beauloqs Couldn't agree more. The banks are forever warning us about scams, before every bank transfer. The privileged minority who can make these sort of returns with their insider knowledge aren't sharing that with joe public.
Everytime a call centre is dismantled, some people are saved from being scammed keep up the good work, please.
Thanks for the great work! I myself a victim of this scam in the UK back in 2019. Deposited £250 initially and they showed screen profits for 2 weeks and after that asked me to deposit more money. By then I investigated more and found out that I was scammed and asked them to refund money but never got it.
Lucky you!
It was not a company called Tron Digital was it? they scammed me for about the same amount,
Very easy to show simulated returns from historical data. It’s like buying the winning Euromillions ticket after the draw. If only life was that easy we’d all be rich but wouldn’t be because rich would no longer exist and we’d invent another differentiation.
I’m a victim of this as well.. in February/2023
Adimo company
They also have adecco
I was deposited 200$ in UK 🇬🇧 company they can't withdrawal
Can you tell me how to recovery?
Absolutely worth my time to watch. Cheering BBC for investing in this story. And all of the law enforcement teams. It’s the tip of the iceberg.
And? Who cares about your worth of time story
Hi do you want to invest in cryptocurrency?
@@tranducanh-oklol read the room
Alot of scams running are directed by a group of people at the very top that if mention you be called anti something . And most of it is connected to Intel. Sector of a few countries .
Irony is that BBC are scamming people everyday😂
I am in South Africa and my niece was scammed for the equalivant of 30k dollars. The bank refuses to information on who withdrew the money. According to our law even scammers have a right to privacy. So the police can not do anything because they have no access to information. As long as banks are not losing their money, they allow excessive overseas transfers even without otherong to check.
Pricks😢, of course the laws are sound... what weird reality this is , I wonder why we chose to live in this era.
I dont know i got scammmed 2 years ago and i puth my Id card and after my Bank blockekd my cardd
That’s why I ALWAYS use credit card and never my own money. Ever!
@@BakangPrivv that’s a lot of money. Sorry
If they had checks for all transfers it would hold up many legitimate transfers. There's no protection to gullible fools without inconveniencing everyone else.
You can clearly tell that this company is tired of playing nice guy. You can see the anger and frustration towards these scumbags in his eyes. *THE TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* I support you 100%. You are doing AWESOME work. Never give up. This is the kind of recovery agent that should get a tv show. National platform to show the scammers their days are numbered. Thank you for what you do!!.
I feel the pain of all of those poor souls who were victimized. Awesome investigative reporting!
Greedy fools
Unlike anything reported by the right wing press like the Daily mail, Telegraph, Sun etc. ie, this is real journalism.
The couple from the midlands are like a parody of pretentious rubes. Not really 'poor souls', they're motivated by hubristic greed. If you believe that somebody will turn your 1,000 quid into a million you're kind of asking for it.
Some time ago I watched a Tamil movie called 'Sathuranga Vettai" (Chess poaching literally translated) about scammers. One famous dialogue in this movie goes this way: If you want to defraud someone, you need to first instill greed in the intended victim. How true it sounds after watching this!!
Awesome movie 👍🏾
It is partly true. However, the only people who really have a little money to invest are elderly who have saved all their lives and want to make that money last longer. That is not necessarily greed. More valuable to teach that "if it sounds too good to be true, it is probably not true, but a scam."
I was a victim of SamTradeFX, basically the same setup but in Singapore, many users from Indonesia too. They were the official shirt sponsor of Valencia FC. Fortunately, the Singaporean police and monetary authority of Singapore have made an investigation and is currently in court. But the chances of money returning is basically 0. The founder, doesn't look like he will be charged either. It's a mess. I lost $100k USD in this scam.
You are right. Law will not touch the guy because law is what allows the scam.
Get a class action lawyer and go after the FC with others. They added legitimacy to the scammers organization and should be liable for not doing the proper due diligence before exposing their fans to this nonsense.
@@eleghari they are all connected. That is how rich people got wealthy. There is no other way. Only big criminal.
@@novizivot3631they are just thieves!
Wow have I missed Tyler explaining the episodes? Will search for more. Absolutely loved how he explains the history etc. By far my favourite “BTS” of The Chosen. Would love to hear Tyler discus every episode, he’s so easy to listen to and explains everything so well 🙏🏻
This investigation is right on point! I once worked for a recovery company in Ukraine so I can testify to this.
This is exactly what Sam Bankman-Fried set as the standard for his FTX fraud. Even to joining up with sports venues.
Probably where he got the idea.
That guy went even further and got into the halls of the political elite.
@@cryptowealthonyt he was already the elite
Bankman-Fried was different as he actually invested the money and did not have plans to defraud. He did mismanage it, though. And was outwitted by a rival.
Wow! You are brave investigators and law enforcement groups! Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the rest of society who are likely to be the targets of such scams.
To much but nobody that the banks and goverment are parte of this.
GOOD FOR YOU GIRL. YOU DID WHAT INTL LAW ENFORCEMENT DIDNT EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT - you made a difference even though nobody cares. Your quite a journalist. Please be careful young lady evil lurks around every corner you turn. GOD KEEP YOU SAFE thank you on behalf of all the victims here.
These scammers deserve a special place in hell.
I'm sure it will be reserved, right next to TV licence enforcement goons.
Relax
Well that's usually the tradeoff
True 😊
@Donkey, you're a disappointment
Brave woman. Governments need to dedicate more resources to investigating and shutting down these scumbags. It’s absurd that it takes the actions of a few individuals to make change happen.
governments are the scumbags and you just embrace and power them
The governments work for The Mob; not going to happen.
O no Police is way to bussy with a shoplifter that steals a pepsi.
omg youre a FOOL if you think government care anything about you. Governments and religions are the biggest scammers on the Planet. grow up!!!
Stealing is stealing!!
I will never understands how governments handle these issues . I believe that high profile officials are involved in this scamming bussiness.
Do they? If so, why do they keep popping up 😊
The government agents and prosecutors and judges all benefit from scaring the public while not actually doing anything productive to stop scamming. The reality is they can't stop it, but they can bilk the public out of millions through taxes and fraudulent claims they're doing something. The government can't do anything, but you can. There are potential cheap technical solutions to these scams. First we need to teach people to be skeptical. 2nd people need to research investments before they take the risk as all investments involve risk. Third the technical solution to minimizing the ability of scammers to scan vulnerable and elderly folks is education AND accounts that restrict but do not stop people from accessing their money and investments. An alert could be sent to a loved one or financial advisor anytime an amount of money is being sent/withdrawn/wired that puts a person over by a percentage what they'd normally spend on a monthly basis. This would provide an opportunity for people who are in the process of being victimized to stop the transfer of larger amounts of money. As it stands banks have to do something called KYC. KYC however is a scam. It's called know your customer, but it doesn't stop scams. It's mostly just used to to go after people the government doesn't like and minimize competition in the marketplace for financial services and products. The government likes being able to abuse the financial system to target those it or some people don't like. Did you go to a protest against the guy in power? Don't be surprised when your bank account is frozen. That happened recently in Canada to tens of thousands of people. The US does something similar to certain groups of people. Ever work in the sex industry (legally that is)... expect to have your bank account closed. There is no law, but the regulators sent every financial institution a letter threatening to suspend banking licenses if they didn't suspend the accounts of "sex traffickers" and that is code for anyone in the sex industry. It was already illegal for the banks to knowingly do business with criminals after all. The officials got away with that and they're getting away with this sort of thing to oppress political opposition regularly now. The democrats utilized the IRS to go after conservatives at some point here in the past 5 - 10 years. It was a bit of a scandal. You don't think they stopped doing that did you? I'm not a conservative, but I do speak out because what they can do the conservatives and socialists they can do to me.
@@maggiecalos4101 how do drug dealers make peoples live miserable?
It is so very worrying that scammers can rent hotel event rooms for celebrations while those exposing them have to live in hiding. It should be vice versa.
It’s crazy how they’re not able to prosecute any of the big fish so to speak, but a few employees? That’ll work for now.. what a shame, after such a brilliant investigation. Great job:) Please stay safe💕
They are able.... they won't... because they are all in the big club. Lunatics run the asylum.
money buys immunity
@@milo-qh7cv Money talks and buys political solutions. The financial sector depends on this. PPI, endowments, pensions, etc. All miss sold en masse. All exposed. And they were legal manipulations of the rules by the institutions clever clogs crunching the opportunity into numbers.
that was crazy and such great work by you and Alex. I was scammed out of $800 to an advertising company for my small business and I felt like such a fool and didn't know who to turn to for help. I just called myself stupid. thanks again for your hard work
That company didn't advertise your business?
@@fatemad4012 no they had a fake website and everything. Was supposed to do Facebook and google ads for me. I paid them through Venmo and one week later the phones didn’t work, the email bounced back and the website was gone.
When I hear huge returns. My first question is "Why do you need my money?"
You and vour team and vour associates are absolute legends. Thanks so much for the Work that vou've all been doing *ExposeGadgets* .Keep up with the great work, you've been doing!! Thank you for saving and protecting millions of European FROM this heartless People...What comes around, goes around!!!!! Let them have it ! God bless your heart for helping us the victims...💗
The fact that a reporter could find out so much and law enforcement with all their resources are so timid and powerless... Makes me think maybe whoever is directing the law has a cut in all these billions.
i know right am ashamed to be living in England we always knew london was a shithole but this takes the piss
It’s hardly reassuring when the public has to rely on investigative journalists to fight major crime, is it. Especially with how so many networks and media companies opting more for sensationalist ‘journalism’ rather than investing money on real journalism that takes a long time and a lot of resources, but yields monumental results.
@@Liliarthan agreed. We should just get rid of all protocols for law enforcement.
That's exactly right...the corruption is from the the top down, that's way it continues to exist...look at Germany, they are actively catching the scammers.
Oh you mean "hushmoney"? Bribe money? "Scratch my back ,I"ll scratch yours?Yes there's a lot of that bullshit out there and that's why scammers get away with crime! Money talks and bullshit walks!
Scammed people do not go to the police because they feel ashamed that they were cheated and they just did not realize it…shame makes them stay silent..but it can happen to anyone, they are professional they know how to create confidence in clients…you did a great investigating job, it can help protect many people in the future, thank you
I work in the financial services industry and have seen a rise in scams and fraud companies targeting inexperienced retail customers over the past few years. Economic policies favoring corporations and the richest 10% over working and middle class citizens that are desperate and struggle to make ends meet create the perfect enviroment for scammers and fraudsters.
Touché.
Especially when the government itself consists of fraudsters and idiots in a 50:50 proportion. Police are demoralised, their funding cut. UK is a paradise for scammers nowadays. To be expected in a country that elected a professional con man as a PM in 2019.
So true, middle class and lower earning people are suffering more than ever and in trying to improve their situation get lured into such scams.
If your dumb enough to get scammed ... you deserve to be
Yes i also work in FS and fraud is on the increase!
Team *Adroitkey* ! It's so satisfying to see you putting in the effort to stop those shady characters. Protecting the public, especially the elderly, from those despicable con artists is crucial.
You truly deserve recognition and appreciation for keeping us secure. I'm thrilled for you because you're my sibling. Your accomplishments definitely make you a strong contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. Keep up the outstanding performance ❤️❤️
Sponsorship Deals and Endorsements sporting clubs and celebs/influencers must be scrutinised and apply heavy penalties to at least limit the social engineering for Scams like these Milton, SamTrade, and many more.
How?
If w could just get back to where we were before...Everything up until
@funguy101986cough cough Matt Damon
Thank you, Ms. Weinglass! Well done! Scams flourish in desperate times.
wineglass, a glass of wine - what a name
Scams flourish in Ll times.
Scams always flourisj.
Scams or get rich quick or easy income schemes will proliferate more in recessionary times. Desperate times call for desperate measures. These desperados fill a need for hope. To many it’s a religion they never escape, their residual incomes pushed into scheme after scheme. But then I buy lottery tickets with no return but the occasional ‘Win’ that never covers my losses.
Quality investigative journalism, one of the best pieces I've seen in recent memory. Also the courage of the reporter is commendable, these people are likely violent sociopaths who would not be above killing to protect their evil operation, a fact I'm sure must be difficult to cope with.
Yeah you'd think so..
But my friends use one of the trading platforms mentioned in this report - and they never had a problem with it. I can barely find any negative reviews about it.
Comparing that platform to an obvious call centre scam site with nobody heard of.. that's quality?
Another propaganda piece to smear unregulated services in favor of the companies that wrote the regulations.
Disgraceful that these scammers have sponsored football clubs. Sickening 😢
Keep it up!!!!!! Scammers need to be brought to justice
Great investigation. Lessons to be learned. No free lunches, if it seems too good to be true it usually is. Do not let greed get the better of you. There can be no substitution for hard work and normal investment channels.
I hope that you get recognized and awarded for your outstanding investigative reporting and journalism .
the Mr. & Mrs. that lost over 300K pounds must have gone through a lot, I could feel how heavy the man was when he was sharing his story. this scams have even gotten to Africa, and many people will die as a result of this scams. I pray and hope that we get to the end of this and arrest & persecute everyone involved.
Sam Bankman Fried the Jew stole over $100 billion....
In Africa we're dealing with similar and even worse scams......
@@KenyasICT Like the government…
@@seanburrowes5647 exactly
There’s one that is ravaging Africans as we speak. It starts with a “P”
It’s terrible how people just give fake promises of monthly returns on investments and then after a few months they sort of shot it down and do away with billions of people’s money. Some of them even brag how the CEO has made billions in the business and that he can now retire if he wants to. While people are crying over their money that has made him a billionaire. It’s terrible. BBC should also investigate it and get them arrested!!!!
As a Georgian I am deeply ashamed of these individuals actions. I hope British law enforcement brings these man to justice soon.
Brilliant! Simply brilliant! The establishment of the connections between those involved is investigative journalism at its best.
An absurd situation,and outrageous. Once again we can see the ineptitude of many governments.
Fantastic investigative journalism, kudos for the whole team and BBC for providing the resources
Thank you Simona and please do not give up for the sake of all those retirees and their hard earned money.
Brilliant initiative, *VortexTrace* It's encouraging to see that you are actively opposing these dishonest individuals. It is imperative that the safeguarding of the general public and the elderly from these abhorrent con artists be a top priority.
Excellent job, my companion! Because of your dedication to ensuring our safety, you merit the Nobel Peace Prize.
When it comes to your personal finances, do not trust anyone.
For real but beyond that financial literacy is needed
Best advise. Even family cant be trusted
Great job BBC and investigative journalist. People need to be careful.
Yeah 👍👍👍👍
This documentary made me even more anxious dealing with financial issues.
Just make sure you do your Due Diligence on the company and its management, not being FOMO, keep your capital investments in line with what you can tolerate to loose, do not listen or believe in endorsements by influencers/celebs/clubs. All types of investments carries a risk but there are higher risks that are involved with investment classes that does not really have any underlying physical assets (that you can see/touch yourself).
dont trust anyone with money! not even your own pet cat!
I am from America. I am really happy to see your work to expose people like this on web and make awareness among people. I had already shared this *Briskdeft* to all my foreign friends and ask them to share to others. Thank you again please keep the good work. Thank you again..………👍😇
Legendary investigative journalism! Kudos!
Uk authorities must be able to do something about this. The fact that they don't must mean they are being paid off.
I am grateful that I was able to partake in this and share it with the TH-cam community. Our love knows no bounds, *THE TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* .
I had the same here in Switzerland, I reported to the police on two occasions. Well, you can guess the outcome. The State prosecutor did not want to investigate. Most likely because he/she did not want his/her reputation to be linked with a failure to close out a result. As long as the police/justice does not take responsibility this will never stop
@Patrick Abas individuals are not always helpless into being scammed. Continue to educate yourself on scams: educate your friends and family, be over vigilant while in email or speaking on the phone, spread the word about scams. We ALL have to help each other fight these criminals.
looks like we need German police to train both British and Swiss police as well 🐱👍🏿
The thing that can stop it is if people stop being greedy
The first question should be...."Are you registered with the FCA".
These scammers are shameless disgraceful people destroying the lives of hardworking innocent people - they all need to go to jail 😮
Scammer only get greedy people, if you have 300K£ why do you need more, and if that was true you have to also thing if I get 90% of profit someone else has to lost it but you would not care about that.
However everything was scam and you've lost 100% due to greed.
jail cost more tax money, a hole 6 feet would be cheaper
death penalty!
@@AIgirls365 I couldn’t really understand what you were saying… But I did get the gist that you said, why would anyone want more than £300,000? Because they don’t live where you live, and the cost of living where they live is way more expensive. That $300,000 will only last them just a few short years when rent is £50,000 a year, not to mention food, clothing, medical, transport, etc. These days that is not a lot of money to have to live on for the next 30 or 40 years until you die.
Before you make nasty comments about other people, do some homework first.
@@AIgirls365 😂 I just saw your flawed logic! Sounds like you know. Nothing about economics. Just because someone makes 90% profit, does not mean that someone else has lost 90%. It is not a zero sum game. I’m guessing you said such a ridiculously ignorant comment, because you have no money or else you are just a child just starting out in the world and know nothing about being an adult.
Now this is journalism, nothing but true journalism, professionalism and very well investigated, we are tired of the daily Agenda based news this actually brings hope to victims. Cheers 🥂
Please tell me what agenda based news I should be looking out for.
Only thing wrong is the little girl voice narrating.
It’s another narrative of convenience to their viewers which tugs heartstrings. If you’re not avaricious, lazy, or desperate, you won’t fall for these scams. That the avaricious and lazy are desperately seeking sympathy, and get it, goes to show where journalism has descended.
@@CT-vm4gf Anything that says covid came from a wet market when infact it was intentionally leaked from a lab and they sent agents around the world. Or anything that shows the left doing good things. The left are a disease. Biden is the worst thing to happen to USA. The uk is on a downward spinal.
@@CT-vm4gf Reich wing propaganda
The video does not mention it, but the scammer business is likely just a niche market for larger criminal organizations connected to drug trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution, etc. Good report. Thank you for warning all of us and especially the trading community.
Acually this is not quite true. Many of the big criminal networks are moving to scamming in different ways.
Atleast thats what they are doing in Scandinavia.
The Internet is open to anyone who wants to hurt people who have never hurt them.
I don’t doubt this for a minute.
Tip of the iceberg I guess
I wonder if they work for the government
Thank you BBC 😊 🇬🇧
From across the pond. 😊 🇺🇸