Frauds

“Very decent cryptocurrency related” Ponzi

FCML provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. FCML’s website domain (“fcml.ltd”) was privately registered on February 18th, 2020. In an attempt to appear legitimate, FCML provides a UK incorporation number corresponding to “Forex Capital Marketing Limited”. Forex Capital Markets Limited was incorporated in September 2000. Whether the incorporation […]

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South Africa’s NCC finally announces Crowd1 investigation

Regulators are belatedly turning up the heat on Crowd1 in South Africa. The latest regulatory body to announce it is investigating the Ponzi scheme is the National Consumer Commission (NCC). As per their website, the NCC is the primary regulator of consumer-business interaction in South Africa. South African media are reporting the NCC has confirmed

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Traffic Monsoon “victim” claims $99 trillion dollars

The Traffic Monsoon Receiver has published her first claims report. Detailing where the claims process is at, the Receiver reveals that one Traffic Monsoon “victim” tried to claim $99 trillion dollars. I can’t say for sure but it seems pretty obvious whoever claimed $99 trillion was attempting to undermine the victim claims process. If I

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ETH smart contract Ponzi scheme

EtherChain provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. EtherChain’s website domain (“etherchain.io”) was registered on June 1st, 2020. Ether Chain is listed as the owner, through an incomplete address in Skane, Sweden. Further research reveals EtherChain affiliates citing Andreas Kartrud as CEO and founder of the company: I was

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Official Crowd1 fraud warning from South Africa’s FSCA

Following confirmation on Twitter that Crowd1 operates illegally in South Africa, the FSCA has now issued a formal statement. According to the FSCA, South Africa’s top financial regulator, Crowd1 is neither an authorised Financial Service Provider (FSP), nor is it a representative of an authorised FSP. There is also no record of this entity having

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