All investment scams out there show a similar pattern. The victim´s trading account shows massive gains and growing balances during the initial phase. When the victims start to request the withdrawal of the funds, communication with trading people gets complicated. No email communication is possible any longer. Unagreed trades result in negative
The EFRI’s mission is to advocate consumers and small investors in the fight against scammers and cybercrime. For this purpose, we have founded the EFRI NGO (Initiative zur Bekämpfung von Cyberkriminalität an Konsumenten und Kleinanlegern in Europe ZVR 1493630560 in Vienna. Pls, find more about this not-for-profit organization here. Fraud
As discussed in our latest blog post, EFRI continues to file money-laundering complaints against scam facilitating payment processors based on the documentation provided by victims. We think that only if the European banks or the acquiring organizations stop to enable the money flow from the victims to the fraudsters the ongoing
Our Approach EFRI identifies the enablers of the scams and asks them for refunds! We organize the fund recovery process more like a membership model. We set up separate social media groups for victims of the different scams and guide the victims on how to approach relevant authorities. All
Uwe Lenhoff, a German national, was arrested on 25 January 2019 in Tyrol, Austria, and faced multiple charges related to fraud. He was identified as the beneficial owner of the investment scam websites Option888, Xmarkets, Tradovest, and Zoomtrader/ZoomtraderGlobal, as well as Tradeinvest90. His criminal proceedings were subsequently transferred to Germany.
At the end of January 2019, Gal Barak, the owner of several investment scam websites, including XtraderFX, OptionStars/OptionStarsGloball, Safemarkets, and Golden Markets, was arrested by law enforcement agencies in Austria and Germany. Barak, an Israeli citizen, was apprehended in Bulgaria at the request of Austrian authorities due to his involvement
