An Indian Investor Got Fooled and Lost Lakhs from wisepowder's blog
An Indian Investor Got Fooled and Lost Lakhs
Recently, an Indian investor traded in the forex trading market after getting a phone call promising him huge returns. He blindly invested money and lost Rs. 11.63 lakhs to the forex scammers.To get more news about WikiFX, you can visit wikifx official website.
According
to the victim, the scammer called him and said he was from Meta
Traders, a platform for investing and trading forex currency by mobile
trading. The caller assured him that if he invested in forex trading, he
would get high returns. The victim trusted the caller and agreed to
send documents via WhatsApp as asked by the caller.
The caller then
asked the victim to download an application, i.e., Meta Trader 5, from
the Google Play Store and to log in with the ID and password given. The
caller asked the victim to deposit Rs 50,000 in the given account to
start trading. He deposited Rs 49,999 as required via Immediate Payment
Service, an instant payment inter-bank digital funds transfer system.
After he deposited the money, the app showed him a profit of $83.50
(approx. Rs 5,897), with Rs 4,600 transferred to the victims account the
next day.
Again, the victim was asked to deposit Rs 50,000, and he deposited Rs
49,999. After that, he got a call from the company informing him that
their senior official would call him soon. In the night, he got a call
from the senior official and was told that he could secure a return of
$25,000 (Rs 17.66 lakh) if he invested $15,000 (Rs 10.60 lakh). He was
convinced and deposited the asked amount in the next two days.
But, this time, the victim did not get the promised returns. Then, he
called the company to enquire, but only got empty promises. After some
time, the company stopped receiving calls and switched off their phones.
Soon, they deleted his account from WhatsApp.
Never trust any unknown callers even if their promises are attractive. Before trading with any broker, you should do an online search to review the broker first. An internet search can provide insights into whether negative comments could just be from a disgruntled trader or something more serious. A good supplement to this type of search is WikiFX. You can search over 23,800 global forex brokers regulatory information in its big database by typing the name of the broker.
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