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Fake Social Media Profiles Have Reached Pandemic Levels In The Finance Sector!

Fake Profiles Ben - August 19, 2022

A few days ago, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) warned via Twitter that out of more than 7,000 LinkedIn profiles of alleged Binance employees, only about 50 were genuine. Scammers would pose as LinkedIn employees and offer listings, for example. It is a fact that, especially in the high-risk payment segment, many providers such as Paypound or OpenUp work with fake profiles to trick merchants. It has already reached pandemic proportions.

Trustpilot heads for billion-IPO on London Stock Exchange

Headlines Mark Lagarde - March 3, 2021

The Copenhagen-based Reviews platform Trustpilot announced that it is considering an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in London that would see at least 25% of the company floated on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). According to Bloomberg, Trustpilot is seeking a valuation of around 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in the IPO. It would be the first large post-Brexit IPO from an EU company in London, showing that the city is still attractive to foreign listings after Brexit. Trustpilot is a key company in the dawning European cybereconomy.

FinTech Review – FCA-regulated Bilderlings with Latvian roots

EMI Mark Lagarde - December 17, 2020

Bilderlings Pay Limited is regulated as an authorized e-money institution under reference No 900637 since May 2018. The institution is doing business as Bilderlings (www.bilderlings.com and www.bilderlings.eu) and offers international payments with app and debit card. Like TransferWise et al. The company was founded back in December 2015 and is led by Latvians Deniss Polakovs and Andrejs Zaharovs. Until recently, Latvian Aleksandrs Peskovs was listed as the beneficial owner.

WorldMarkets Scheme – Still no payouts while SwiftXChange ceased activities

Cybercrime Ben - December 3, 2020

There is no doubt! WorldMarkets was and is a highly toxic scam that has very cleverly sold itself to investors via active reputation management. Recently we had a discussion with TrustPilot about our scam warning on the review platform. The already reported problems with payouts persist while announced payment partner SwiftXChange ceased its trading activities.

TrustPilot and scams – approval of #CapitalWay scam warning review

Cybercrime Charlene Lensburg - September 17, 2020

It was cumbersome with TrustPilot and their scam handling. Since Sept 10, 2020, we have been dealing with TrustPilot...

TrustPilot – Facilitating scammers by deleting critical reviews and scam warnings

FinTelegram Mark Lagarde - September 14, 2020

TrustPilot is increasingly proving to be a dangerous source of fake realities. At least when it comes to protecting...

Investor Alert – Do not trust TrustPilot Ratings and Reviews #CapitalWay

Compliance Charlene Lensburg - September 11, 2020

We have been monitoring the TrustPilot review platform in the context of scams activities. Specifically, we have reported on the case of Capital Way aka Capital Way Group on the basis of a public investor warning issued by the UK regulator FCA. While the UK watchdog warned investors about the scam, the scam on TrustPilot still gets 5-stars reviews. A 1-star rating of FinTelegram referring to the FCA warning has been temporarily put offline by TrustPilot after the Capital Way guys complained about a possible breach of guidelines.

TrustPilot – The scammers’ tool to construct alternative realities

Compliance bluechipper - September 10, 2020

It is a well-known fact that scammers can use TrustPilot in a very targeted way to buy reviews to get a high rating and thus a reputable image. The global scammer scene works with specialized marketing companies that offer good TrustPilot reviews as part of a precisely targeted reputation management. For this purpose, they employ a large number of people and operate many more fake accounts through which reviews are submitted. A case in point is the broker scam Capital Way.

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