DTL Direct Trader

NicoS

Hi, I have been in communication with this company and I'm just wondering if anybody here knows anything about them? I've done a little searching on the internet but there isn't much information about them. What they have to offer seems too good to be true if I'm honest, but I don't want to pass up this opportunity if it is legitimate, but it's not a small amount to invest so I want to be sure. There's just a few things about them which makes me a little uneasy. Any input is much appreciated.

Nico

Ark_Welder

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4620883

All that I can add to ColdIron's reply is that even if the company is legitimate, the web-site contravenes way too many laws and regulations.

innovate

NicoS wrote: »

There's just a few things about them which makes me a little uneasy.

Such as?.......................................

redbuzzard

If I can't figure out what they are offering after scanning about 20 pages of the website, I'm not interested. Repetitive text seemingly written by a corporate bulldroppings generator.

I infer from the "testimonial" that it's a "system". If I had one that worked, I wouldn't be selling it.

NicoS

Ark_Welder wrote: »

All that I can add to ColdIron's reply is that even if the company is legitimate, the web-site contravenes way too many laws and regulations.

What type of contraventions do you mean?

innovate wrote: »

Such as?.......................................

Well just a few things off the top of my head.
- I had a phone call from someone who works there a few hours ago from a blocked number. That's a big problem for me because I don't see why a legitimate business needs to withhold their number.
- The earliest date I can find that they have been in business is 2004 and yet all my searches from supposed 'clients' of theirs to website reviews have all been in the past few months. Even ColdIron's post is recent. I find it a bit strange why there isn't information about them from earlier than that. It seems like they've just started doing a promotional push not long ago.
- also the person on the phone was a tad but pushy, but that's to be expected I guess.

Yorkie1

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jimjames

NicoS wrote: »

What type of contraventions do you mean?



Well just a few things off the top of my head.
- I had a phone call from someone who works there a few hours ago from a blocked number. That's a big problem for me because I don't see why a legitimate business needs to withhold their number.
- The earliest date I can find that they have been in business is 2004 and yet all my searches from supposed 'clients' of theirs to website reviews have all been in the past few months. Even ColdIron's post is recent. I find it a bit strange why there isn't information about them from earlier than that. It seems like they've just started doing a promotional push not long ago.
- also the person on the phone was a tad but pushy, but that's to be expected I guess.

Cold calling selling investments is normally a big red flag that they are not legitimate. Authorised companies don't cold call pushing investment products.

Have you checked their website? Was it registered when they said? Amazing how many scams claim to have operated since year XYZ yet when you check their website has only been running for 2 months.

NicoS

I don't know when the website was registered or the company but there's a copyright mark 2005 at the bottom. I just have no idea what they've been doing since then till 2012. Is my scepticism justified here?
ww.shareswatch.co.uk/and_the_winners_are.php
Would anybody consider this article as enough proof for their legitimacy?

Yorkie1

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redbuzzard

NicoS wrote: »

I don't know when the website was registered or the company but there's a copyright mark 2005 at the bottom. I just have no idea what they've been doing since then till 2012. Is my scepticism justified here?
ww.shareswatch.co.uk/and_the_winners_are.php
Would anybody consider this article as enough proof for their legitimacy?

No. There's next to zero content on that website, the (few) pages mostly have the same content.

For a site supposedly promoting a subscription to a magazine costing $1300 a year it doesn't look credible to me.

What are DTL trying to sell you and how much do they want for it?

Ark_Welder

NicoS wrote: »

I don't know when the website was registered or the company but there's a copyright mark 2005 at the bottom. I just have no idea what they've been doing since then till 2012. Is my scepticism justified here?
ww.shareswatch.co.uk/and_the_winners_are.php
Would anybody consider this article as enough proof for their legitimacy?

Your scepticism is justified. Ignore the shareswatch article, which is meaningless: it also contravenes the same types of regulations which makes its content questionable, especially as it asks for subscription monies without providing any contact details.

The DTL web-site is registered via GoDaddy, and the registration with them is through DomainsByProxy, which is specifically set up to keep registration details anonymous.

Don't waste your time with them. Just hang up the phone when they call.