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Strategic Active Trading Funds

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They are currently offering amazing interest rates, which seem too good to be true - but is it? Does anyone have any experience of investing with them or knowledge about them that would help to make a decision on whether to invest?

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  • OldMusicGuy
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    Never heard of them but anything that advertises amazing interest rates is likely to be high risk and is best avoided unless you really know what you are doing. This appears to be an Irish company so probably there will be no FSCS compensation cover and all your capital could be at risk.

    Just read this thread to find out what happened to people who fell for some "high interest rates" they found via Google searches: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5346049/london-capital-and-finance
  • Alexland
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    Also never heard of them and a quick hunt around on what I can find on Google suggests it's an obscure Irish investment fund. Certainly not found anything to give me any confidence in them.

    Stick to mainstream products and even then consider very carefully. People that go off the path frequently suffer total loss.

    Alex
  • masonic
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    edited 24 January 2019 at 9:50PM
    offering amazing interest rates, which seem too good to be true - but is it?
    The question never needs to be asked. It is always yes. "Amazing interest rates" do not exist in recent times, not without a high degree of risk.

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  • AnotherJoe
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    Strategic Active Trading Funds Public Limited Company was set up on Thursday the 5th of November 2009. Their current partial address is Dublin 2, and the company status is Normal. The company's current directors have been the director of 138 other Irish companies between them; 71 of which are now closed. This Irish company shares its Eircode with at least 182 other companies.

    Run. Run like the wind
  • Malthusian
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    How did you come across them? Strategic Active Trading Funds plc appears to be a legitimate umbrella company for some ex-UK funds run by Aberdeen. However it does not appear to have an online presence itself.

    If you were contacted by someone claiming to be from "Strategic Active Trading Funds" it is probably a clone firm scam - a scammer pretending to be from a well-known company that will appear legitimate when you Google them.
  • Alexland
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    Malthusian wrote: »
    If you were contacted by someone claiming to be from "Strategic Active Trading Funds" it is probably a clone firm scam - a scammer pretending to be from a well-known company that will appear legitimate when you Google them.

    If so the scammer could have chosen a better identity to clone!

    Alex
  • DrSyn
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    edited 25 January 2019 at 9:54PM
    I found this:

    https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/strategicactivetradingfunds.com

    They say at the end

    Notes:-
    Alert Result The owner of the website is using a service to hide their identity

    Alert Result This website is 88 Days old

    Alert Result The website appears to be less than six months old


    Also it appears this website's location is Iceland and not Ireland.
  • Alexland
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    Yeah a whois suggests that domain was first registered 29th October 18 and it details classic 'asset backed' opportunities..... Avoid
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