Has anyone joined the bitcoin trading

diystarter7

At the best of times I've considered bitcoins a gamble, etc. I've been tempted but as I don't understand I thought to keep out of it.

coyrls

This is an out and out scam, Bitcoin is just the bait. 

Malthusian

"Global Bitcoin" is such a generic name that I wouldn't waste time going down a Companies House rabbit hole. The scammers could be anywhere and the money is almost certainly gone.

The OP may have recourse to the following depending on how they paid the £215:

• bank transfer - push payment fraud reclaim
• debit card - chargeback
• credit card - section 75 claim

If they manage to transfer their losses to their bank, it will then be the bank's job to track down the money if there's any possibility of that (probably not).

jaypers

Unless you understand it, don’t invest in it. I’m financially savvy but Bitcoin makes no sense to me so I’ll steer we’ll clear. As for scams, make sure you also understand those too. 

mikescki

I am getting 10 or more Facebook ads a day - often the same looking "offer" but with a different product name.
In particular there are the ones which use Martin Lewis as the "click bait". 
I report them all but none seem to get dropped.
I know that Facebook agreed to pay ($3 million?) towards making their site safer - in return for Martin dropping his case against them.  It looks like they are NOT fulfilling their side of that deal.
Is it time to revisit that case and get them to abide by their "promise"?

Eyeful

I am sure if everybody stopped using Facebook in protest against this and similar scams, ways to identify and remove them would follow very quickly!

Until then you can protect yourself by simply by ignoring & not believing any adverts shown on Facebook.

Better still just do not use Facebook. 

binao

This scam is as old as the, "send three&four pence, you have a parcel".

Warnings have been on tv, mse, mags, all the paper's etc.

Huge publicity re Martin's case.

As told to me at my local branch some years ago:-

A couple came in to the bank branch to ask if something was a scam. Yes it's a scam, don't do it.

Same couple soon returned, "been scammed, we want our money back".

"Why did you send the money". Answer, "it was a better return".

Apparently the couple insisted that the bank return their dosh.

Malthusian

binao said:

Apparently the couple insisted that the bank return their dosh.

Did they get it?

The chances they did would be much higher now - although the chances are also higher that the bank would block the transfer (for the same reason).

After all, the bank knew it was a scam (they told the couple so) and sent the scammers the money anyway.

binao

Malthusian said:

binao said:

Apparently the couple insisted that the bank return their dosh.

Did they get it?

The chances they did would be much higher now - although the chances are also higher that the bank would block the transfer (for the same reason).

After all, the bank knew it was a scam (they told the couple so) and sent the scammers the money anyway.

Did they  get  it? Don't know - it was an ongoing investigation.

The couple insisted on sending the money. Most likely it was a case of, "it's my money".

The couples initial "in branch attitude"
would now be seen as "high risk", and the account blocked, then closed.

It's all about KYC AML now and the risks involved with  maintaining a business  relationship.

Hence many threads are now re blocked / suspended accounts.

jhow1010

mikescki said:

I am getting 10 or more Facebook ads a day - often the same looking "offer" but with a different product name...

Yes I kept seeing these. I reported about 20 of the adverts in the space of half an hour about a month ago. These adverts featured Martin Lewis, Elon Musk and others and linked to fake BBC, daily mirror, Forbes stories about Bitcoin Profit, Bitcoin Code and other similar investments.
Whilst the reported posts were removed from my feed instantly Facebook support then replied that after review they would not take down the posts so other people would see them.

After a period of a few weeks I thought they cracked down on this but they have just started to appear again. Facebook must be making a fortune out of these sponsored adverts and I can't see how they can get approved if indeed they do go through an approval process. As you mentioned @mikescki the settlement that was agreed is just not working so where did that $3 million go. Facebook being its normal self and, as far as I can see, complicit in the fraud.