Kraken and Norne Secruities

Ashfordanon

Good afternoon - No sure what Category this comes in.

Anyone had dealings with these?
I thought I would try investing in Bit Coin after reading that some TV presenters had done so with amazing results. I put in £250 to see what happened and since have been bombarded with calls fro Norne Sec who told me to open a Kraken Account. I had not realised how complicated the process was and looked to close it. Today someone from their "finance" dept said they were closing all personal accounts and wanted access to my bank accounts to verify the transfer for Insurance & Money laundering purposes..he uses anydesk.com and said the alternative was to tr monies to the Kraken account and had put in £3200.00........I queried this as to why so much why not £100.00, he said £320 was the minimum  he be came aggressive when I said I would like to speak to the bank or someone else. He said the Bank would freeze my account and the "someone" would just say no as he/she would not have the knowledge he has because he took a degree and is a professional doing this for many years. He said he would log out of Anydesk and let me log onto  my NW account...no difference that  would see and he would see all the balances inc a Company Account.
He said he would tel in 30 minutes and if I did not comply I would lose it all......no phone call received?

HappyHarry

You’re being scammed and it sounds as if the scammer is asking to access your computer so they can then access your bank account and steal any money in it.

Vagabond1983

Agreed. This is a scam. If you have already installed AnyDesk on your computer, delete it and then contact your bank to secure your accounts.

born_again

Ashfordanon said:

Good afternoon - No sure what Category this comes in.

Anyone had dealings with these?
I thought I would try investing in Bit Coin after reading that some TV presenters had done so with amazing results. I put in £250 to see what happened and since have been bombarded with calls fro Norne Sec who told me to open a Kraken Account. I had not realised how complicated the process was and looked to close it. Today someone from their "finance" dept said they were closing all personal accounts and wanted access to my bank accounts to verify the transfer for Insurance & Money laundering purposes..he uses anydesk.com and said the alternative was to tr monies to the Kraken account and had put in £3200.00........I queried this as to why so much why not £100.00, he said £320 was the minimum  he be came aggressive when I said I would like to speak to the bank or someone else. He said the Bank would freeze my account and the "someone" would just say no as he/she would not have the knowledge he has because he took a degree and is a professional doing this for many years. He said he would log out of Anydesk and let me log onto  my NW account...no difference that  would see and he would see all the balances inc a Company Account.
He said he would tel in 30 minutes and if I did not comply I would lose it all......no phone call received?

SCAM....

No other word for it.

Let me guess, it was on social media

Anything like this with some celeb on is fake...

CliveOfIndia

Ashfordanon said:

I thought I would try investing in Bit Coin after reading that some TV presenters had done so with amazing results

That statement in itself is a 100% guarantee that it's a scam.  What's that phrase?  "If it sounds too good to be true then it is".  Especially anything that's supposedly endorsed by well-know celebrities.

Secondly, Bitcoin investment is at best extremely risky.  More often than not it's a total scam.

Ashfordanon said:

Today someone from their "finance" dept said they were closing all personal accounts and wanted access to my bank accounts

So you're happy to grant some random stranger complete access to your bank account ?  Really ?

I'm sorry, the scenario you've described gives off a huge amount of classic alarm bells and red flags.  It's a scam, plain and simple.

Vagabond1983 said:

If you have already installed AnyDesk on your computer, delete it and then contact your bank to secure your accounts.

Agreed, this must be you next step, and do it as soon as possible.  I'd also be running a comprehensive virus and malware scan on your PC, just to be sure.

MSE_James

Please take a look at this recent MSE article about how celebrities' images are often used - without their permission or knowledge - to promote scams:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/07/martin-lewis-celebrity-scam-warning/

Ashfordanon

thanks all your advise and comments were trully appreciated.
No of course I was not happy to give my bank details, and did not. I have as advised deleted "AnyDesk" and had my Computer Support guy do a deep scan. I have read the link about "famous" people, and now believe this is what happened to me. I do not expect to hear from them again.