Crypto investments

greyclouds24

Hi

I kind of got bullied into investing £250 into a crypto 'get rich quick' scheme under the guise of Wiseways investments.  The money seemed to go up quickly but then they wanted me to invest more...I stalled and subsequently had my account frozen and I can't access it.  Have just taken a call from Valueqube who say they discovered I was duped and that they have the money to release...I just need to share some details... I haven't but they are very persuasive and I want to know if anyone else has dealt with this, how can you check how genuine these things are and how can we protect ourselves further ... They wanted me to use Anydesk to share details etc...

cymruchris

greyclouds24 said:

Hi

I kind of got bullied into investing £250 into a crypto 'get rich quick' scheme under the guise of Wiseways investments.  The money seemed to go up quickly but then they wanted me to invest more...I stalled and subsequently had my account frozen and I can't access it.  Have just taken a call from Valueqube who say they discovered I was duped and that they have the money to release...I just need to share some details... I haven't but they are very persuasive and I want to know if anyone else has dealt with this, how can you check how genuine these things are and how can we protect ourselves further ... They wanted me to use Anydesk to share details etc...

The £250 is likely gone forever. The 'new' people trying to be your friends are likely linked to the first lot - and will persuade you to pay a fee to get your money back or something similar. I'd stop all communication, block every number, and try not to think about the £250 too much. At least it was £250 and not £25000.

friolento

write off your £250 and put it   down to an expensive lesson learned. Don’t talk to / communicate with anyone who offers you help with recovering your money, and don’t double in crypto again. Block unknown callers on your phone. You are on a suckers list so some “unbeatable” offers may come your way for some time to come. Just ignore them all. 

The upside is that it could have cost you a lot more than £250.

Eyeful

Its a scam!

1. Look at these scam checking websites:

https://check.getsafeonline.org/check/wisewayinvestments.com
https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/wisewayinvestments-com-review/

https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/valueqube-net-review/
https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/valueqube-net-review/

2. You could have used an internet search::   Wisewayinvestments sucks

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/wisewayinvestments.com
https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/wisewayinvestments.com
https://cryptoscamreview.com/wisewayinvestments-com-scam-review/
https://medium.com/@small-time.wart/wise-way-investments-scam-warning-recover-your-funds-67cf75e5555c

3. You go looking for investments. If investments come looking for you, Think Scam!
Stay away from investments that find you  via:
Cold calls
Email links
Social Media (Facebook etc)
Friends down the pub
Family who know nothing about investing

4. Run they other way from anyone who wants you to down load  Anydesk or similar programs on to your computer.
It has legitimate uses but scammers use it to spy on your computer 

5. Stay away from Crypto! It is just a long number stored on someone else's computer.

Remember
(a) you have lost all £250
(b) the make believe £ rises you saw someone else's computer, was part of the scam
(c) your name is now on a so called "suckers last" so you can expect calls from scammers calling you saying they can get your money back, for an up front fee of course. This is all part of another scam called "advance fee fraud". 

Next time you want to invest in anything do your research first not after. It saves to a lot of money.

Q1. How did you find out about this investment?
Q2. Who bullied you.

Albermarle

Have just taken a call from Valueqube 

Block the number on your phone and put the whole episode behind you. ( Lesson learnt) 

Mustbeananswer??

If something looks too good to be true.....It probably is.

Bradden

just wanted to add.. do not install anydesk.. they will drain your bank account. Google "Scammer Payback" ... there is a great youtube channel where they try to stop scams.

mark_cycling00

Congratulations on not investing more and coming to the forum for advice.

Id also advise changing all your passwords if you used the same one on any of the sites you were conned into using