Problem Hercules-Trade -Acc disabled and refuse withdrawal of funds

[The Punisher]

It’s a long story and I’m sure I’m an idiot but I began trading with what was then Hercules-Trade.com.
(Now Hercules-Trade.co). A $250 usd start eventually ended up being a $50000 usd sum so I could become a VIP client. All was going well with trading until I wanted to withdraw funds. To date I have nearly $350000 usd invested with them and a trading account that has made $300000 usd. They refuse to allow any withdrawals and have now disabled my account so I can’t trade while they claim they are going to charge me $20000 usd every fortnight for not clearing their alleged AML protocols. Which I have in fact already done but only to find out from the FCA in the UK that they aren’t even registered with them.
I desperately need help as we need our money back, it’s our life savings.

This sounds like a pig butchering scam with the initial website being setup just over one year ago in May 2023 (see below). It is common for scam companies to register in the UK, please provide any company registration data they include on their website.. Most of these scammers are Chinese who live/work at scam compounds in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Asking victims to pay fees, taxes, etc. is part of the scam to steal more money from victims but no matter how much you pay they will never give anything back to you.

Given you are from Australia, have you filed a report with ASIC?

 

[maheryjm]

I filed a report with the FCA in the Uk, who really weren’t very helpful, I filed a report to the Action Fraud Squad over 4 weeks ago and still haven’t heard a thing, I filed a report to the HongKong Police who have apparently started investigating the bank that was used in the funds transfer and I contacted ASIC who also were not very helpful so I filed a report with the Australian Cybercrime department and I haven’t heard anything from them either.
I did also try contacting block chain to see if the link they had sent me was real and if I could somehow access the funds or at least block them from accessing them but they weren’t very helpful either. Seems everyone wants to make a big deal out of scammers but no-one wants to (or is able) to actually help.
I appreciate you looking up the web addresses, I wasn’t aware that that could be done.

 

[The Punisher]

I filed a report with the FCA in the Uk, who really weren’t very helpful, I filed a report to the Action Fraud Squad over 4 weeks ago and still haven’t heard a thing, I filed a report to the HongKong Police who have apparently started investigating the bank that was used in the funds transfer and I contacted ASIC who also were not very helpful so I filed a report with the Australian Cybercrime department and I haven’t heard anything from them either.
I did also try contacting block chain to see if the link they had sent me was real and if I could somehow access the funds or at least block them from accessing them but they weren’t very helpful either. Seems everyone wants to make a big deal out of scammers but no-one wants to (or is able) to actually help.
I appreciate you looking up the web addresses, I wasn’t aware that that could be done.

I know a PI in Hong Kong other victims have hired and had some success with (a couple were able to get some funds back but the process is not quick). If you want additional details you send me a direct message on this site.

Separately you should file an IC3 online with the FBI.

 

[The Punisher]

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