Same story as others here. Invested a small amount 2 years ago. Made a withdrawal and got it immediately. Continued to deposit money over the period and saw profits rising. Got regular calls from Samantha James to see how it was going for me. Seemed legit and wasn't pushy. My account manager then changed to Ken Kovach who was more pushy and promising great returns due to different world events and so it went on.
I tried to withdraw funds in March 19 and was told that as I had a lot of negative trades open so couldn't at that time. I thought it would sort itself out over a week or so but the negative trades got larger. I emailed Ken to get in touch but a colleague rang me instead giving me 3 options. 1. Invest more money and they will try to recover the account. 2. Close the trades and accept the loss. 3. Leave it and see what happens. His arrogant attitude was infuriating and when I said there was no way I was putting any more money in he became rude and argumentative.
Next I was contacted by Yhan Valis who gave me the same options with the same arrogance. Was offered 5% of my initial investment as a settlement!
I have been in contact with Payback Ltd. Nervous that this is throwing good money after bad! Any advice welcome.
Tough lesson!!
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