earthbean
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First of all, I want to admit that I was a fool to fall into this scam. It has been rampant in Asia/China for many
years and now they are invading America. We need to escalate and get the word out!
A woman on befriended me on Facebook. And over the next few weeks, she convinced me to follow her
trading gold futures on a platform (obt8.com) based in Hong Kong. I stupidly transferred the money
without verifying her identity. I made several successful trades but was never able to
withdraw any significant amount of money. I confronted the woman on the potential scam. The next day, my
account was wiped out and even shown a negative balance.
Later, I read online that these scams originated from China and spread worldwide.
1. The pages listing all the transactions have been zero out. They just put an arbitrary negative balance at
the end.
2. The balance between the website and the obt/mt4 program used for trading are different. All my past transactions have been cleared on the trading program.
3. The obt program is a counterfeit of the traditional MetaTrader4 (MT4) software, which is already known to have several security loopholes for fraudulent modifications.
4. The app download link doesn't go to safe sites like Google Play or Apple Store. Their links go to their own internal server. I searched Google Play store and no trading platform call obt exists.
5. Based on my research online, 99% of all trading platforms using MetaTrader4 and its extensions are fraudulent. They are frequently used by scammers.
years and now they are invading America. We need to escalate and get the word out!
A woman on befriended me on Facebook. And over the next few weeks, she convinced me to follow her
trading gold futures on a platform (obt8.com) based in Hong Kong. I stupidly transferred the money
without verifying her identity. I made several successful trades but was never able to
withdraw any significant amount of money. I confronted the woman on the potential scam. The next day, my
account was wiped out and even shown a negative balance.
Later, I read online that these scams originated from China and spread worldwide.
- How FX Scammers Took Advantage of the COVID-19 Crisis
thebossmagazine.com/covid-19-fx-scammers
- ASIC Reports 20% Uptick in Investment Scams During COVID-19
- financemagnates.com/forex/regulation/asic-reports-20-uptick-in-investment-scams-duringcovid-19
1. The pages listing all the transactions have been zero out. They just put an arbitrary negative balance at
the end.
2. The balance between the website and the obt/mt4 program used for trading are different. All my past transactions have been cleared on the trading program.
3. The obt program is a counterfeit of the traditional MetaTrader4 (MT4) software, which is already known to have several security loopholes for fraudulent modifications.
4. The app download link doesn't go to safe sites like Google Play or Apple Store. Their links go to their own internal server. I searched Google Play store and no trading platform call obt exists.
5. Based on my research online, 99% of all trading platforms using MetaTrader4 and its extensions are fraudulent. They are frequently used by scammers.