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I invested in SW1Options back in October 2016. Initial investment was £2000 and the trading platform and information i received at the time all appeared fine.
Was contacted again in January 2017 and advised to make a further investment of £5000 and was give all the patter about increased benefits from more trades per week and account being managed by more specialised account manager. Again all seemed reasonable and i could see the balance on my account increasing with a strike rate around 80% most months.
Problems started in March/April 2017 when there appeared to be no communication(not responding to emails and difficult to get anyone to speak to on the phone). Plenty of excuses given i.e. taken over by new management, BT sorting out all the phone lines and internet etc.
To provoke a response i requested a withdrawal from my account, but response several weeks later came and was informed that if i wanted to remain a UK customer i would have to pay an additional fee of £10,000, otherwise, as a small time investor, my account would be transferred to be managed from Romania. Against my better judgement and on the promises that i would immediately be able to withdraw from my account, i paid. Feel a bit of a mug and things went downhill rapidly from there.
Was then asked to pay a bonus fee, again on the promises that i could immediately withdraw from my account, the balance was showing at £68,000 on the online platform. Stupidly paid and still was unable to withdraw. Next excuse i was given was that if I paid a "liquidation" fee to close my account, i would secure the full balance of my account and this would be returned to me. You guessed it, still waiting and not been able to contact anyone by phone and no replies to any emails.
People i have spoken to in SW1 Options are (although i very much doubt if this is their real names) are:
Daniel Parris - Account Manager
David Johnston - Head of Compliance
Timothy Pinnock - Assistant Director
Michelle Williams - Head of Administration
The new Company Director is listed as Valentine Lupu who resisted on Companies House in February 2017.
I have been taken for a complete ride by these people, fraudsters, scammers and i would say gangsters - please don't follow in my footsteps, as you will lose everything.
Now starting the painful process to see if anything can be retrieved - would almost settle for not getting any money back and having all of the above locked away for a very long time!
Was contacted again in January 2017 and advised to make a further investment of £5000 and was give all the patter about increased benefits from more trades per week and account being managed by more specialised account manager. Again all seemed reasonable and i could see the balance on my account increasing with a strike rate around 80% most months.
Problems started in March/April 2017 when there appeared to be no communication(not responding to emails and difficult to get anyone to speak to on the phone). Plenty of excuses given i.e. taken over by new management, BT sorting out all the phone lines and internet etc.
To provoke a response i requested a withdrawal from my account, but response several weeks later came and was informed that if i wanted to remain a UK customer i would have to pay an additional fee of £10,000, otherwise, as a small time investor, my account would be transferred to be managed from Romania. Against my better judgement and on the promises that i would immediately be able to withdraw from my account, i paid. Feel a bit of a mug and things went downhill rapidly from there.
Was then asked to pay a bonus fee, again on the promises that i could immediately withdraw from my account, the balance was showing at £68,000 on the online platform. Stupidly paid and still was unable to withdraw. Next excuse i was given was that if I paid a "liquidation" fee to close my account, i would secure the full balance of my account and this would be returned to me. You guessed it, still waiting and not been able to contact anyone by phone and no replies to any emails.
People i have spoken to in SW1 Options are (although i very much doubt if this is their real names) are:
Daniel Parris - Account Manager
David Johnston - Head of Compliance
Timothy Pinnock - Assistant Director
Michelle Williams - Head of Administration
The new Company Director is listed as Valentine Lupu who resisted on Companies House in February 2017.
I have been taken for a complete ride by these people, fraudsters, scammers and i would say gangsters - please don't follow in my footsteps, as you will lose everything.
Now starting the painful process to see if anything can be retrieved - would almost settle for not getting any money back and having all of the above locked away for a very long time!
