Wednesday, February 3, 2016

SCAM ALERT 2: FX United Capital Guaranteed Auto Trading - CONTINUATION

This is continuation of  my previous blog on FX United scam: http://moneyburp.blogspot.com/2015/02/scam-alert-fx-united-capital-guaranteed.html

There have been many new evidence that FX United's Capital Guaranteed Auto Trading or CGAT is indeed a scam. Thanks to one of the reader, Anthony who commented in the blog. He made more research on it and it truly points out that FX United is a very dubious entity.

Here is his comment:

"Someone approached me with FX United and I did some research online. Here's my consolidated finding, included some points from this blog: 

1. Guarantee 12% monthly return is too good to be true. Why don't someone just take up a bank loan to do this? 

2. They claimed to be a NZ company, but seems like there's no NZ traffic to their website: http://www.statscrop.com/www/fxunited.com 

3. Check the website for contact details, company headquarter address at: 228, Queens Street, Central Business District, Auckland, New Zealand. If you do a google map search and look at the street view, it doesn't seems like an big office. Refer to: https://www.google.com.my/maps/@-36.8493196,174.7651942,3a,42.7y,136.4h,87.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sduQCzUDGAzS778khL1TVrQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en 

4. If you the number of company registered under the said address, you'll be suprised: http://www.coys.co.nz/search/?a=228+QUEEN+STREET+AUCKLAND 

5. Apparently the address made into the news few years ago: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6613134/RBNZ-issues-warning-over-Auckland-firm

6. And it's available for rental: https://www.bayleys.co.nz/Listing/Auckland/Auckland-City/Auckland-Central/1680909 "


So, let's dissect his points. The first point is pretty obvious. I have already mention about it so mnay times in my blog, yet many still believes in it. So, let's start from second point.

" 2. They claimed to be a NZ company, but seems like there's no NZ traffic to their website: http://www.statscrop.com/www/fxunited.com

I was surprised to see that vistors from Malaysia is the highest. We are 85.7% of total daily visitors to fxunited.com. Does that mean the scam is targeted to Malaysia? Could it be the scam initiator is a Malaysian or resides in Malaysia? FX United is being promoted like crazy in Malaysia and many have joined it. And as Anthony mentioned, why there are no traffics from New Zealand itself.
The most important thing is, when I wrote the first blog on FX United, if my memory is right, the address wasn't New Zealand. It was Australia. Can anyone verify this with me?

 "3. Check the website for contact details, company headquarter address at: 228, Queens Street, Central Business District, Auckland, New Zealand. If you do a google map search and look at the street view, it doesn't seems like an big office. Refer to: https://www.google.com.my/maps/@-36.8493196,174.7651942,3a,42.7y,136.4h,87.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sduQCzUDGAzS778khL1TVrQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en "
 That's the street view of FX United for you. Errr..Where is the front entrance? Oh, it's a staircase at the side. Isn't this supposed to be their headquarter? Well, it does look pretty small for a company which can give return of 12% a month. Maybe they prefer to be on low profile. Does it make sense. Here's a closer view.
Compare this with the image they are trying to potray on their website.
 That's totally different look, and do you know what building is that?
That looks familiar. It's the same building shown on FX United website. Here's another image.
The building is called the Bastion Tower, which is located at Brussel, Belgium. Yes, it's thousands of miles away from New Zealand. They were just using this image to show a false image about themself. No shame at all.

"4. If you the number of company registered under the said address, you'll be suprised: http://www.coys.co.nz/search/?a=228+QUEEN+STREET+AUCKLAND "



There have been or had been a total of 83 companies registered at that location. Out of this 83, 35 are registered and still active.
Why there have been so many company and still 35 companies resides at that location? Is FX United only occupying a cubicle to run their business. The next evidence by Anthony tells us the WHY.

"5. Apparently the address made into the news few years ago: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6613134/RBNZ-issues-warning-over-Auckland-firm"

 There are many shell companies registered there. There already been cases on such companies operating at the same location as FX United. Isn't it obvious that FX United is operating dubiously? It is a scam.

And wait.. it's available for rental. Any takers?
"6. And it's available for rental: https://www.bayleys.co.nz/Listing/Auckland/Auckland-City/Auckland-Central/1680909"

An entire floor is available. Hope it wasn't FX United moved out of this floor.

Okay, so out of 6 floors, half floor is confirmed vacant, one is occupied by Burger King and Skechers. That mean 4 and a half floor occupied by 33 companies (35 if include Burger King and Skechers. Not sure if they are in the list)

So, don't you all think, you all should be wary of FX United? If you still believe it's not a scam and real. Only God can save you.

I do have family and friends who have invested in FX United. I am worried for them. Some of them opened multiple accounts and invested up to the max. I hope they would be able to take out their without any loses before FX United shut down. Yet, thousands others still would lose their money.

Thanks a lot to Anthony for making this research and providing the evidence.

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