By Chris Lang In November 2019, Radio 4’s File on 4 broadcast a programme titled, “The Anatomy of a Fraud”. It documents in detail how 86 year-old Cynthia Tuck was scammed into handing over almost £400,000 in fraudulent investment schemes. And how the authorities and police have utterly failed her.
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Northern Powerhouse Developments: Another “investment” scheme promoted by Property Frontiers collapses
By Chris Lang Property Frontiers is an investment company based in Oxford. Ray Withers, the founder and director of the company says, “I founded Property Frontiers back in 2004 due to the fact I personally had a bad experience investing overseas. I strove to build a company offering a professional service, that did its research…
A company calling itself Payment Solutions is running a recovery room scam
By Chris Lang Last week REDD-Monitor wrote about John Greene. He’d been scammed into buying carbon credits as an investment by a company called 360 Invest Group. That company disappeared in 2012, but John is still being contacted by scammers.
A company calling itself Global Capital Holdings and/or Herald Investment Trust is running a recovery room scam
By Chris Lang 360 Invest Group was a scam company that sold carbon credits to retail investors. REDD-Monitor first wrote about the company in August 2013. 360 Invest Group targeted pensioners with high pressure sales. In 2016, I wrote two more posts featuring 360 Invest Group based on a series of emails between 360 Invest…
Robert Sedgwick: The solicitor who helped London Capital & Finance sell mini-bonds also helped scammers sell “carbon benefit units” from the April Salumei REDD project in Papua New Guinea
By Chris Lang In January 2019, an investment scheme called London Capital & Finance went into administration after an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority.