A company called ALTR Alternative Fund Managers is cold calling people telling them it can sell the worthless carbon credits they were scammed into buying as an investment. Of course, they’ll need to pay an advance fee. And of course ALTR Alternative Fund Managers is a scam.
Tag: Carbon Credits
Pope Francis rejects carbon credits as a solution to climate change
Pope Francis rejects carbon credits: they “would not help to reduce the global emission of polluting gases”.
Guest Post: The carbon credits sold to private individuals as investments are worthless
The carbon credits sold to retail investors are worthless – says a commodities and financial market professional.
Sucker lists, recovery room scams, and why victims of scams become more trusting, not less
By Chris Lang If you have been the victim of a scam, your name will be on a list to be cold called – and scammed – again. These “sucker lists” include names, addresses, phone number and background information about the person scammed. They are traded between boiler room operations, because scammers know that people…
Grayson Wealth Management and Carpathian Forestry are running a recovery room scam
A company called Grayson Wealth Management is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits. Grayson Wealth Management’s telemarketers offer them a way of getting rid of their carbon credits. It’s a scam, of course.