According to an article in the Mail on Sunday, thousands of UK Barclays Bank customer files have been stolen and sold on to boiler room companies. The companies used the information in the files to pressure people into investing in scams: rare earth metals; diamonds; and carbon credits.
Tag: Carbon Credits
Carbon Offset Consultants is running a carbon credit recovery room scam
Carbon Offset Consultants cold calls people and offers them an exit strategy for the carbon credits that they were scammed into buying. Of course, there’s an advance fee to be paid.
The scumbag correspondence from Enviro Associates just keeps on coming
Enviro Associates continues to contact people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits. In its latest email, it doesn’t say that it can sell the carbon credits, instead offering “the latest information regarding the market”.
London Prestige Capital is running a carbon credit recovery room scam
A company called London Prestige Capital is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits and offering them an exit strategy. For an advance fee. If they contact you, I would suggest contacting Action Fraud.
Global carbon markets have shrunk in value by 60% since 2011
In 2011, carbon markets traded a total of €96 billion worth of pollution allowances and carbon credits. In 2012, the figure was €62 billion. In 2013, it fell to €38.4 billion. The price of EUAs (EU Allowances) has fallen from €18 in 2011 to €5.