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I believe this website "www.secureinvestment.com" is a PONZI SCHEME. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from existing capital or new capital paid by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the organization running the operation. Operators of Ponzi schemes usually entice new investors by offering higher returns than other investments, in the form of short-term returns that are either abnormally high or unusually consistent. The perpetuation of the high returns requires an ever-increasing flow of money from new investors to sustain the scheme.
This website claims there is an average return of 23% monthly, that is impossible! On top of that, they have a "trading loss refund guarantee" where supposedly you won't lose the money you invest and maybe they do have some kind of fake reserve fund but I would like to see how long that lasts because if they do not get new "investors", then old investors (the people who have already invested money into their company) WILL most likely have their "account frozen" and wont receive their money back. All of a sudden investors wont be able to reach the websites customer service department or get anything resolved which in turn, you will lose everything you put in there. Their scam will continue to grow just like Madoff's scam did and will continue to steal peoples money.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Website shut down. How can this Michael Sterling get away with this. What can we do?
At the moment i believe it is a SCAM. i invested over 2000$ for a start in March 2014 they said they where doing a new software update on 7th April and to be patient my money will reflect in my account. Despite many emails to finance department which they never reply back and bogus, useless online chat goons my money to date has never reflected. In my mind i have written it off though i still nag them for my money but i am not keeping my hopes high. If your thinking of investing please DONT save yourself a lot of heartache. Look for other credible managed forex accounts.
Alex
I really wished there was a real company out their!
Ive just contacted them, as I also was impressed and very interested to send them some money and this was the conversation...
Richard:I
work in London and was wondering if it was possible to visit your
London Office in 1 Ropemaker st, London. I have a sum of money I wish to
invest and would like to see you in person.
Welcome Richard! Your request has been directed to our support team. Please wait for an operator to answer your call.
You are chatting with Customer Support.
Customer Support:Thank you for contacting Secure Investment. My name is Damien Guerra. How may I help you?
Richard:wow that was quick
Richard:I
work in London and was wondering if it was possible to visit your
London Office in 1 Ropemaker st, London. I have a sum of money I wish to
invest and would like to see you in person
Customer Support:We
arrange visits only for those clients who invested at least 1, 000, 000
USD. All investment terms and conditions stipulated in Terms of Service
and is not a matter of negotiation.
Richard:well that sounds like a crock of ###
Richard:are you for real?
Richard:am i just chatting with a robot?
Customer Support:In
this industry there are many big companies who have gone under the
knife and many Great ones that have brought about changes and gained
trust in there client's showing great profit's to their clients and
secure Investment is one of them.
Customer Support:We are here in the market from 2008 and are growing strong in numbers, and we are here to stay for many more years to come.
Customer Support:Keystone
Union Limited duly registered and licensed company fully complying with
laws of Hong Kong (The company’s number in the Public Registry Hong
Kong is 1971696) and our Terms of Service. The company operates since
December 2008 and offers long-term managed Forex investment opportunity.
The
company pays only the profits actually earned in Forex showing our
clients what money the company is making and how we make it. Detailed
trading reports are provided in the client’s area at our website.
Richard:so do i have to give you the 1 million first before getting an appointment?
Customer Support:That is the company setup policy apply to the clients who wants to visit our office and to arrange a meeting.
Richard:you still didnt answer my question...Do i have to give you my 1 million first before having an appointment?
Customer Support:Yes before having an appoinment to visit you will have to pay that.
Richard:lol
Customer Support:What
I would suggest is to try with our Trial Investment Package which
starts from $1000-$4, 999 for 20 days, and then based upon your
experience and convenience you can decide whether or not to invest
further.
Richard:But how do i now you are real or not?
Customer Support:The company registration can be checked on the following website: https://www.icris.cr.gov.hk/csci/login_i.do?loginType=iguest
Customer Support:You can use this link to check the company trading results http://secureinvestment.com/trading-history
Richard:ive seen all that, but that doesnt prove nothing to me
Richard:can i come to Hing Kong then?
Richard:Hong
Customer Support:All the terms and condition to visit are applied same.
Richard:why would anyone in there right mind hand over a large sum without at least meeting a representive from the company
Richard:crazy!
Customer Support:No
doubt Forex trading is a risky process, but having invested with Secure
Investment, any Forex trading loss is 100% covered by the Company's
reserve fund. If you check company's history for Forex Trade for the
past 5 years by clicking on this link: http://secureinvestment.com/trading-history,
you will see that the gross volume of Secure Investment profit trades
is much bigger than the gross volume of loss trades. Moreover, our
automated Forex trading system applies no leverage and uses
sophisticated stop-loss techniques that prevent any sufficient trading
loss.
Richard:i wish you would stop using copy and paste and talk to me
Richard:im really unsure here
Richard:i have a large amount and you are not selling this to me
Richard:i feel I would me risking all by not seeing someone
Customer Support:In
June 2014, we are calling our clients for the world wide conference
with Advanced investment package and higher have the possibility to meet
our management team in our Hong Kong office.
Customer Support:Due
to a large number of clients the meetings will be held as group
conferences. Five large conferences will be held in Hong Kong in June
2014. Dedicated personal meetings with Secure Investment management are
available to VIP+ clients only.Our clients will be able to meet in
person our Co-Owner and CEO, Michael Sterling. You will have a
possibility to ask questions and to talk to our key personnel including
our Senior Trader, Risk Manager, Security Manager, and many others.
Richard:June what?
Customer Support:Yes June.
Richard:I am travelling to the philippines on business
Richard:yes, but when in June?
Customer Support:You can e-mail us back at conference@secureinvestment.com
if you wish to apply for a conference meeting. Allow us several
business days to respond to your application with necessary
documentation and relevant information.
Richard:ok but what is the date in June
Customer Support:As
I have mentioned you please send an email if you wants to know the
detail about this but just to remind you it is only eligible for
Advanced Investment category clients and above.
I have invested more than $ 100, 000 and yes, since end of JAN there is not a single penny paid. All what is mentioned above is true... we truly believe we lost our money. NO one ... ON ONE... should send money to secure investment from now on. They are doing nothing now but trying to keep us quite so that they will gain more money from new investors. However, they can not pay back a single dollar. Clients like me who invested large amount of money are keeping their mouths shut hoping they will get the money back.
The last thing we heard yesterday, which is really funny... they will hold a conference in June in Hong Kong! But they did not say anything about our money... As I said, they are trying to keep us silent by giving us hopes. If we will receive any funds, I will post it here and will let you know. Right now... they have proven to their own clients that secure investment is scam... BIG TIME. But they did not announce their failure on their website for new investors. Hoping to fool more people. BE CAREFUL and learn from our lesson which did cost us a lot.
Hi, Myself having invested a good amount in Secureinvestment.com; received returns and bank transfers for few months; now the company does not respond on chat or on email despite several attempts; my strong recommendation is do not invest in it now; also do not withdraw any funds since you will not get the money but the same will be deducted from your operating account; wait for further updates; currently their customer support is a sham and keep repeating like a parrot that they are waiting for updates from their finance department and writing to their finance department yields no result; only dead silence; note, you will not be able to get across to anyone of their management on phone too...So currently keep your funds with yourself and wait for further updates from me. Goodluck guys with your money and do not put your hard earned funds into areas where you have no control on. Should the company start responding and correcting itself, I shall be the first to state that also. Till then goodluck and goodbye.
Hi everybody, hi Rimzz, I am sorry to read your story. I discovered actually yesterday evening your posts on different sites ( and you did well if things goes as you say), and I was very worry as I sent about the same amount to secureinvestment.com in order to fund my new account.
I must say I am releived to see this morning the money I sent (-20 USD for transfer) on my investment account. It took them 2 days to complete the transfer.
I decided to invest after a friend told me about it. He invested since 6 months and all is fine. Hie friend has a 6 figures investment with them since 2 years, and again, all fine...so far.
I agree to be careful with these investments, and I don't say it's 100 % sure, but regarding funding the account, for me it worked.
Please Joeg, try again to contact them, and keep us posted. Thanks and good luck.
What makes you think this 'company' has been around for 6 years? Because they say so on their web site? A web site that is less than two years old?
Do you know that even -if- you make money in a ponzi scheme, you can still be sued for the profits you made?
To Rimzz2014
I would be very interested in hearing how your transfer went on. Was it successful in the end? I am contemplating opening an account with them. Thanks in advance.
Hi All,
I can confirm based on my recent experience with this company that they are indeed a BIG SCAM.
I've always had my doubts, due to their operation model, but without any conclusive evidence on any forum, mixed with conflicting reports which neither proved legitimacy or scam, and just a few claiming they have received their money, I wanted to know once and for all (despite the risk), especially as I am not one for tarnishing any company’s name on a whim.
I have a $1000 account currently showing $121 interest, but just over 2 weeks ago I did a Bank Transfer for $9000 in order to integrate and start a $10000 account with reduced performance fees. The $9000 still isn't showing in my account and their Finance and Customer Services departments have ignored ALL 4 emails that I sent them, bearing in mind their policy states that, if your money isn't showing after 5 business days, email their Finance Department who will respond within 48 hours. Using their chat portal also, I was told twice that they have "prioritized" my emails, but I never received any replies.
I am now trying to recall the money through my bank, but there are no guarantees. However, I'll keep you updated with any new development.
I shall post this to other forums as well so that this scam is stopped once and for all.
Hi all,
I was thinking to invest in this company maybe just the trial however to see what its about. My question is however if this really is a scam then how can they
exist for this long (about 5 and a half years) ? . Thanks for reading someone please get back to me on this .
Is there anyway that we can lodge a report to investigate their business operation? The thing that puzzles me is that if this is truly a scam, how come the authorities are not doing anything about it? And they have been operating for 6 YEARS! That's a long period of time.
Please tell me what you base your statement on... I'm really considering this company for investment and I really want to know how do they provide returns for the last 6 years at such high rates
Well probably it is because there is a proportionaity between risk and return. It seems they claim they can achieve constantly over 100% profit annually without risk of losing money. But all the investments have risk. Besides, investments in derivatives, currencies, structured products are zero sum game. If they can predict so accurately the future (over 95% success) they will be the biggest investors the world has known. Someone could lend them with the modest 2 or 3% per month and let them make oney by earning 2 or 3 3 fold...