Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm by globalturbo
 Investment scams - financial scams - ponzi schemes 14 typical excuses swindlers use to keep you on the hook, hoping your nightmare will end. x of a bank error. The (insert the title) will fix the mess and re-submit. x the officer encrypted the wrong transfer code and the funds were returned by one of the correspondent banks. The Trader will fix the mess and re-submit. x the (insert the title) has pneumonia (the flu, broke his leg, had an accident, was mugged, whatever) and is in the hospital. The funds will be disbursed as soon as he gets out. x the (insert the title)'s mother (father, uncle, sister, wife ...) is in the hospital (dead, heart-attack ...). The funds will be disbursed as soon as he gets back. x the bank is going through an annual audit and/or a bank merger, so all transfers are temporarily frozen. x one of the investors/attorneys/whatever contacted the bank and asked a lot of questions. The bank is angry and has frozen the money or the disbursements. x the Trader has gone to an important banking conference and the funds will be disbursed when he returns. x the SEC (FBI, Treasury Dept., Banking Commission, whatever) is performing an unwarranted investigation of the investment. Funds will be transferred as soon as they are satisfied. x the Trader is in Europe (Asia, Middle East, Moscow ...) trying to settle a problem caused by (any number of things) and it may be a while before funds can be disbursed. x there is no trading after about the middle of November until the middle of January because those are not international banking days for trading. x the currency market is down, the shifting of the exchange rate, the fall in the Japanese stock market, the September 11th tragedy, the current recession, the imminent fall of the Tower of Pisa, etc. has made conditions unfavorable for profitable trading at the moment. We will have to wait until international conditions are more favorable. x Our personal favorite: The fund is now full and we are not accepting any more applications. x The fund is now in the process of developing profits and disbursements will begin soon. x and excuse #14: you have to send more money. ^Top Not one of these excuses is acceptable Any one of them is cause for you to be suspicious |
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