Investors have a lot of complaints against their offshore Forex brokers and Crypto Currency Exchanges, and there are a variety of reasons why. Investors who invest with a legitimate and licensed broker, rarely have problems withdrawing their money.
If you invested with an unlicensed broker, your complaints may be explained below. Also, if you have problems with an offshore broker, there is no government agency to help you get your money back.
For brokers licensed by the FCA in the United Kingdom, the complaint procedure can be found here.
For brokers licensed by AISC Australia, the complaint procedure can be found here.
The smart way to invest, is with an FCA regulated broker like ForTrade, or and ASIC licensed broker like Pepperstone.
Broker Withdrawal Complaints
When your broker is not processing your withdrawal request, here are a few things to keep in mind.
The requirements to withdraw your money is much more difficult than depositing money. To withdraw money from a broker, they require many different forms of identification verification. The standard items requested are: Proof of Identification: Passport / Drivers License / National ID. Proof of Residence: Utility bill, local authority tax bill, bank or credit card statement. Deposits made by Credit / Debit Card will require a scan of the front and back of the card.
When you request a withdrawal, it is important to email the compliance department, and the customer support email addresses. Never just rely on a phone conversation, or Skype message to your personal broker.
If a broker is not processing your withdrawal in a timely manner, you can call your bank and request a charge back. Most people who have problems getting their money out of broker, are dealing with unlicensed fraud companies.
Trader Protection is a company that helps investors who have lost over $1,500 at a broker, recover it. They work with your bank / credit card company, to try and reverse the charges and recover your funds.
Contact them at: TraderProtection.co.uk.
Forex Managed Account Scams
You received a phone call from a Forex broker, offering to invest your money. The problem is that trading Forex or Crypto Currencies is extremely risky. So risky that you can lose all the money in your account, and more. Experience does not make a difference. By authorizing a broker at the firm to trade your account, you are giving away your money.
Any time a broker offers to place a trade on your behalf, tell them no! If you want to invest in Forex, then do your research and learn how to become a real trader. But do not think that someone else is going to make money for you.
Do you know that most brokers only make money, when you lose your money.
Ask yourself this question; If the broker is such a good investor, why are they interested in trading your money, they should be using their own money.
Read more at: Investment Scams
Automated Trading Robot Scams
Many investors open a brokerage account, because they saw an advertisement for a “secret system” that generates money.
These systems go by the names; Bitcoin Loophole, Weed Millionaire, and Tesler App to name a few. The software creates an account for you at a scam broker, and then tells you to make a deposit and you will start making money.
The problem is, that the software doesn’t actually work, and the brokers are usually unregulated scam companies. Many brokers have a clause in their terms and conditions page, which bans the use of automated trading software.
You can read about real auto-trading robots, which work with licensed Forex brokers, see here.
Bonus Policy Complaints
One of the reasons why investors cannot withdraw their money from the broker is because they received bonus money.
Before accepting a bonus from a broker, investors should read their brokers bonus policy. Unregulated brokers will require traders to trade 30 – 60 times the value of the bonus. Licensed brokers do not offer bonus money.
If the trader deposited $500 and received a bonus of $200. The trader will have to generate a minimum trading volume of $500 x 20 = $10,000. Now that is a lot. By accepting the bonus money, the initial $500 that was deposited can only be withdrawn after meeting the trading volume. In other words, a trader deposits $500, received a bonus of $200, which makes the account balance $700. The trader places a trade and profits $85. The account balance is now $785. The amount eligible for withdrawal is Zero!
This is a reason many unregulated brokers have so many complaints against them. Many scam brokers will automatically give traders a bonus without the trader asking for it.
Unauthorized Credit Card Charges
There are two reasons for unauthorized credit card charges. The first one is, it was an honest mistake and the broker processed your payment twice.
The second reason for an unauthorized charge is that the broker you thought was going to double your money, lost it all. And then the brokers calls to convince you to add more money for him to play with.
If you received an unauthorized charge on your credit card from a broker, immediately contact your credit card fraud department to dispute the charges.