whistler_man
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Just play with them
You can go ahead and agree to buy the "shares" and it will be a learning experience for you. There will be absolutely NO OBLIGATION TO PAY THEM as they are a scam.
First, the guy will explain the "How it works" Securing the position for you, locking in your profits, sending you the paperwork (Trade confirmation, account app., TT instructions. . ) Then he will pass you on to the allocations officer who will "record" you agreeing to buy. It's bullcrap. There will not be any recording. Then you will get the docs sent to you. They will have their banking info on it! Publish it! Then you will get a "driver" calling you. He or she will try to get you to fill in the docs and "drive" you to do the banking by electronic banking . . After a few days you will get the original "broker" on the phone again wondering if you paid or not.
Whatever you do, Don't pay them but have some fun if you have the spare time. tell them you didn't get the docs, tell them you had an emergency and needed to use the money for that, tell them your wife doesn't want to do it, etc. They will squirm! Good Luck
Hello boys.
I've also been targeted in this boiler room fraud. Googling I found this topic. (it wasn't easy though, Google doesn't relate 'scam the peterson group' yet, I had to learn what boiler room scam was first, xD)
I'll just tell my story, in case it can be of any help to someone (haven't lost a euro but they've tried to sweet-talk me into it for a few months)
July 04: I am a Spaniard working in the Czech Republic, and that month I was on vacation. Out of the blue, my company receives a phone call, pressuring my boss to contact me because someone needs some very important documents. My boss understands that it is something related with my government.
July 15: They call back and my boss gives them my phone.
July 24: I receive yet another cold call at 7.30 a.m. from an Indonesian-based Philippine girl (at that point I already noticed it was a scam, no Spaniard would call at 7.30 a.m., no business is open that early!!) after 10 minutes sweet-talking me into the pleasure of doing business with The Peterson Group. Having made clear that I wasn't gonna invest a penny with them, she said she was gonna send me a brochure, (she knew my work address beforehand), so I said, do what you please.
August 10: Brochure arrives. (if anyone is interested, I could take a few pics of it)
September 10: Another guy, British accent, calls again to my job. Some insider tips about an agreement between one Petrodyne company with the french company TOTAL. Shares @ 1,20 that should go quickly over 2,20. I ask him not to call back to my work and give them my personal number (If I gave a fake one, I am afraid they would've kept calling my company).
October 06: I was called again this morning with the same modus operandi, rushing me into buying Petrodyne shares, that will go live in the Frankfurt market in about 5-8 weeks, great opportunity to widen my portfolio, blah blah blah, only this time shares were at 1,30, and minimum he could sell was 8,000 shares (10,400 euros). He's had me 12 mins on the phone until I hung up on him.
Some of the calls were from a hidden number, and others from a +44 (UK?)
Not for one second have I thought of investing with a total unknown company, but I've tried to waste their time as much as I can.
Sadly, I dont remember any names to publish.
You can go ahead and agree to buy the "shares" and it will be a learning experience for you. There will be absolutely NO OBLIGATION TO PAY THEM as they are a scam.
First, the guy will explain the "How it works" Securing the position for you, locking in your profits, sending you the paperwork (Trade confirmation, account app., TT instructions. . ) Then he will pass you on to the allocations officer who will "record" you agreeing to buy. It's bullcrap. There will not be any recording. Then you will get the docs sent to you. They will have their banking info on it! Publish it! Then you will get a "driver" calling you. He or she will try to get you to fill in the docs and "drive" you to do the banking by electronic banking . . After a few days you will get the original "broker" on the phone again wondering if you paid or not.
Whatever you do, Don't pay them but have some fun if you have the spare time. tell them you didn't get the docs, tell them you had an emergency and needed to use the money for that, tell them your wife doesn't want to do it, etc. They will squirm! Good Luck