Did you read what the police have said about buying carbon credits or are you one of those nutters that thinks that you know better?
Fraudsters with the appearance of professional financiers are selling carbon credits that they claim companies will later buy back at much higher prices. Sometimes they say you are legally obliged to buy them or that a business is legally obliged to buy them back in the future.
The reality is victims are handing over their savings for worthless vouchers from an unregulated market, with individual losses running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The NFIB needs to inform all investors that:
If you buy carbon credits you WILL NOT make any money no matter what the salesman says
Companies will not offset their carbon allowance by buying carbon credits from individuals – as the salesman claims.
Companies will purchase carbon credits from other companies/brokers and these deals take a lot of time to set up and are heavily regulated – for this reason carbon credits are not investments that an individual can make money on.
There is a heavily regulated market for carbon credits and this is the market that the salesman will be referring to. However individuals do not invest in this regulated market. What the salesman will actually sell you is what is known as a “voluntary” carbon credit where environmentally conscious small businesses and individuals pay to off-set their carbon emissions. This is not a “regulated” carbon credit.
These are bought by the salesman for around 50p and sold to victims for a massively inflated priced dressed up as carbon credits from the “regulated” market.
If the salesman believes that the victim has more money to invest they may even give a return on the initial small investment to build confidence in the victim. They will then request a larger investment promising higher returns. The victim will jump at the chance and then lose all their money.
If you are cold called and offered carbon credits – HANG UP THE PHONE IMMEDIATELY!
Fraudsters with the appearance of professional financiers are selling carbon credits that they claim companies will later buy back at much higher prices. Sometimes they say you are legally obliged to buy them or that a business is legally obliged to buy them back in the future.
The reality is victims are handing over their savings for worthless vouchers from an unregulated market, with individual losses running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The NFIB needs to inform all investors that:
If you buy carbon credits you WILL NOT make any money no matter what the salesman says
Companies will not offset their carbon allowance by buying carbon credits from individuals – as the salesman claims.
Companies will purchase carbon credits from other companies/brokers and these deals take a lot of time to set up and are heavily regulated – for this reason carbon credits are not investments that an individual can make money on.
There is a heavily regulated market for carbon credits and this is the market that the salesman will be referring to. However individuals do not invest in this regulated market. What the salesman will actually sell you is what is known as a “voluntary” carbon credit where environmentally conscious small businesses and individuals pay to off-set their carbon emissions. This is not a “regulated” carbon credit.
These are bought by the salesman for around 50p and sold to victims for a massively inflated priced dressed up as carbon credits from the “regulated” market.
If the salesman believes that the victim has more money to invest they may even give a return on the initial small investment to build confidence in the victim. They will then request a larger investment promising higher returns. The victim will jump at the chance and then lose all their money.
If you are cold called and offered carbon credits – HANG UP THE PHONE IMMEDIATELY!