If you're being conned...
I'd try contacting what pretty much every country has, ie a regulatory body dealing with scams.
Eg in Germany it would be the
BAFIN, in Spain the
SEPBLAC, in the USA the
SEC or the
CFTC, and in the UK the
FSA.
Secondly, I'd go to a lawyer and assess the possibilities of sueing the living daylights out of em.
Thirdly, contact the media and create a stink.
If you are in the right one of those will work.
BSD:
Im wouldnt be sure about that. Tony Hetherington does this every second week on the website thisismoney.com and in his column in the Mail or the Times(one of these)
In last night Evening Standard Square Mile Securities were fined £250,000 by the FSA for mis-selling and taking £387,000 off 1 cutomer who had an investment limit on each stock of £25,000. Bear in mind that these firms apparently pay £1 to £1.5m to be gain FSA status to sell securities. I believe Square Mile made £3.75m off this 1 stock they sold. Not bad if you selling 2 different stocks a month and getting fined maybe £0.5M a year.
Crooks in the City. A bit like Sex in the City but no sex and your wallet takes the spanking.