List of Government Agencies to Contact: Do not let these scam con artists embezzle your money

Always file a complaint with the FBI whether you are a United States citizen or not,  as the payment process companies are located in the United States:

1 - Contact the FBI.   Get the FBI's  local email address or Fax # (use the State where the payment process service is located if you are not a U.S. citizen ) and send them a detailed explanation of your dealings with the company you are complaining about.   There is also a local FBI office in all countries. Make sure you use ALL names the company has used, including the website address.  If enough people complain - $500,000. worth of losses-  they will move forward to help you get your money as a group.  http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/  (it's free and can be done regardless of what your citizenship or country of residence is).  If you have a lot of information to submit it is best to use complaints@ifccbi.gov .  Or use this email miami@ic.fbi.gov and call 1(305) 944-9101 to register your complaint personally. They must speak to each person who has been scammed. Organize each email by putting your contact info and the # of the email so that they know how many are being sent. You must include all your contact information at the top of each page.

 2 -  The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit www.ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/who.htm 

3-  SEC

The Commission’s complaint will allege that the defendants violated the antifraud provisions of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and the securities registration provisions of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act.  It is also Grand Theft if over $1,000.

How much of YOUR MONEY have the principals transferred in investor funds to their personal bank accounts since they started? The Commission will allege that the defendants defrauded investors by operating the program as a pure Ponzi scheme — using new investor monies to pay the promised returns to existing investors — in violation of the federal securities laws.

Call:

Randall R. Lee  - You will speak with an investor specialist
Regional Director
Pacific Regional Office
(323) 965-3807

http://www.sec.gov  - There is a form for investor complaints in Washington D.C. which controls the international division. You can attach all your information to the form. They will pursue it if it is not registered. Remember, any private placement must have a prospectus regardless of how small it is or where it is. Unless the investment company can prove that they were investing the monies in legitimate vehicles they are defrauding investors which is a crime.

Michele Wein Layne
Associate Regional Director
Pacific Regional Office
(323) 965-3850

Kelly Bowers
Assistant Regional Director
Pacific Regional Office
(323) 965-3924

 

4 - The ASIC staff and participants from a variety of agencies include: the Serious Fraud Office (New Zealand), New Zealand Securities Commission, Financial Services Authority (United Kingdom), the National Crime Authority, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Customs Service, Western Australian Police Service, Queensland Police Service, NSW Police Service, Australian Federal Police, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Crime and Misconduct Commission (Queensland), the Anti-Corruption Commission (Western Australia) and the Australian Taxation Office; and agencies from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan, Philippines, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

Complaints should be directed to for Singapore:
http://www.cad.gov.sg/com/complaint.htm
Director: tan_siong_thye@spf.gov.sg
Question 1

Is your complaint about any aspect of a financial service or product such as superannuation, managed funds, financial advice, insurance, credit or deposit accounts?
If you can’t resolve your complaint with the firm, you should take it to an independent complaint scheme. Visit  the website, FIDO for more guidance on how to complain about a financial product or service and how to get a copy of our brochure 'You can complain, a guide to solving problems with financial products and services'
Filling in the complaint form

Before you begin, gather together documents or letters about your complaint. You may need to refer to them to answer some of the questions in the complaint form.

Sending your complaint online
Fill in our online complaint form and send your complaint to us electronically. You will be able to view, save and print a copy of your completed complaint.

If for any reason you are unable to finish your complaint in a single session you can resume your complaint at a later time.

Our online form will run as a secure internet session to ensure the confidentiality of your information.
 

Sending your complaint by mail or fax
You can also print a copy of our complaint form (PDF file, 75KB) and post or fax your complaint to us.

Post your form to
ASIC Complaints
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
PO Box 9149
Traralgon Vic 3844

Or fax it to
Australia (03) 5177 3749
International + 61 3 5177 3749

Getting help
If you need more information please call our Infoline on 1300 300 630 or email them at infoline@asic.gov.au.

What types of complaints can ASIC deal with?
We deal with complaints about misconduct or illegal activity concerning:
  • How company directors and officers manage their companies
  • Incorrect or late release of company information to the market
  • Raising money from the public
  • A company continuing to trade while unable to pay its debts
  • How company administrators, liquidators or auditors perform their duties
  • A takeover or company restructure
  • Information or advice given to you about investments, superannuation, insurance, deposits
  • Misleading or deceptive conduct in advertising or selling a financial product or service
  • Misleading or deceptive conduct to do with borrowing money, and
  • Financial scams.

If your complaint involves any of these, it is one that ASIC may be able to investigate.

Please send us details of your complaint on our complaint form. You can send us your complaint online, by mail or fax.
 

What will happen with your complaint?
We record your complaint and look carefully at what you have told us. We aim to understand the facts and to see if the law has been broken. ASIC can only act if the law has been broken.

We weigh every complaint we receive against four basic questions:

  • What legal action can we take?
  • Is the evidence likely to be sufficient?
  • Which complaint is the most urgent and serious?
  • If we succeed, will people behave better in the future?

All financial institutions in the UK have to be registered with The Financial Srvices Authority (the fsa). They have an online search facility at www.fsa.gov.uk

 
4 - http://www.sec.gov/about/laws.shtml#secact1933- investment companies are required by law to provide to investors in the USA their name, location address, telephone number and other necessary information.

5 -  Managed investments - Managed Investments need to give you or have available for you to read a detailed prospectus, a company with a registered name, address, and telephone number, name of the Manager, and an Auditor as well as evidence that the money that you paid is actually put into the vehicle stated- What to do if you have evidence that money you invested in a company is based on fraud. A must read before you invest.

6 -  What are managed investment schemes