Fake brokers and online trading
Fake brokers follow a precise script: an “account manager” calls you every day, the charts keep rising, but you cannot withdraw. We analyse payments and platform to find the next steps.
Fake brokers: the scheme.
It all starts with an advert using famous faces or promising safe returns. An operator calls you, has you open an account with a minimum deposit and installs remote-control software "to help you". Profits grow, you are persuaded to invest more, sometimes even to take out a loan.
We analyse the website, the declared company, the accounts and the payment circuits used, and prepare the documentation needed for chargebacks, reports and legal action with Studio Legale Gioviale & Partners.
How to spot fake brokers.
Fake brokers present themselves as international investment firms, with polished websites, invented licences and very helpful advisers. They usually call you after you leave your details on an advert that promises safe returns. From then on the pressure never stops: bigger deposits, bonuses that “expire”, even loans so you do not miss the chance.
A clear warning sign is being asked to install programs such as AnyDesk or TeamViewer. Another is that withdrawals become difficult, because taxes, checks and fees suddenly appear. In these cases stop the payments, secure your devices and keep every document. Then check on the Consob website, or with your own regulator, whether the firm is authorised.
We trace the transfers, cards and crypto paid to fake brokers and prepare the file for the law firm. If you also paid in crypto, read the page on fake exchanges and our action checklist. Also, if you paid by card, tell your bank at once, because some chargebacks have short deadlines.
Fake brokers: what we analyse
Website and company
Checks on the domain, the declared company and published authorisations.
Transfers and cards
Reconstruction of beneficiaries, intermediaries and payment circuits.
Remote access
Checks on PCs and smartphones after the use of AnyDesk, TeamViewer and similar tools.
Documentation
A file for chargebacks, police reports and legal action.
How we work
Assessment
Initial analysis of the case and the material.
Flows
Reconstruction of transfers, cards and crypto.
Securing devices
Checks on devices and access.
Action
Legal route with our partner law firm.
- Via Principe Amedeo 42A, 46100 Mantova
- +39 0376 321622
- avvocato@gioviale.com
- PEC avvocato@pec.gioviale.com
A complete path: technical, legal and tax.
For the legal side – formal notices, criminal complaints, civil and criminal actions to recover funds – we work with Studio Legale Gioviale & Partners. We handle the technical analysis and the reconstruction of the flows; the law firm takes the actions before the competent authorities.
For tax matters we work with Dott. Fabio De Angelis, chartered accountant, employment consultant and statutory auditor, an expert in tax litigation: he assesses the tax treatment of money lost or recovered and assists in any disputes with the tax authorities.
- Corso A. Gramsci 20, 00045 Genzano di Roma
- 06 9362808 · 06 9364119 FAX 06 93956751
- fdaced@tin.it
Fake brokers: questions.
Uninstall the software immediately, change your email and online banking passwords from another device and alert your bank. We can check the device to rule out further access.
You can check the official registers of authorised intermediaries and the warnings published by financial regulators. A broker who cold-calls you and promises safe profits is a strong warning sign.
In some cases a chargeback can be requested from the card issuer: timing matters, so it is best to act straight away.
Tell us what happened.
Fill in the form or message us on WhatsApp: we assess the case and get back to you with clear guidance on the possible steps.