QUOTE(aaa_batteries @ Dec 20 2022, 09:23 AM)
I wouldn’t get involved at all as this will prolong the suffering of the victims. As a society, we are worse off by such scam activities. If you studied economics, you will come to this term called multiplier effect.
The scammers have ran off with so much fund and most likely to overseas accounts. These monies won’t be spent locally which thru the multiplier effect will have caused more increases or changes in many other economic variables locally.
Think it simply as follows:- if you run any business, these victims are your potential customers, if their monies were scammed they won’t spend on your products which will provide you with a profit. This is why such scam activities have a very detrimental effect on all of us even though we are not involved in these scams.
The scam moves these funds away from the population (many victims) to few individuals (scammers). So unless you are in the business of luxury goods and most likely the authorities or laws in place are weak (due to non enforcement/jurisdiction issues), all of us will be impacted.
This is why we need to minimise the impact to society by keep reminding everyone of all scams.
If you have been scammed, approach the authority despite they telling you not to (because these scammers rely on continuity to keep scamming more victims). Check with lawyer if you can take those IBs and the introducers to court to recover your hard earned money.If for me, ...I would not want to be scammed again by anyone telling that I could get back money from this things by subscribing to their legal service..
If they ask to pay them some $$ first as a form of commitment to get their service to proceed with the legal process..."No way I will do that."
But if they say, only pay them xx% after having received the refund, ...then "yes"
The IBs could be a cried victims like the others too,
They only sell the idea, the scheme
They did not receives your cash, so no illegal deposit taking charges
They did not promise any guaranteed fixed return,...so there is not default of agreed terms.
They could gives the authorities all their overseas communication by emails,...which by then would be all unreachable.
If for me, if anyone ask me to pay them first for legal refund process against overseas scam operation that has no physical bases, not locally regulated, no faces or names of the founders (to serves legal notices),
I would just use that money to get into another money games scheme....any 1k usd will get back 1 millions in 10 years. ( The"proposed" pay first service for legal process to seek refund does not tell how much can get back if any, and also don't know when can get that too)
..even founders are charged with just this.
JJPTR founder fined RM18,000
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4563068Any news about those investors getting their money back?
Pay for service to process legal procedures against IBs??
I would use that money and put into another "better" scheme.

Well just me.
This post has been edited by MUM: Dec 20 2022, 11:27 AM