Warning: impersonation scams

Like all growing organisations, we have been targeted by impersonation attempts that seek to defraud our clients, followers and stakeholders.

Most people get scammed once (or more than once) in their lifetime, myself included, so don’t assume you are automatically too smart to fall for these tactics.

Moreover, as AI improves, video and voice messages could become targets—my image and voice could be used to scam others when I didn’t create the message.

Here is a checklist to ensure you aren’t scammed and stay safe.

1. Understand what my official media is

My only official media channels are:

Any profiles pretending to be me, and using my picture, are fake profiles if they aren’t connected to these profiles.

2. We never ask you to pay us directly

We will never ask you to pay me or my organisation directly to make investments. We only get paid by setting up accounts with third-party investment providers.

We do have some fee-based services where you pay our company directly, but that is in return for conducting a specific service such as a consultation- it isn’t to send the money on for an investment

If you ever have somebody asking you to send money to them, pretending to be me, ignore and report the profiles.

3. An exaggerated sense of urgency

Everybody wants to get things done, and few people like procrastination. However, to start a new investment, you must send us your proof of ID and address and complete an application form.

Setting up an account with these third-party providers typically takes one to five working days. You will receive a confirmation email or message confirming that you are approved to send the money.

If somebody asks you to send money in hours to an account, and no third-party investment has been set up, then this is a major red flag.

4. Where is the account based?

As of 2025, all our providers bank in one of the following countries:

• The UK
• The US
• Luxembourg
• Occasionally, “typical” international financial locations such as Singapore, the UAE, the Isle of Man, Mauritius and Guernsey

If the person pretending to be me suggests sending the money to any other location, it is almost certainly a scam.

And again, we only deal with third-party financial institutions in these places. We never suggest sending money to an individual or a random company name.

For example, the only beneficiary bank accounts our clients have sent money to in Luxembourg is Moventum, a third-party investment platform.

5. Be careful with links

Email spoofing is when scammers manipulate email headers to make them appear to originate from the sender.

For example, I sometimes get emails claiming to be from Warren Buffett and myself, for that matter!

Be careful when opening attachments on an email if something seems “off”.

6. Crypto and FX

We don’t get paid in crypto or sell FX services. Therefore, ignore any messages pretending to be me that ask to be paid in crypto.

7. Check with me directly

If you are unsure about a message or investment opportunity, send me the details on the channels I have listed above.

I am on WhatsApp throughout the day (most days), so I would be more than happy to assist you.

Finally, we do have to remember that most people are well-intentioned.

The above is just a checklist to make sure you don’t fall prey to the 1% who might not be.

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Adam is an internationally recognised author on financial matters with over 830million answer views on Quora, a widely sold book on Amazon, and a contributor on Forbes.