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Classic boiler plate land sale scam with a sophisticated twist.......

If ti looks to good to be true then it almost.............

They are getting quite sophisticated these days...

members of the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) - a British trade body aimed at educating and informing people about how to buy property safely abroad. The company had an address at 30 St Mary's Axe, London - also known as the Gherkin building

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Just saw this.

"They were persuaded to invest in plots of land which, they were told, would rise in value due to the World Cup.2

Much like London property :lol:

"Frustrated by low returns on savings in the UK, "

Oh dear, suddenly that 2% interest looks good compared to capital losses....Much like London property :lol:

Why is it when British people lose money they blame everyone else but themselves ?
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The people who invested in this 'scheme' were motivated by pure greed. Monopolising land and banking on making life more expensive in a country where 6% of the population lives in slums.

You have to have a pretty defective moral compass to see this kind of thing as an 'opportunity'. No talk of developing the land or investing in infrastructure. Corrupt, immoral, disgusting people - but I bet they still see themselves as 'ordinary nice people'.

No sympathy - they deserve to lose the lot. Shouldn't have risked money they couldn't afford to lose.

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The people who invested in this 'scheme' were motivated by pure greed. Monopolising land and banking on making life more expensive in a country where 6% of the population lives in slums.

You have to have a pretty defective moral compass to see this kind of thing as an 'opportunity'. No talk of developing the land or investing in infrastructure. Corrupt, immoral, disgusting people - but I bet they still see themselves as 'ordinary nice people'.

No sympathy - they deserve to lose the lot. Shouldn't have risked money they couldn't afford to lose.

Just to be clear....Are you walking about the Brazil thing or the London housing market ?

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I would like a market in which there was no protection for such investors, and no crime reportable. might stop some of them being so bloody stupid.

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Last year I remember fellow HPC member Giordano Bruno posting a link of an American TV series called American Greed.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=american+greed+full+episodes

I found these really interesting. Many of these were ponzi schemes in one form or another, sometimes promising annual returns of 20%! Lots of people lost their pensions as a result, although they too were a bit American Greedy to ever think such returns were possible.

Perhaps these fools should watch some episodes of American Greed before investing in this 'boiler room special'.

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Mike Langley, an energy consultant, and a victim of the alleged scam, said: "With an address in the Gherkin I thought, they're a reputable company. If you look at their online web-page - it's [uS website] still up now - it's very glossy. It's very professional. And initially the people sounded professional.

Yeh that sounds like due diligence to me. The website is glossy and 'up'

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It sounds like fraud to me, and so I do think these 'investors' are victims. But yeah, where's the due diligence there, paying thousands of pounds to a company on the basis that the website is 'glossy'. Undeserving victims, but stupid nonetheless.

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Classic boiler plate land sale scam with a sophisticated twist.......

If ti looks to good to be true then it almost.............

They are getting quite sophisticated these days...

Scams attract the lazy. So Scam masters need a decent London address, because most internet "investors" would use Google Street View to look at the offices to see if the brokers are legit. The address at the Gherkin won't be the first nor the last place where these people will work from.

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