Safe Or Scam

Safe Or Scam protects investors from being taken in by scam investments, dishonest sales companies and unscrupulous salespeople. We can undertake a thorough review before you invest.

If the investment has already been made we can work with you to take action to recover your money.

It does not matter if the investment has collapsed and the perpetrators have run off. Action may still be possible to recover funds.

Join as a free member and gain access to our ‘Star Ratings’ pages covering current investment projects, sales companies and people of interest. 

Safe Or Scam is a membership site dedicated to protecting the investment capital of our members

Joining is easy and free. Free membership gives members access to safer investment advice and to our Star Rating pages covering investment projects, sales companies and the sales people we have come across.

If you need specific advice on your proposed or existing investment you can purchase one of our PRE or PRO tariffs.

If consulted BEFORE investing we can save you from financial loss, stress and heartache. If consulted AFTER investing we can identify undisclosed risks, omissions and false statements. We can then work with you on investment recovery actions.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us. We will be happy to help.

For information on some of the investments we are investigating see our ‘Actions’ page. All communications are confidential. We never share members’ details with any outside party.

The Problem

The number of false, misleading and scam investments being promoted to the public is increasing. They often appear highly credible, low risk and are sold by very persuasive sales teams. Often this is just a smokescreen. The projects fail. Websites disappear. Phone calls and emails go unanswered. Investors are left high and dry with no idea of how to recover their investment.

The Solution

SOS can review all elements of the investments and provide investors with personalised guidance on potential recovery options. We  help to form investor action groups to pursue recovery actions. We track down the perpetrators and hold them to account. We can involve solicitor partners when necessary and will do our utmost to recover investor funds.

How We Work

We undertake a full review of your investment from first contact through to the present day. Once the review is complete you are free to take your own action or to instruct SOS to work with you on a recovery action. SOS recovery actions are normally undertaken on a no-win no-fee basis for a percentage of what is recovered. Please contact us for more information.

PRE-INVESTMENT

Select a ‘PRE’ tariff to have your investment proposal reviewed BEFORE you invest.

recovery action

Contact us to discuss the process for SOS pursuing a recovery action with you.

POST-INVESTMENT

Select a ‘PRO’ tariff to have your investments checked AFTER you have invested.

Star ratings

Sign up for Free Membership to access our investment Star Ratings pages.

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Van Gossum Consult

Safe Or Scam has been commissioned to by a group of investors to investigate the activities of Van Gossum Consult. Van Gossum Consult has been operating a bogus trading scheme and a range of fake services.  The people behind the company have close...

Strategy Markets

Safe Or Scam has started an investigation into Strategy Markets. Strategy Markets operated a bogus equity and commodity trading platform whereby investors agreed to allow “traders” to buy and sell shares and commodities using the investor’s money. ...

Aren Pedersen

Aren Pedersen is the director of a company called Clearline Contracts Ltd. This company is a money mule for a scam involving the bogus purchase of Uber shares, claims made in relation to Chinese withholding tax and other false transactions....

Eberhard Cramer Ltd

Eberhard Cramer Ltd is running a scam operation in the UK. The company has established a clone operation of an existing German company. On its website Eberhard Cramer Ltd claims to be FCA regulated. The German company is FCA regulated, but only to...

Martin Finch of Phenco

Martin Finch was the sole director of Phenco Ltd before it was wound up by the High Court in London on 10th July 2019. Martin Finch has been replaced by the Official Receiver, a person appointed by the UK Government to investigate the company's...

Carlauren Owners Lounge

In an effort to dissuade investors from taking action to find out where their money has gone (£76m according to Carlauren Group, but closer to £90m according to our estimates), Carlauren Group has built a new restricted-access, members-only...

Global Capital Holdings

Global Capital Holdings are perpetrating a follow-on fraud against victims in the Essex and London Properties scam. Essex and London Properties Ltd is in liquidation and has been the subject of a fraud investigation undertaken by Essex Police....

Empire Capital Holdings

Empire Capital Holdings is running a follow-on fraud against the victims who lost their money in the European Property Coin scam. Yesterday we warned about a company pretending to be the owner of the fake crypto-currency coins. See HERE. Today...

Carlauren Group Letter

On 2nd August investors received their latest Carlauren Group letter. Our review of Carlauren investments reveals mis-selling, over-pricing and false guarantees.  Here is a brief recap and our comments on a number of Carlauren Group letters...

European Property Coin – 7

In an effort to dissuade investors from taking action to find out where their money has gone (£76m according to Carlauren Group, but closer to £90m according to our estimates), Carlauren Group has built a new restricted-access, members-only...

Vital Corporate Solutions

On 2nd August investors received their latest Carlauren Group letter. Our review of Carlauren investments reveals mis-selling, over-pricing and false guarantees.  Here is a brief recap and our comments on a number of Carlauren Group letters...

St John’s Asset Management

Eberhard Cramer Ltd is running a scam operation in the UK. The company has established a clone operation of an existing German company. On its website Eberhard Cramer Ltd claims to be FCA regulated. The German company is FCA regulated, but only to...

Carlauren Group

St John’s Asset Management (“SJAM”) is selling scam investments to the general public.  This is not to be confused with St John’s Asset Management Ltd which is a genuine firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. ...

OurSpace Partners LP

Eberhard Cramer Ltd is running a scam operation in the UK. The company has established a clone operation of an existing German company. On its website Eberhard Cramer Ltd claims to be FCA regulated. The German company is FCA regulated, but only to...

Carlauren Group

Carlauren Group sells bedrooms to investors in what it primarily describes as “care facilities” e.g care homes.  An associated Carlauren company then rents those rooms back from investors paying an annual rent e.g 10%.  So.... an investor...

Phenco Oil Scam

St John’s Asset Management (“SJAM”) is selling scam investments to the general public.  This is not to be confused with St John’s Asset Management Ltd which is a genuine firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. ...

Seabrook and Hythe Property Management Ltd

On 2nd August investors received their latest Carlauren Group letter. Our review of Carlauren investments reveals mis-selling, over-pricing and false guarantees.  Here is a brief recap and our comments on a number of Carlauren Group letters...

MCI Sales Ltd

Seabrook & Hythe Property Management Ltd was dissolved on 25th June 2019. It was a company associated with the family of Matthew Cullum

Wellington Capital Group

Seabrook & Hythe Property Management Ltd was dissolved on 25th June 2019. It was a company associated with the family of Matthew Cullum

Access Corporate – May 2019

Seabrook & Hythe Property Management Ltd was dissolved on 25th June 2019. It was a company associated with the family of Matthew Cullum

Before Investment Prices

PRE-1

BEFORE INVESTING
£450/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON
  • one project brochure review;
  • one sales company review;
  • excludes contract review;
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
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PRE-1+

BEFORE INVESTING
£550/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON
  • one project brochure review;
  • one sales company review;
  • one contract review;
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
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PRE-MULTI

BEFORE INVESTING
£1350/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON
  • Up to three brochure reviews;
  • Up to three sales company reviews;
  • Up to three contract reviews;
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
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After Investment Prices

PRO-150

AFTER INVESTMENT UP TO £50,000 IN VALUE
£750/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON
  • one project brochure review;
  • one sales company review;
  • one contract review;
  • correspondence review;
  • membership of Recovery Action Group (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
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PRO-1100

AFTER INVESTMENT UP TO £100,000 VALUE
£1500/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON
  • one project brochure review;
  • one sales company review;
  • one contract review;
  • correspondence review;
  • membership of Recovery Action Group (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
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PRO-1100+

AFTER INVESTMENT ABOVE £100,000 IN VALUE
£2250/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON:
  • one project brochure review;
  • one sales company review;
  • one contract review;
  • correspondence review;
  • membership of Recovery Action Group (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
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PRO-250

AFTER INVESTMENT UP TO £50,000 COMBINED VALUE
£1450/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON:
  • two project brochure reviews;
  • two sales company  reviews;
  • two contract reviews;
  • two correspondence reviews;
  • membership of two Recovery Action Groups (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
Sign up

PRO-2100

AFTER INVESTMENT UP TO £100,000 COMBINED VALUE
£2500/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON:
  • two project brochure reviews;
  • two sales company  reviews;
  • two contract reviews;
  • two correspondence reviews;
  • membership of two Recovery Action Groups (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
Sign up

PRO-2100+

AFTER INVESTMENT ABOVE £100,000 COMBINED VALUE
£3950/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON:
  • two project brochure reviews;
  • two sales company  reviews;
  • two contract reviews;
  • two correspondence reviews;
  • membership of two Recovery Action Groups (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
Sign up

PRO-3

AFTER INVESTMENT UP TO ANY COMBINED VALUE
£4750/1 year
  • SUMMARY REPORT ON:
  • three project brochure reviews;
  • three sales company reviews;
  • three contract reviews;
  • three correspondence reviews;
  • membership of three Recovery Action Groups (if applicable).
  • access to SOS star-ratings tables
Sign up