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Title: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: biggbox on October 19, 2015, 11:24:22 PM Looking back, I realised there were several HYIPs that claimed to have registered UK offices and registered addresses. They even produced a certificate of registration.
Remember platinum-fund.com and several others? They claimed to be officially registered in the UK and have a UK address. Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: james.lent on October 19, 2015, 11:31:29 PM It's common nowadays for hyip's to claim they're registered 'somewhere' . It's known as virtual offices , it doesn't exist physically and it's very easy to register one.
Check this thread for an example : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1186667.0 Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: zodiac3011 on October 20, 2015, 03:43:59 PM anything can be faked and anything online can be easier to fake LOL. Especially when you are playing ponzi, don't expect anything to be real ;D
Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: Stroto on October 20, 2015, 05:53:14 PM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D
Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: kazetech on October 23, 2015, 08:22:36 PM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D It`s not like that but for schemes is best to register in england, the law says you have to give 94% of income but the regulations do nothingTitle: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: tmfp on October 23, 2015, 08:56:56 PM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D It`s not like that but for schemes is best to register in england, the law says you have to give 94% of income but the regulations do nothingWhat is that supposed to mean? Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: kazetech on October 23, 2015, 10:51:38 PM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D It`s not like that but for schemes is best to register in england, the law says you have to give 94% of income but the regulations do nothingWhat is that supposed to mean? Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: biggbox on October 25, 2015, 11:48:42 AM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D It`s not like that but for schemes is best to register in england, the law says you have to give 94% of income but the regulations do nothingMind elaborating further? :) Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: biggbox on October 25, 2015, 11:49:11 AM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D Come on, I'm sure UK is not the most regulated country around. :D Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: kazetech on October 25, 2015, 11:52:15 AM I always thought in the UK you get a certificate of registration for free when buying a pack of cigs ;D Come on, I'm sure UK is not the most regulated country around. :D Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: biggbox on October 25, 2015, 12:00:26 PM My point of this discussion is: Why are scammers choosing UK to register their 'business'? Are there reasons behind it? It looks to me you don't need to be a UK resident to register such 'businesses'?
Legitimate and long-term hyips are instead choosing more obscure countries for their business - for i.e merchantshares, pokeram .. they are registered in some off shore islands. Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: tmfp on October 25, 2015, 04:43:17 PM My point of this discussion is: Why are scammers choosing UK to register their 'business'? Are there reasons behind it? It looks to me you don't need to be a UK resident to register such 'businesses'? The UK has some sort of respectability among uneducated investors as a place of integrity. People who know better realise this is complete nonsense. Companies House specifically state that it is not their remit to investigate information given to them when a company is registered. Legitimate and long-term hyips are instead choosing more obscure countries for their business - for i.e merchantshares, pokeram .. they are registered in some off shore islands. Explain for me what a legitimate hyip is, please... (here's a clue: neither of that the examples you give are.) Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: biggbox on October 25, 2015, 04:47:59 PM Explain for me what a legitimate hyip is, please... (here's a clue: neither of that the examples you give are.) Whoops. :D Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: biggbox on October 25, 2015, 04:51:17 PM The UK has some sort of respectability among uneducated investors as a place of integrity. People who know better realise this is complete nonsense. Companies House specifically state that it is not their remit to investigate information given to them when a company is registered. Has this UK registration thingy been going around for long? Or it only started recently with the BTC craze? Title: Re: Any tom dick harry could register a UK company, virtual office & start scamming? Post by: tmfp on October 25, 2015, 07:34:39 PM The UK has some sort of respectability among uneducated investors as a place of integrity. People who know better realise this is complete nonsense. Companies House specifically state that it is not their remit to investigate information given to them when a company is registered. Has this UK registration thingy been going around for long? Or it only started recently with the BTC craze? Only about 170 years.... ;) From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companies_House "In February 2008, The Times and Computer Weekly broke a story that almost 4,000 of the names on the Companies House register of directors were on international watchlists of alleged fraudsters, money launderers, terror financiers and corrupt officials." |