We have verified the matter as follows:
Account Verification: Upon review, we confirmed that the complainant did register an account with our platform. However, the account is newly registered, the registration process has not yet been completed, and there are no records of any deposits or trading activity.
Website Verification: The website mentioned in the complaint, alpha-ca-pital.com, is not the official website of Capital.com and has no affiliation with our company. Our official website is capital.com. We ask both your organization and the customer to carefully distinguish between the legitimate Capital.com website and any fraudulent or impersonating websites.
Business Operations: Capital.com currently does not conduct business or provide services in mainland China.
Clarification Regarding Lending Services: Capital.com does not provide any lending or credit services, nor does it recommend, induce, or pressure customers in any way to make deposits or increase their investments. If a customer was asked to borrow money or pressured to deposit additional funds, such conduct was not carried out by Capital.com but was instead allegedly conducted by a third party impersonating or misusing our brand.
In conclusion, the customer’s account on our platform currently has no funds or trading activity. The alleged financial losses and trading activities described in the complaint are therefore unrelated to the customer’s Capital.com account and appear to have occurred through a fraudulent website impersonating our brand.
We are unable to provide further assistance regarding the impersonating website or financial transactions conducted through other channels. We recommend that the customer report the matter to the relevant local law enforcement authorities.
This is a true account of my personal experience, shared to alert other traders to the potential risks associated with the Capital.com group and its account managers.
Since mid-February, an increasing number of investors have encountered unusual issues. The link to my trading account became invalid, preventing me from logging in or accessing my account. To my knowledge, dozens of investors have experienced similar problems, with the total amount of funds involved reaching tens of millions in value.
The account managers generally followed a similar approach. They first established contact through social media platforms, presenting themselves as senior financial executives with affluent lifestyles and using photos stolen from online influencers to build trust. After gaining investors' confidence, they encouraged them to participate in forex trading through Capital.com.
When investors' available funds became insufficient, these account managers persuaded them to borrow money from family members, friends, or banks in order to continue making deposits. They also encouraged investors to trade on Capital.com using borrowed funds, without fully disclosing the additional deposit requirements and obligations associated with such financing. Multiple account managers appeared to work together, using emotional manipulation and coordinated tactics to persuade investors to open accounts and make deposits.
After some investors reported the matter to the police in late February, these account managers collectively disappeared and stopped responding to clients' messages. Despite these developments, Capital.com did not issue any official notifications by email or other communication channels to inform customers that the account links had become invalid or to warn them about potential issues involving the relevant business representatives.
It was only after I submitted complaints to financial regulators and pursued various channels to protect my rights that I learned the individual who had introduced himself as a senior executive was, in fact, an account manager associated with Capital.com.
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