From the point of view of criminal law, “knowledge gypsies” who promise to make a person more successful and wealthy after a course or two, but do not fulfill their promises and do not receive money, are part of a scam. This was told to socialbites.ca by lawyer Ekaterina Antonova, managing partner of the Antonova & Partners Bar Association in the Krasnodar Territory.
The first “assortment” of “knowledge jeeps” are coaches-coaches that promise personal growth and financial enrichment.
“As a rule, these are people who try to present themselves as specialists in psychology and business. They form the image of rich and successful people who, for a conditional fee, are ready to tell all the secrets of success and teach people how to attract money and be happier. Of course, most of these citizens are engaged in fraud. In principle, “knowledge gypsies” have no purpose in educating a person and improving his life. It’s just a beautiful wrapping paper. At the same time, these coaching courses are not training programs and represent a set of generalized verbal expressions, ”explained the expert.
There is also a category of “information gypsies” who talk about easy money in the cryptocurrency space. They also promote themselves as successful investors and invite people to work with them for a small fee.
“Attackers offer a person to cooperate with a gradual education in the cryptocurrency space, on the pretext that they can make money in the cryptocurrency market. Thus, they create the illusion that cooperation is transparent in order to get as much money as possible from a naive person. Then they cheat and get paid. And after a while, they tell their “partners” that it was a kind of “Black Monday” – the cryptocurrency market crashed and the money was irretrievably lost, “the lawyer stressed.
A similar plan was implemented by “infogypsis” shareholders.
“The essence is the same as in cryptocurrency, but in this case, scammers offer a person to invest in certain shares or even give the money to a “competent person”, that is, so that the scammer himself can get the money. more profitable. The scammer provides advice and tips, charts and reports about the stock market for a while to hide his criminal activities. But the result will again be the same – the person will say goodbye to his money, ”said the expert.
The next strategy of “Infogypsis” is bookmakers who call themselves captains.
“The plan is for a person to introduce themselves as a former athlete or a bookmaker’s analyst. That is, he presents himself as a competent and professional person. After that, it offers to pre-announce the result of a fake match for a fee or promises to increase a person’s money in just a few hours, ”she explained.
Antonova also drew attention to a number of citizens who advertise drugs, in which a person will supposedly be more productive and happier than ever before. They reinforce their promotion with personal stories and other people’s comments about the miraculous effects of such drugs. In fact, they sell ordinary vitamins under the guise of something special.
“In all these cases, one has to stop taking everyone’s word and be skeptical of such offers. But if you still fell into the trap of scammers and gave them your money, then you have the right to go to the police with a criminal report, ”the lawyer summarized.
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