ForEx Scams: How to Detect and Avoid Them

Forex is short for foreign exchange. Forex is defined as the market where international currencies are exchanged. It is essential for a country’s economy, as you cannot buy a foreign good with the domestic currency. Neither can foreign countries purchase anything from your country using their currency. As a result, both the exporters and importers turn to the forex market for their supply of currencies.

The forex market ends up defining many vital decisions in the country. Production decisions are sometimes regulated by it. The market tells us how much to import and export, gives us an idea of the trade balance. Like any other market, this market is operated by supply and demand principles. Prices are driven up and down via supply and shortage of a currency.

Apart from dictating fundamental open market actions, the forex market has given rise to a substantial number of smaller businesses, who trade currencies for livelihood. As we know, the price of currencies relative to other currencies, change over time. These forex traders make money using those market fluctuations.

As this market becomes more profitable every day, the more it attracts scammers. Their main target is novice forex traders that can be easily exploited. In this article, we tried to look at a few forex scams and how to avoid them.

How You Can Spot a Scam

The biggest giveaway in case of any scam is- they are too good to be true. If an ordinary trading offer was used for fraud, it wouldn’t garner attention and might not be picked up, which is why scammers make exorbitant offers in exchange for minimal risk.

The first thing to remember is- there is no risk-free investment. If someone offers you one, they are most probably lying about it. If a trader got to work without any risk, he wouldn’t have made offers to you. He would use it for his profit. If you find an offer too good to be true, it probably is.

Another critical thing to check is if your trader is listed with regulatory authorities. Scammers try to avoid rulebooks. Suppose you find a very exotic offer and are unsure whether to take it on check with your regulatory body if it has the company or the business listed. If not, then try to avoid it.

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The Robot Scams

Much of the foreign exchange tradings are done using A.I. and algorithms, which are instructed to control a transaction. Forex trading robots are a legitimate digital way of trading. Scams have been pulled using these robots.

Robot scams are mostly like usual scams we already discussed. Avoid any offers that are too good to be true. If a robot is selling the trade to you by describing it’s unbelievable profits, instead of plainly describing it, chances are it’s probably a scam.

Such as, suppose a robot offers you a deal of 4000% yield over a period. Such a transaction is most likely a technical scam. If the robot’s owner starts to lose, the robot will most likely close the deal and wipe out your gains.

Another scam is scalping. Scalping is when a robot sets an unbelievably small profit scheme for its owners. It may show a high win rate for you and good profits. But it’s okay as long as the system allows it. A few down cycles in trade and the robot may wipe out any gains you made.

Forex robots may report an excessive amount of profit using unregulated brokers. It may sound good in the book, but once you have opened an account with these robots, you will see these brokers creep into your profit, and you start to make less than the break-even point.

Signal Seller Scams

Signal sellers are those individuals in the forex market that offer trade ideas, which include various trade details or ‘signals’ about the trade. Different signal sellers scam people for massive profits.

Firstly, if the signal seller may offer you a perfect trade idea, but when you try to gain access to these ideas, you are stopped by a paywall. It’s usually done in forms of unusually high subscription fees. Sometimes, the seller will not ask for a fee but ask for your credit card number or other financial information for monetary scams. Remember, a legitimate signal seller does not have to sell you the product for money or subscription. Hence try to avoid such scams.

Some signal sellers are broker-tied. Meaning they made deals with brokers to bring them, customers. Now, some of these broker-tied signals are legitimate. They want to make you profit, so you stay with the broker, and they get kickbacks. But in some cases, crooked brokers may give them a share of the scam they are pulling, and you get dragged into the whole thing. Beware of these scam signals.

Trading Investment Schemes

The third way many of us get scammed is some phony deals that are packed as investment opportunities. You may find many advertisements telling you to invest in their forex investment funds. In many cases, a slick sales guy will try to convince you to invest in their firms. Their advertisements offer you kickbacks regularly after you invest in their funds, while you sit back and relax.

The reality is far from it. In many cases, these companies will take your money and stop giving anything back to you. If you go to them for a query, they will deny getting your investment in the first place. So you will lose your profit and your basics.

In other cases, they might open an account for you with a broker who isn’t listed. They will give you some kickback early on. Then they will suddenly wipe out your account and transfer the whole fund to their account. If you ask them about it, they will blame it on the market. This is why you should avoid or at least be careful before investing in forex funds.

World of open trade is a murky one. You might find yourself trading in unknown waters here, which is why forex education is essential. You should have enough knowledge before going into the market. The forex market is much more complicated than any other financial market – hence more chances to be scammed. Be careful about your trades.

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