Has anybody made any investments with a company called Westhorpe Capital in Hong Kong and to know whether they are legitimate?
I've bought shares in Adam Steel & CoolPass
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1plumbster postedSorry, I don't understand the web site. I'm not looking for a loan, it was to find out if anybody had any dealings/invested with a company called Westhorpe Capital in Hong Kong and if they could advise as to whether they are a legitmate company.
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0lindsayford posted
i have purchased two lots of carbon credits and have all the certificates to go with them one from cool pass the other from carbon trace solutions which i am about to sell with them if any body knows if this company are not legit please reply
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0morganog posted
I bought carbon credits from them twice,got the certificates and they looked legit,assumed everything was fine,but the last time i spoke to James Bell,the sales rep i brought up my fears of online scamming,he reassured me they were not and said he would call in two weeks,that was two months ago,have not heard from them since.
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1plumbster posted
Hi Morganog,
I also have spoken to James and also a Peter Grey, for which I bought shares in carbon credits. How long have you had your investments and has anybody mentioned of when you might be able to sell? I do now that when I spoke to Peter last he did say James was away in USA.
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4Mark Trehorn IFA posted
I can find little about them apart from their own website. I note that they are governed under Hong Kong Chinese Law. They claim to advise institutions and high net worth individuals, but nobody I have come across has heard of them. I presume they called you from HONG KONG, ie outside UK juristiction.
The carbon trading market was recently suspended due to 'financial problems'. I am unsure if it has started trading again. After over 14 years in the investment business I can assure you that there are no get rich quick schemes. If you get your money back think yourself lucky.
Sorry not to be more reassuring but I have never understood why anyone would buy an investment from someone who called out of the blue. I am perfectly legit, fully licensed and registered with the FSA etc etc and this kind of investor behaviour is beyond belief. I have had to clean up client's affairs before after they have bought 'investments' over the phone. Don't let this put you off investing in the future. Poeple do make money, but next time get proper advice and be prepared for the long haul. Good Luck.
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4Mark Trehorn IFA posted
Plumbster. I have just looked at a number of your posts. You are obviously interested in investing in green or ethical investments. There are plenty of good big companies who offer such funds based in the UK. Obviously, I am not allowed to recommend any without giving 'advice' which i won't do without a proper consultation but If you check this link: http://www.yourethicalmoney.org/investments/ you may find it helpful.
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1Cash Positive posted
It is unclear from the comments if Westthorpe Capital is legit.
I have worked in HK for our government in the past and I would recommend you contact the British Embassy in HK. Initially you need to contact their "Commercial Section" and they will be able to make enquires locally on your behalf.
Previously thsi service was free, but with the cuts in mind they may make a small charge so establish this before anything.
Chances are they will be regulated by our equivalent of FSA if legit.
Hope this helps.
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0summerfruit posted
Hi, I was wondering if Westhorpe Capital were legit aswell. I have bought some shares in carbon credits and the sale was supposed to be done by 20th June but they keep on changing their dates and are now promising a sale in the next few weeks. I have been promised a phone call every week to discuss the sale but they haven't call in 2 weeks. I am getting sick and tired of chasing them up now. Has anyone else had the same experience with them at all?
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0summerfruit posted
Hi plumbster, I initially spoke to Stuart Gray, then a week later Peter Gray took over my account. A few weeks later it was James Bell which lasted a few months until William Black took over my account because he was the "Head of Sales" and recently I have been passed to a guy called Andrew ( I can't remember his last name) I feel I have been passed pillar to post and nothing has been done in terms of a sale and when they say they will call they never do until I chase them up by phoning and emailing. Its sooooo fustrating!! I just want to get a sale asap!!
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0summerfruit posted
Sure that sounds like a good idea, can we PM on this site?
It's a shame I have just finalized my compansation claim and was thinking to invest that also.
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0summerfruit posted
Hi plumbster, I have just rung them now and got throught to reception/switchboard. Andrew or William are going to give me a call back asap but only God knows when that will be!!!
Another thing is that our money has not gone through to them - its with our investment projects ie Coolpass and Adam Steel in your case.
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0summerfruit posted
Hi Plumbster
they called back and wanted to arrange a call next week. I suggest you also send an email to the info address.
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1plumbster posted
Thanks Summerfruit.
I've sent an e-mail this morning hoping that they get back in contact with me.
Out of interest have you been investing with Weasthorpe for long, and have they mentioned of your buying any more carbon credits to get you out of this suggested next sale.
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0morganog posted
sorry about delay,forgot to check this,i purchased first lot of credits in december,started off with stuart gray,then was dealing with james Bell,he said stuart was in New york,bought another lot around two months ago as i had received the certificates and everything seemed ok with fist ones.
But last time james bell rang was when he was trying to sell some more and i mentioned my fears of online scamming and he reassured me they were not,he didn't convince me and no suprise have not heard from him since despite saying he'd call again and all my emails to company requesting him or someone to contact me.
I have emailed Coolpass to try verify my certificate serial number,so il wait and see
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0white posted
I emailed WC sveral times on: info@westhorpecapital.com. No response.
I emailed WC sveral times on: corp@westhorpecapital.com. Undeliverable message.
I called WC yesterday: Switchboord answered. However could not get to Andrew Thomas or William Black. Promissed to email and get back in 15 minutes. Stil waiting.
I called WC today: Telephone nmumber unavailable.
Not sure what to make out of all this.
Reading the previous posts it appears that we have all been in contact with the same people: Peter Gray, James Bell, Andrew Thomas and William Black. In the same sequence. We have all been asked for investment on more than one occasion. We were all promissed quick turnover. None of us had any sale yet.
I was last called on 04th May with a request for further invesment for 04th time which I clearly refused before I see any return. I also expressed my concerns about their credibility. Loss of contact since. The only reassuarance I have is that I can stil log on the corresponding websites and the CC's I purchased are stil registered under my name.
How do we go about it? Any idea? Anyone of you based in HK?
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0pjh99 posted
I have just come across your postings when searching for details about trading carbon credits. I have bought quite a few over the past nine months via a company called Brookes Associates also based in Hong Kong. One time when I tried calling HK I got a Spanish answerphone! The last contact I had was in May with a Canadian called Andrew Thomas. His last email to me also had the name William Black on it. Strange that these two individuals are working for both Brookes and Westhorpe Capital. My previous contacts at Brookes have been John Drake, Michael Salmon and James Hedges. Do you know if the certificates from Cool Pass or Green Chain are worth anything? I have read that the Chicago Carbon Exchange has been sold and closed down. I think I have resigned myself that this is a scam and have lost my money.
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0rswalia posted
Hi Guys...We all are scamed..i have also purchased carbon credits from WC for coolpass and adam steel and dealt with the same guys in the same order....i havent heard from them since may and now there phone number is not working...also i have been contacted by city of london police economic crime department who have filed a criminal case against two british men for conspiracy to defraud who it seems are involved in this scam...so lets see what happens...
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0rswalia posted
Just checked my coolpass vers and they checked out...you can check yours at www.cpiregistry.com by clicking in the login box on the top right hand corner...
i have also checked markit.com for adam steel and they checked out aswell...im going to send them a letter requesting them to add me to their public registry....im thinking if these certificates are legit can we try to sell them ourselves rather than waiting for WC
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0summerfruit posted
Hi everyone. I have been phoning round different companies to try and sell my VERs but they all say that the amounts I have are too small as they only work with millions of metric tonnes and not the hundreds of metric tonnes that I have purchased.
So is anyone alse interested in pooling together our VERs and resources so that we can build up a substantial amount of credits and sell them to get something back at least?
Please let me know and we can set up for e.g. google mail for accounts to contact eachother as it is more private.
thanks
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0white posted
I just wonder if WC had the same problem. All along the line we were told that the buyer wants larger amount of credits therefore we need to buy more in order to sell. Perhaps our non-compliance was contributing factor? In any case I can not explain the loss of contact. Technical problems? Who knows.
Has anyone been offered or bought carbon Credits from : Green Choice Limited / Immudia Coal Mine Methane? Is the certificate genuine? How do you verify it?
If non of you had contact with WC and are all convinced that we have been left on our own we should consider pooling together.
Keep me posted.
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0summerfruit posted
I too have been contacted by DC 678 Carl Dempsey of the City of London Police and they have said that that during their investigation they have found documentation with my name and address on!
The banks they are investigating are Wells Fargo Bank, US Bank, Bank of the West, and HSBC Bank of USA.
The companies they are investigating are: Hampton Capital Management Incorporated,
Pacific Capital Resources Group LLC, Fidelity Capital management LLC, North Pacific Escrow LLC, North American Charter Incorporated, and North Pacific Charter LLC.
The police have requested that I do not discuss my investments with other potential victims as this is for legal reasons and to prevent contamination of evidence.
If you want to get in contact with the police about your investments then phone 020 7601 2222 and ask to speak to someone in the Money Laundering Investigation Unit.
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0pjh99 posted
I have some Green Choice VER's bought through Brookes Assciates, as well as more from CoolPass. I have in total 2000 tonnes and would be prepared to pool resources and at least get back my initial investment. If one of you are setting something up then please keep me informed. Thanks
Incindentally my name appeared on a list the city of london police had but as I didn't lose any money (it was refunded by the recipient bank) they didn't want to talk to me.
I still have a live phone number for Brookes Associates but despite promises Andrew Thomas has not returned my calls.
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0summerfruit posted
Hi pjh99
please remove your personal email address as it is not safe and i will be in contact with you shortly. if there is anyone else who would like to pool together then please say so as after next week my husband and I are going to get a move on things.
thanks
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1superstar115 posted
Hi summerfruit
I am in a very similar situation and would be interested in pooling together. Please let me know how I can contact you. Fingers crossed we can sort something out!
Thanks
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0altinkum posted
Hi everyone,have just found this site so here is my input. I bought 400 credits from westhorpe late last year. I was contacted again early this year saying they had a buyer but I would need to increase my holding to 1000 credits and the buyer would pay $26.00 per tonne. I declined.I then contacted the eqivalent of the Hong Kong fsa who emailed me back saying they were not registered and I should not deal with them. I then emailed Coolpass and they rang me back one evening saying I would need to sell through one of their agents. he also suggested I would be better off waiting until the end of 2011 when a large part of the usa would come on line. I do have a certificate and it is registered with Coolpass.I was again contacted by Westhorpe just over a week ago and they said they again have a buyer who wants to buy everything but I would need to keep it quiet from Coolpass. They were going to ring last week and go over the details. i did not have time to speak so I did not answer. I have not been contacted in the last few days. I would also be interested in pooling my credits. It also might be worth contacting Coolpass and ask for a list of their agents, they might have one in the U.K, i will try and do that this week but feel free if you have spare time ( without prejudice)
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0fireflyx5 posted
Hi Summerfruit
Just come across your site
Yes i would be interested in pooling my credts i have invested with Westhorpe under coolpass,cts, Inmudian coal mine methane,North American charter inc,
LGT,Green Choice. I came across Westhorp Capital through a Geen Chip Marketing web site. I have spoken to all the guys that you have.
will Keep in touch
regards Fireflyx5
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0summerfruit posted
Hi everyone, i have made some inquiries into companies that may be able to help in selling our vers on our behalf. I have to contact a guy from another brokerage next week and will let you know how I get on.
Please note that this site may be monitered so please be careful in what is said.
regards
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0rswalia posted
Hi Summerfruit
Pooling sounds like a good idea. I will also be interested in pooling my vers.. atleast get my initial investment back...Just let me know how you are proposing to do it. I have 100 vers in coolpass and 200 in adam steel...
regards
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0meachem posted
Hi, In a way i am pleased i am not the only one who has had the same dealings with WC . This is what i think. First off i dont think we have been robbed yet, I believe they are based in Hong Kong i have, like you guys been promised so much and then passed round through all their agents,they had to lie and promise us this great deal, but Coolpass is legit, the only problem is when can we see any profits and that wont be until 18/24 months ,however as someone said if we all pool are certificates together Coolpass might be interested,
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0pjh99 posted
Maybe not robbed but certainly swindled! I have just had a request from L2I Financial Solutions asking me to register my 1000 ferti-val VERS with the CSA Standards of Canada so that they can be listed properly in my name. After talking to L2I it seems that my VER's were bought for US50c each by Avalon Consulting of Zurich (untraceable) who requested that they be transferred to me. I thought I had bought them from Brookes Associates of HK. I paid much more than that for them. They are legitimate VER's and can be sold onto companies that need to buy carbon credits, but most companies will buy them through recognised traders. L2I aren't in a position to help me, but would be prepared to offer advice of a technical nature.
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0tugboat posted
I purchased carbon credits (like many investors from the UK.)from a company called
(Abberley Capital) who were operating from Hongkong,they also dissappeared in May
of this year.
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My carbon credits are also held by"Coolpass" in New-York.who I contacted to make
sure they held my carbon credits and to make sure they",Coolpass"were still operating.
Reading your blogs it could suggest that these scammers are known to each other
considering they all vanished at the same time.
These are some of thier names,Roger Miller,James Madison,and recently Andrew Thomas ,who claims to be the new Director of the none existant Abberley
I hope my information may be of help ,I myself is sitting here wonder what my next step
should be to try and recoup my investment.
I will be following this site to see if other "Abberley" investers come forward.(safety in numbers).
Best wishes Tugboat.
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0rob mayou posted
Hi Everyone
Have just come across these comments. I think I have also been conned into buying carbon credits.
I was initially called by a guy called James Morgan from Abberley Capital based in Hong Kong promising good returns in the near future. Subsequently called by Charles Banks (Corporate Director) who allegedly moved to another task for Abberley in April, then William Blake (Director of Sales) who was 'standing in' for Charles Banks, and finally in May dealt with Andrew Thomas (a Canadian who is supposed to be their Director of Trading). Promises of good returns on the back of corporate sales from companies who Abberley deal with inc. Goldmann Sachs and other Banks etc who are allegedly falling over themselves to buy credits right now.(promises of up to $30+ per credit !!)
Foolishly bought credits from CoolPass and Carbon Trace Solutions. Would be happy now if I could just get back somewhere near my initial investment.
Interested in possible pooling to facilitate a sale.
Regards
Saddler
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0firefly posted
Hi everyone, I have bought carbon shares from cool pass and adam steel through WC by a man called James Bell, well spoken and knew what he is about. I checked their website etc. My shares were bought last Sept and I invested in 7 other companies. I was promised that my shares will be sold by Andrew Thomas and I am still waiting. THIS IS A BIG BIG SCAM.
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0pjh99 posted
After having no success in getting hold of Andrew Thomas of 'Brookes Associates', out of the blue he contacted me last Friday. Still very up beat about selling the carbon credits. Says he will contact me on Monday (22nd Aug) which he actually did and talked about him opening an offshore bank account for me before the credits are sold. Claims that the profit being so large would be better invested abroad to avoid paying Capital Gains Tax. I am not sure I would trust them to open the account. If I ever do get any cash for the credits I would rather the money come back to my UK account and I would be happy to pay the tax. He said he would call me back the next day to talk further about this, but regrettably he hasn't. Did I really expect him to? He did say that the Carbon Exchange will be opening for business in about two years time when we can trade them ourselves if we wanted to wait that long.
Anyone else heard from him?
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1plumbster posted
Hi Summerfruit,
I now its been along time since we have last been in discussion. I have recently been in contact with Andrew Thomas at WC making prommises that never happen. I have now been trying to call him for the last week and getting the girl in admin to call me back. With continually having no reply I made an immediate call to Brookes Associates, and guess what the same girl answered the phone. I have now no doubt that this is all a complete scam.
There has been a lot of correspondances from various people and nobody has had a sale.
I for one would be very interested in pooloing together and arrange to some how get back a return of the money we have all spent in this scam.
I do hope you have had success, if you have'nt or if I can be of any help please do not hesitate to write to me.
Meanwhile I will try a find a broker that may be interested.
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0firefly posted
Hi Plumster, I have bought about 7 lots of shares through Westhorpe Capital over a year and I have now heard they they have actually sold my shares at Cool Pass and Adam steel without my agreement and have the money in their account in Switzerland. The Person I was told to contact was MIKE HARRIS of Avalon Consulting in Switzerland who does not seem to exist. I WOULD ADVISE ANYONE WHO HAS HAD A COLD CALL ABOUT CARBON TRADING SHARES, WHICH IS THE LATEST COMMODITY, DO NOT BUY THEM. TELL THEM THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE UP TO AND THEY WILL BE CAUGHT.
I am hoping that the courts will be able to put the main MONEY LAUNDERER in jail and then go after the BOILER ROOM OPERATORS. There are hundreds of these cells springing up everywhere. There is no way of us contacting them if they disappear from the scene.
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0firefly posted
Hi rob mayou, I have a lot of shares in carbon trace solutions bought as recently as June 2011 through Westhorpe Capital. I would pool with you to sell our shares through a legitimate broker. I don't know how to do it. I have the SHARES CERTIFICATES which was posted from Poland. I am now also going to let the bank to whom I had the money transferred know about this so that they can be aware.
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0rob mayou posted
Hi firefly
I would be very interested in pooling shares from carbon trace solutions with you (and interested others if we can confirm its possible) . Like you I am not sure yet how to go about it but will make it my business to do some resarch.
I'm sure there'll be some legit trader/adviser prepared to do this even if we dont recover all our costs. Something's better than nothing !!
I also have some credits from CoolPass in the US that I would like to sell.
My purchase with CTS credits was made to a Bank in Liechstenstein. The CoolPass purchase was made to a US Bank in New York.
Let me know how you get on talking with the Bank.
Will keep posting any results with everyone.
Saddler
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0tugboat posted
Please note.
The FSA. have exposed "Brooke Associates" as boiler-room scammers.
Avoid Andrew Thomas !
Think about it, whoever we think we have invested with,we have all suffered a body blow'
(good cop bad cop) in rides the good cop "Andrew Thomas" to solve our problems,
aslong as you give him more money and surrender our existing investments,Result goodbye to our money, thats what is called "the Sting"
A few Questions we should ask ourselves,
How did get hold of our telephone no,s.
How did the scammers finance the rent for thier offices in Hongkong?
How did they Finance thier lifestyle?Not with our money I hpoe.
Recent Abberley investors mention namesI have not heard of, I think they made up names on a daily basis.if you think we conversed with an E.mail address which could have been received anywhere in the world.
I still think whichever company we all invested in they were all in it together.(Andrew Thomas)
Next step,stay focused on Coolpass, and take note of Summerfruit.
Welcome fellow Abberley investors,We must be the tip of the iceberg,hope more will find this website.
Best wishes Tugboat
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0Turnbull posted
Hi All,
Just read all the posts after getting concerned over the "investment" i made with Westhorpe Capital.
Like many of us, the investement was in Carbon Credits, held on the CPI register.
I have checked the register and my certificate number appears there, not to say it is legitmiate though!!
I did ring the Carbon exchange or coolpass (can't remember which one as it was some months ago), and spoke to a very helpful person, who advised me there was no secondary market at that stage for carbon Credits!!
I also had the same issues with the e-mail addresses as undeliverable!!
However, a couple of weeks ago "Adam" called me, who is about the 3rd person to call, after many calls from Peter Gray "Head of the corporate division" who wanted me to increase my portfolio as i would then be managed by his division which would lead to quicker sales!! Right as if!!
Anyway i chose not to invest any more but kept them interested with some money i may want to invest!! (not that i was ever going to).
Once again, the same as everyone else, the sale was going to happen in June and i would see 20-30% profit.. Then the sale had to be put back and the latest news of 3 weeks ago from Adam, is it will be December, think he meant this year!
I also believe this is a BIG scam, which i have fallen for.
Think the advice from Mark earlier in the post is right.
I think i know how they got hold of my number, it was an advert in a very well known internet e-news, best if i don't actually state the name. However, it was advertising penny shares, which i thought, to be honest, would be a bit of fun, trying my skills on the market, so i clicked the advert and registered.
I didn't hear anything about penny shares, just a call regarding the Carbon credits.
Good idea to pool the credits and i'm happy to put my few in, anything back is better than nothing.
Regards
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0nikousku posted
I too have bought credits from Coolpass and Carbon Trace solutions, advised by Abberley Capital. First with James Madison and then dealing with Andrew Thomas for the past 4 months. I can't work it all out. I think Coolpass are OK, but Carbon Trace, I've written those off, I found a credit on their website that they were selling for 13 euros that I had found in London a month earlier for £4, so they're selling at a highly inflated price.
Although the phone lines are dodgy, Andrew Thomas, or his assistant (Paul) have always responded very quickly to email, even after I'd made it clear I wasn't going to buy any more credits 4 months ago. Thinking about it, I must have spent hours on the phone with them over the summer, I've confronted Andrew about boiler rooms, scams, being in Spain, how inflated Carbon Trace Solutions credits are, that I feel ripped off by them, all of course denied, or backed up.There is something in the conversations with him that make me think it's 99% a scam not 100%!! He sounded genuinely hurt (or he's a brilliant actor) when I had a real go at him about Carbon Trace solutions, with their 'swimming gala' certificate, and that he had given me rubbish advice to buy those credits.
The date for the supposed exit has passed, now they are talking about December, but there's not going to a christmas present at the end of this!
I think the key as previously mentioned is Coolpass, maybe there is something there.
I'm in to pool any credits
Regards
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0Alioop posted
Hi
I'm in exactly the same situation as all of you, has anyone actually contacted callpass to find out what there quotas are for reselling or if its even viable to do so now? I assume we were all buying these VERs in anticipation of the 'cap in trade' bill. It may only be possible to liquidate when the market conditions are right.
Ali
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0Rainforest_Carbon11 posted
Hi everyone, it has been very interesting to read your stories. I would like to buy some carbon credits from a UK-based carbon company but have read some bad press regarding scams etc. I would ideally like the carbon credits I buy to benefit the rainforests in developing countries. Can anyone recommend any good, reputable, trustworthy companies? Any companies I should avoid at all costs? Cheers, James
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0Turnbull posted
Not to worry anyone further but i have looked on the Chinese equivelant of the FSA and there is a warning regarding Westhorpe Capital.
They are showing as not registered and also the office address of 60 Wyndham ... In fact is nothing to do with them and they do not reside there.
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0workingmother07 posted
I have two investments in VERs through Brookes and Associates but, I THINK, the investments are okay, as they have been registered on the carbon trading exchanges. I had a very helpful conversation with Ron Vita of Coolpass. Tel. 001 631 284 9407. He explained that, at present the USA has only a secondary market and carbon offsets are not traded. But, California already has a cap and trade system for carbon offsets and so do other western states, forming part of the Western Carbon Initiative (www.pointcarbon.com).
Also look at Coolpass newsletters (http://www.coolpass.com/c/news/News.html)
Where the western states lead, the rest of the USA will follow, and the investment should be viewed as a long-term investment, to be held for about 18 months from now. The Coolpass certificate is registered on the American Carbon Registry (the leader) and also the CPI Registry (Cool Pass Electronic Registry), so it’s all above board.
However, the holding on the Markit Registry is of more concern as Drew Fleeter, the head of the carbon section, says that holders of VERs do not have an account with Markit, so they cannot discuss any holdings. But they can discuss holdings with parties that hold accounts on the registry and have agreed to Markit’s Terms and Conditions, eg L2i Solutions Financières. The contact there is Mélina Valero, email mvalero@solutionsl2i.com Tel. 001 450.923.9381
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0summerfruit posted
Hi everyone,
Sorry I've been quiet for so long but I have been researching into who would be able to sell our VERs. I have tried Coolpass for a list of their brokers but they go through a administration company' who cannot disclose any details of brokers!! However, Ron Vita from Coolpass states that he can help in the transfer when we pool together and find a buyer.
L2I (Melina Valero) has given a name and number of Avalon Consulting who could help- Mark Harris based in London - 07964205418. I have tried the number but can't get hold of him. L2I can't disclose any brokers either.
I have been trying Markit for a few months now and they stringed me along saying that they are setting up a brokerage house that can buy our VERs but that hasn't happened.
Green Choice Standard still haven't come back to me yet in spite of many calls and emails.
I have been in contact with some companies based in UK but they have gone cold as I stated that I wanted to SELL, not buy.
I am still trying but haven't been sucessful- yet.
Can everyone who stated that they wished to pool together and anyone wishing to discuss Westhorpe Capital further please visit anti-wc.activeboard.com. you will have to open an account and due to security reasons and unpreying eyes you will have to be approved to view and to post anything. You will be sent an email so follow the steps to open your account.
Please, Please Please DO NOT post anything personal and how much you've invested on this site. please go to the anti-wc.activeboard.com and state in detail how many tonnes of carbon credits you have bought, which type e.g methane, water, which company bought from e.g Coolpass, and the project details eg which country. This is so I can go back to the brokerage houses have a more of a co-ordinated approach to selling the VERs. thanks
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Hi Plumbster,
where did you get the info from?
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http://anti-wc.activeboard.com/
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0nikousku posted
would the anti-wc site welcome someone whose dealt with abberley capital solely - same credits though! I don't think we'll see any return, regrettably, the prices I've paid are hugely inflated. I've been advised to transfer the coolpass credits to another registry, one I hold other credits with, as there appears to be something dodgy with their registry, in that it's not actually their's as they claim.
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0gleneagle999 posted
I think I need a welcome to the club. Can't log on to the anti-wc site, doesn't seem to exist. Have tons of carbon with Cool Pass, and am really worried.
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0summerfruit posted
hi everyone.
sorry about difficulty in logging onto the anti-wc site but its our first time in doing this so please be patient. We have to check every request for membership in order to keep prying eyes from monitoring whats going on.
thanks
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0gleneagle999 posted
Please keep us posted about the site, I would like to tell my story, complete with names and tonnage purhased.
Thanks
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0gleneagle999 posted
Does anyone have any idea what the purchase of Cool Pass by A1 Technology means to us? Still can't locate the anti-WC site, any help?
Thanks
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0summerfruit posted
hi, try this:
http://anti-wc.activeboard.com/
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0gleneagle999 posted
Back to Cool Pass, if they are not legit, they are very good. I received a courtesey call fro a Ron Zita telling me that my cert will be in the post in the next 7 to 10 days, any problems just phone or e-mail him. He says they are an ACR verified company, and when asked about when the market may open, he still says 18 to 24 months. All very convincing. I also asked about A1 Technology, he says ownership transfered last April, same company just a new boss.
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0gleneagle999 posted
Thanks Summerfruit, the link works fine, I will divulge my id and details of rip-off in a private setting
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0tugboat posted
Ref.Coolpass.
From my search, Coolpass was taking over by A1 Technology group inc.on Sept.2009.
The C.E.O. is named as Jeffry Chaskin who instigated the employment of hundreds of
salesmen in Asia and Europe.
Email address http:ww.a1 technologygroup..com
Read for yourselves.......Google Coolpass, A1 Technologygroup inc.
You will also see posts from other worried investors.
:Bloomsberg financial: could be another route to check out Coolpass.
Regards.
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0gleneagle999 posted
I don't know what to think, Cool Pass pnone # is in Riverhead Rhode Island, and their bank is in Williamsville NY, near Buffalo NY approx 600 km away as the crow flies. The web is OK but......... Has anyone else been ripped off by Opel Capital Management or First Asset Management, that would be Nazca Mining or Circle Oil?
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0nikousku posted
Thanks for all the info regarding Coolpass. I've been in conversations with them over the past week. Firstly about why such dubious outfits are pushing their credits, they claim that they have no communication with Abberley Capital or Westhorpe Capital, that they use an administrative company to deal with all transactions - do I believe them, I don't know, something just doesn't add up. I'm now asking for the credits to be transferred to a different registry, they didn't like this, saying that they weren't sure it was possible. I'm seeking advise as to whether it is possible,
Regards
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0fireflyx5 posted
Hi Summerfruit
I have set up my account with active board and have tried to access the forume but am told that no one has posted anything as yet is this correct. The home page tells me that i do not have permission to view content.
Please post me a reply on active board or hear
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0wirralboy posted
hi
i purchased several carbon credits through a company named the alternative investment group i now know was based in hong kong. i have this year been asked by the police to provide evidence of my investments funded from my own bank tto banks in canada and america. i believe it to be a money laundering scam. however, i this week received two letters from a business in canada saying that my v e rs had been transfered to avalon consulting ( mark harris). i have several certificates in my posession and do not know how to proceed to sell them could you please shed any light on the matter
with regards
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Ref.Coolpass.
I have just checked out the American Carbon Registry,they appear to be a a respected and
big player in the Carbon industry in the USA.and Coolpass inc.are on their members list,giving us all a thread of hope.Check it out for yourselves.Google American Carbon Registry------Lots of information.
Tugboat.
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0sunseeker posted
Hi rob amyou
Was told the exact same thing as you and bought up. However, did not purchase from Andrew Thomas as i said i wanted to receive return on other investments first. Dealt with Peter Gray, Jame Bell (sounded really professional south african accent), Charles Banks who was moved and then finally Andrew Thomas. The banks were in Poland and Liechenstein. Have not heard from Andrew Thomas since nor do i expect to. Great promises of quick sales with at least 30% returns promised since June. Nothing has happened since. Told Andrew Thomas i wanted to sell in June told me had to wait for a better exit strategy. Peter Gray emphasised he made no money unless he returned large profit as only paid by commission. Also sold the nonsense about how i would need to be recommended by them to open an off-shore account because if you look at the off-shore banks account in Liechenstein homepage this is common knowledge.
Have reached two conclusions. Certificates are worth less than valued at or may be very difficult to sell. Like you i would be grateful to get original investment back. As for a profit on investment forget it. Will not give up though and intend to follow this till i at least get back some of my investment back.
Sunseeker
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0white posted
No contact from/with WC.
I asked independent adviser from USA who explained that the investment is not wrong and it will be worth but have to wait at least 12 months and most likely 2-3 years for resonable return. The promise for "quick turnover" was wrong and was used to make clients attracted to invest more. As far as I can see WC is active in recruiting new clients but not dealing with the existing ones at present. There is a hope that we need to be patient. Although, I would also like to get out of this as soon as poosible as well.
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I will throw an honest opinion into the ring, and i don't expect it to be of any comfort to any of you that have purchased VER's.
VER's have never been and never will be an investment vehicle. They have to be retired within a year of purchase, on a public registry, to qualify as offsetts. I'm afraid ladies and gents that there are millions of VER's being manufactured every year world-wide and generally speaking the values of each one are pennies rather than pounds. It sounds to me like you have all significantly overpaid for pieces of paper (certificates) that do prove the VER's to be credible, but I'm afraid the end-user, the companies that will maybe purchase them as part of an offset inclusive carbon management strategy, are highly unlikely to purchase them from you. For a start they are now dated, if not out of date, and too expensive. It seems probable that you won't be able to retire them either on behalf of a potential buyer.
I am sorry that this isn't what you want to hear, but it's the truth. I am happy to answer any questions you may have but cant retail your VER's for you, sorry :(
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0simonmac26 posted
I've too purchase 4 sets of carbon credits VER's - i should have listened to my gut from the start as i thought this was too good to be true - i think carbonoffsetter is right,there worth pennies not pounds....
i'm in afghanistan at moment and Andrew Thomas even wished me well before i went just after i bought another 200 credits from Coolpass..How fake is he....
its a shame, but lesson learnt i suppose.
if anyone has any ideas or contacts about trying to retrieve at least our money back i would be happy to recieve them..
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0sunseeker posted
Hi simonmac26,
I am in a similar position trying to find ways to at least retrieve my money.
Pooling together may be an option but if carbonoffsetter is right we would need a damn lot of carbon credits.
Probably a bad question but has anybody on this forum sold their carbon credits or perhaps can offer me ideas.
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0white posted
Dear all,
I came accross this website. I thought is beeter to share it with you. What do you think?
I am at a loss. Whom to beleave?
http://boiler-rooms.org/?p=3076
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0white posted
Also Westhorpe Capital is listed as : Unauthorised overseas firms on the FSA website:
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Doing/Regulated/Law/Alerts/overseas.shtml
What is to be done now?
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0carbon credit trading pyramid schemes posted
I had the unfortunate mishap of being hired by a carbon credit brokerage firm. I asked too many questions and I was thankfully sacked before investing anyone into them. I could not get any answers as to how the indivuduals would resell their credits, and very hostile and dismissive answers when I pressed for an answer.
Be ware. They are not for individual investors unless you are global warming consicous and want to offset your own footprint. buy and retire the credits. They are for companies to offset their emissions either for sustainabily- CSR reasons or to partially fulfill some mandatory compliance by the government whilst they undergo energy efficiency. Yes you can buy them but I have not heard from any individual investors who have sold them. Like you, why would a company buy already issued or traded credits when they can also buy them wholesale like yourselves, or for probably far cheaper.
From first hand and personal investigation I have noted the following
Brokers often don't use real names
This is a pyramid scheme often involving the recruitment agencies for carbon brokers.
They fire opening brokers who open deals before they have to pay commission to them on their sales. That is why there is such a turn around on brokers. The top 2 or 3 will close the deals and reap all the comission.
Top sellers quickly set up a new brokerages and start trading so it is constantly evolving.
They last only about 12-18 months before they spin off to another name
They buy company names that were registered years ago to say they were 'in business for many years.' Often the company trading name will be different from the registered name.
The place of business is at a different location from the registered company name in short term rental premisis of usually one month contracts.
FSA UK can't do much about it if they are not dealing with collective investment schemes. They only regulate CIS's. That is why companies use 3rd party fsa nominees.
Will tell you your account is held by FSA nominees. Yes all fine, but still can't resell them, and no protection to you by the 3rd party nominee holder as they didn't sell it to you.
Company directors resign and reappoint new one's regularly so as to avoid liabilty. This is part of the pyramid scheme. It will then pass on to the next and next.
Sorry for the informaiton set out here.
It may be possible to pool the investment and sell to a broker who is willing to pass it on, but this is unlikely since already a huge commission will have been place on your credits and they would have to forgo making such a high commission to resell yours again when they can sell newly listed one's for less. And in order to do that I suspect you will need to find a company that is regulated who can deal with collective investments (CIS) to make the pool in the first place. But most carbon brokers are not doing CIS and therefore avoid the need to be registered by the financial authorities.
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0josieo posted
Hi, I am amazed that all this has appeared recently, only a shame it didn't appear when I was researching last year. I invested with Brookes & Associates starting November 2010 and only started smelling a rat in June which seems to be when this site started discussions. All the names match, James Hedges, etcetc. The company only called after I had put several information requests on sites recommending Carbon Trading.
Has anyone managed to get any further information on them or are we all out of pocket?
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0jjkenya posted
Hi there
Just found this after having pretty much given up on my problem... I purchased credits with Carbon Trace Solutions via Abberley Capital. Initial contact was over a year ago, with James Morgan. I've been through a heap of "advisors" including Andrew Thomas and Charles Banks, Paul Wilson and others.
I was "assured" in December that in January I'd get a call to sell in February "at profit"... No call yet.
What is the plan of action on Abberley, if there is one?
Thanks
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0WassiMania posted
Hi everyone.
I have received a phone call from this company: New Frontier Advisory LTD
(url: http://newfrontieradvisory.com), asking me to invest in carbon credits.
They claim they are registered in the UK with Registration Number: 7346421.
Thanks to google I found this website and wanted to post to this thread.
(1) I checked their website Whois:
http://www.whois.net/whois/newfrontieradvisory.com
(2) Nothing on FSA website?
It would be really great, if anyone in the UK can confirm that this company is legitimate?
>>>> Personal conclusion so far, Keeping my money in my pocket!
Waiting for updates on here.
Thank you.
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0WassiMania posted
tugboat,
I can only Agree. :)
Thank you.
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0Loss posted
Totally Shocked!! Tried google for info on Westhorpe during the middle of last year. Found nothing and ended up investing. Any news on how to get rid of the VER's if at all possible. I have read the comments above, but I am still at a loss if it would be possible at all to get anything back.
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0para1sbs posted
Has any one bought Carbon Credits through The Alternative Investment Group in Hong Kong (TAIG-HK)
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Like all of you i have also get caught up in this scam in this pyramid carbon trading scheme
My Last contact with these guys was in February 2012. in January they went off the Website. I was still able to contact them by phone but that is also now non existant ft is now dead. Reading through the comments they are similar if not identical to Westhrorpe Capital and Abberley Capital. i have also bought credits from Coolpass, L2I., Bundled wind Project It is possible they were all operating in the same boiler room.
The Names of the Guys I dealt with.
are .Jane the telephone receptionist, Julian Moore, Kyle Adams. Charles Harris,Richard Webb,James Walters.
Thomas Davidson.Ben Richadson.
The bottom line is that we all have to find a way to sell or lose all as and
I am seeking reputable Broker to sell my credits. It appears I may lose money if I can ever get them sold. It will be a very costly experience
Finding a CIS is proving impossible unless some one create one in the near future.
New Frontier and Global etc all wants you to buy their credits with a promise they will try to sell yours mind the word "TRY" not a gaurantee.
If I find one who will gaurantee selling ours even at a loss i will post it on this string.
We are all learning a lesson at a hugely expensive cost.
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0summerfruit posted
Hi all, after some time off with having my baby, I had a call out of the blue from a broker (more details on the anti wc site)
He claims that he works for an energy company which will sell our credtis off with their own to other businesses. Sounds perfect right!!
However, you have to be a shareholder in their company for a minimum of 45 days
costing £3000 for the shares. (where have I heard this one before!!!_) Also, he will be able to sell each carbon credit between $15 and $26 per metric tonne so there seems a good profit it there. (too good to be true?)
I am not sure if they are legit but I am doing some research into them. I don't want to pass off this oportunity to sell off all our credits but I also don't want to get stung again by bogus companies. He seem interested in the idea of many other people pooling together their credits to sell them off- maybe he is getting greedy?
please visit http://anti-wc.activeboard.com and get back to me with whatever you think
thanks
summerfruit
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0bluestar posted
Summerfruit
I am interested in pooling credits for a sale if certain that the broker is genuine.
However have tried several times to access the Anti-WC website without success - keep getting messages that name/password incorrect even after having password confirmed by email.
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0simon0705 posted
hi all.. just found this... I have four different investments via Westhorpe (two Coolpass and two Carbon Trace Solutions) going back to early 2011... I have just tried to go on the anti-wc website and it doesnt work... why does there need to be so much secrecy?.... surely there is a way for all members who want to poole their credits and/or communicate together to and share all info we know.?....
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0greenergrass posted
Has anyone had any dealings with Zurich Trading? or do the names Thomas Morgan, Bob Jackson and Paul Frazer sound familiar?
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0Turnbull posted
Hmmm, sorry to be sceptical but summerfruit a broker ringing you "out of the blue"?
Was this a broker you had contacted regarding the sale?
I think you rightly are concerned that this could be another scam and lets be honest, anyone that believes that this is the way out, well prepare to lose another £3000.
I have lost money in this and well, if I'm honest, it was too good to be true and greed got the better.
Advice.
Don't spend anymore money chasing a potential sale.
Sell independently if you can or if possible pool but make sure it is a trusted source with a trusted agreement in place.
Apologies for the realism in my post and if it upsets some people but there is enough on the web now regarding wc, you are not going to get a sale through these guys.
We have all paid well over the odds for penny carbon credits and will all have lost money.
Good luck to anyone that can sell but as always buyer or in this case " seller beware" be careful where you put any personal details and certainly do not divulge any financial information.
Good luck.
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0engel posted
Hi,
I'm new to this chain but have already register to summerfruit's web page, http://anti-wc.activeboard.com expecting I can get the ok from summerfriut.
Like all of you I got ripped off by Adam White from Milburn Equity in October 2011. In theory my credits will sell in 2 days (yeah right!). I got a considerable amount of credits from CoolPass and Green Choice Standard. Both have been as helpful as you all mention.
GCS actually did tell me that I could sell my credits through the APX registry (http://www.vcsregistry.com). I looked into it and the registry is working but you have to buy an account to post your credits (500 pounds) and they are only a matching website, so a buyer would need to be interested in buying your credits and contact you directly... so it's not nearly a sure thing.
I did manage to register my CoolPass credits on another website for free (http://www.brokerscarbon.com/) that acts as a matching service, so in theory you post the project and if and when someone is interested they will contact you to buy the credits.
I have done tons of research as I fear I am the biggest idiot in this chain, I'm even ashamed to say how many credits I bought, suffice to say that my life savings are in this mess and I think I am at a point where I am giving up and expecting a very humble retirement.
I am all in to pool in our credits, simple math on all these posts suggest we should have close to 100,000 credits between all of us.
Summerfruit,
How many credits do we need to sell to the broker you mentioned?
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0summerfruit posted
Hi all, we should have between 30 to 50 thousand credits. I have been told that the higher the number the better. still on the lookout for a sale though.
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0Coops123 posted
Ditto to all of this.
I've just spoken to a broker in London, who said he's heard this story before. Surprise. Although he did say the cap and trade in the western US is still in development and we should be able to trade on that whenever that goes ahead, which, is what Coolpass have been telling me.
He also said if I want them, or likely any other broker to sell my credits I'd probably have to buy more through them to show I'm keen to invest with them and make them more money. Surprise.
I'm convincing myself Coolpass are genuine. I doubt anyone else mentioned in this chain is.
I'm up for pooling so I've just registered on anti-wc.
To be honest I don't really mind anymore if I make a loss, as long as I get some money back. I thought I'd done enough "due diligence" but non of these forums or the FSA warnings came up when I was making the "Investments."
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Hi All. i also have bought carbon units ( vcus ) coal mine gas methane project .west Germany . from a company called carbon trace solutions.Dealt with a guy called James Blake .who wanted to sell me more 4 months ago .i said no but would like to sell soon he suggested no yet as they will triple in next few months .I have tryed to ring him but phone dead!! have also tryed to ring the office in Poland phone dead. Have spoken to fsa in london they think its a scam and i have sent all my details to them ,But do not expect a solution. We could ring the action fruad police on 03001232040 .if we all ring maybe they will act to catch these scam traders.
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0white posted
Thanks to colin 21. I also contacted: action fruad police on 03001232040 and gave my details. No promises but will investigate. I was told at present all dealings with Carbon Credits is a fraud. I think if we all give information to the police as needed they may be able to track them down. Best Luck to everyone involved.
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Hello,
I've read many messages on here but not all. However, I do know that Westthorpe Capital is a scam. The group running that scam previously ran a scam operating under the name Global Green Services. There is a long thread on that one too.
For details of how it works see a further thread on the Motley Fool website that explains how the scam works and how you get duped.
Not all carbon credit deals are a scam. GGS took me for a ride but I'm making it back by dealing with IndustryRE, who are a legitimate company. But don't take my word for it, check them out on the web, go and visit them, they are real.
EDITED 18 APR 2013
Although IndustryRE are a real company BEWARE. They are no longer operating from London. Although their registered address is still at Tower 42 as listed at Companies House, they have actually moved their operations to Dubai. The significance of this is that now you cannot serve legal notices on them. They have many investors who have not received their returns that were due in September 2012. The FSA, now FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) are pursuing them.
Yes, they owe me a lot of money and I'm peeved that they are not paying me despite many promises and fabricated paperwork. But don't take my word for it, invest with them and see if you get your money back.
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0DGS170944 posted
John, if you are able, would there be any chance you could elaborate a little on how it is you are using IndustryRE for me please. I have looked through IndustryRE's website, but cannot see how they can help without taking out longterm investment with them. Many many thanks Jeff
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0haven66 posted
Hi,
I've just found this site and I'm in the same boat. I've bought a lot of credits and can now no longer contact anyone at Abberley Capital. I've just checked the site again and found that it expired on 21/09/2012. I'd be willing to pool my credits with all of yours. Is this still possible?
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0Deeply Dippy posted
hi, am new on here, but I understand that future of these VER values could be affected by the outcome of the forthcoming US election. Democrats should see values rise (over 18 +/- months, Rupublicans would see values tumble as they're not as green as Democrats purport to be.
not dealt with any of companies mentionned although have been called by 1 or 2 of the names, and hung up and blocked numbers. only way to get rid of them.....
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0john2d posted
To DGS
Orginally I got involved with IndustryRE through Emerald Knight, a legitimate Marketing company. However, now I deal direct. I would suggest waiting a few days because IRE are being audited by the FSA. This could be a good thing, particularly if the FSA allow them to carry on. If not, you have nothing to worry about.
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0pjh99 posted
Hi all. I bought VER's from Brookes Associates a couple of years ago and have been following the discussion. I have just been contacted by Jack King from a company called Liberty Management who know that I bought these credits from Brookes and are now asking me to let them have exact details of my purchases as they may be in a position to sell them for me. I have not contacted them yet as to pass on my 'investments' as I am hoping that one of you may have some information about them. The contacts are John Duke and Jack King (wh has a Canadian accent very similar to that of William Black and Andrew Thomas ala Brookes).
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0tugboat posted
Pjh99
To all concerned,some answers to questions-------
Google------"Has anyone had any dealings with a company called Westthorpe capital."
Open page which reads---"Westhorpe capital Hong Kong are these
People fraudsters?"
You will find information on the above ,Coolpass and how to recognise
Boiler room scams which has been submitted by the "The Fraud.
Examiner."
Regards tugboat.
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Tugboat,
Re: CoolPass - I found that the account holder is now Carbon Capital Advisors and your holdings can be made "public" on the American Carbon Registry if you wish (display number of credits and serial numbers).
Bigger problem at the moment is trying to resolve ownership issue with the Markit Registry of credits purchased from Carbon Trace Solutions. With CTS having ceased trading Markit at present are not agreeing validity of documentation for credits held in a CTS sub-account.
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0workingmother07 posted
I have recently contacted Ms Christine Girard of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers: Christine.Girard@lautorite.qc.ca
the financial regulatory body the Quebec region, in relation to the unlawful transfer of my carbon credits by Melina Valero of L2i Solutions Financières (but now left the company) to "Avalon Consulting". Ms Girard is looking into this.
I also copied Drew Fleeter, head of Markit, where my VERs were held and, because the Autorité des Marchés Financiers is investigating, he is now treating this seriously and has delegated Devon Walton to deal with this:
Devon.Walton@markit.com.
If anyone else is in the same position re L2i and Avalon, it would be well worth involving Ms Christine Girard at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
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0bluestar posted
workingmother07
I have for some time been communicating with Devon Walton of Markit and also with L2i to resolve ownership issues of credits purchased in the Adams Steel project and the two parties have been speaking to each other.
I had sent Mr Walton a copy of the letter from Melina Valero in which she advised that the VERs had been sold to Avalon Consulting who then asked that the units be transferred directly to myself on receipt of payment and which happened. Although technically Avalon were the sellers I never had any communication with them and was unaware of their existence until receiving the letter from L2i.
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0summerfruit123 posted
hi all
have been contacted by Edward Fisher from CNB Acquisions based in Beijing China. He claims that he got my contact details from applying to the carbon registry where my credits are listed.
He is interested in buying the vers from the coalmine methane project in Germany with no price yet as he wants a written consent to the sale first!
the company doesn't look genuine as the website is very vague and was created in Feb 2013 by a John Smith in Stevenage UK!
i am interested if anyone else has been contacted by them or other companies to see if they are legit.
I haven't disclosed anything regarding the pooling of our vers together yet as i want to do some more research into them.
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0pjh99 posted
Hi Summerfruit
I haven't been following this forum for sometime as I thought it was not getting anywhere. But yesterday I received a called from Todd Thomson( with a Canadian accent) claiming to be from China International Holdings Group of Beijing saying that he knew I had some carbon credits and he was interested in buying them on behalf of a Chinese company. Naturally I was suspicious and said so. He claims that he would like to see copies of the CoolPass certificates. He wasn't interested in L2I VERs. I have not investigated his company as yet. I have nothing to lose so will try and lead him on to try and get as more info as I can then try and find out the angle as to how they are going to try and fleece me for a second time.
Posted on 04 April 2013 | Love 0 loves
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0john2d posted
Todd Thompson is almost inevitably Robert Thompson of Global Green Services scam fame. The latest variation of scams is that they offer to buy back all your duff carbon credits at roughly the price you paid for them. To enable this deal to be completed they expect you to pay a retainer to a lawyer in China, upfront. Obviously once you've paid "the lawyer" you won't get any money back.
Edgebrook Carbon are also flogging this scam. Lead tealeaf is "Peter Donovan".
Be warned. It is simply another scam.
Posted on 05 May 2013 | Love 0 loves
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