On November 15 of this year, Macau Industrial Group ceased to exist. Investors who invested in the project (someone invested a little money, and someone - a tidy sum), scolding themselves for being reckless.
Netizens who commented on this event acknowledge that this investment project, which promised investors 0.8 to 1 percent profit per day, was perceived by some investors as suspicious from the very first day of its existence.
The project positioned itself as a company investing in the industrial sector of China.
How many cheated?
At one of the forums, the number "4000" was announced. Consequently, more than four thousand investors not only did not make a profit, but could not even return their own funds invested in Macau Industrial Group. Reviews of the majority of deceived depositors indicate that they are not going to demand a refund of their money and consider them irretrievably lost.
However, there are more categorical users of the World Wide Web who are ready to fight for their investments until the end.
Is there a chance of a return on deposits?
There really is such an opportunity. In any case, this is the opinion of resolute victims who wished to invest in the Chinese economy, but were deceived by the owners of the Macau Industrial Group project. Entrance to the “Personal Accounts” of users is not available today, but there are screenshots of some documents made by prudent investors. Also, one should not forget about the existence of receipts and extracts on the transfer of funds stored in the archives of electronic payment systems and banks.
Radical-minded users of the Network have no doubt: if, without exception, all investors who have lost their deposits contact the law enforcement agencies, fraudsters will certainly be punished.
Investment project or financial pyramid?
In one of the discussions, such a version was also voiced: the main deception of Macau Industrial Group is that the project, calling itself an investment platform, was essentially a financial pyramid.
What is the difference between these two structures? The owners of the financial pyramid generate income by inviting investors. The more participants, the more capital. Promising investors high returns, the creators of the pyramid distribute the profits only between those investors who are registered on the site first (in the first line).
The goal of the creators of the investment project is to raise funds and use them to implement their ideas. The drafters of the investment plan must notify investors:
- how much should be invested and what this money will be spent on;
- when the project pays off and becomes a source of passive income.
How not to miscalculate?
As can be seen from the reviews, Macau Industrial Group helped to enrich only a small group of online entrepreneurs. It's true. Some investors managed to withdraw their deposits with a profit, but most had to say goodbye to their money. Internet users, for whom cooperation with the company turned into a bitter experience, admit that they hurried with the choice of an investment site, and regret that they gave their personal savings to a dubious site.
How not to miscalculate and profitably invest hard earned money? Even experienced experts will not give an exact answer to this question. Investing is almost always a risk.
By the way, the closure of any project often becomes the starting point for the development of new cooperation. Some visitors to the thematic Internet sites provided for discussion of the Macau Industrial Group, which had gone down to deception, did not fail to seize the opportunity and invite upset investors to new investment online platforms.
Any investment should be considered.
The golden rule of the investor - not to invest the last or borrowed money - is surely known to novice investors. But before applying it in practice, beginners will have to:
- Do not be lazy and study the field in which they are going to invest. In fact, experts in the field of investment do not recommend investing in an unfamiliar industry. But if this happened, pay attention to literally every little thing - any document that is freely available, all terms and concepts used by the site administration.
- Replenish your intellectual stock with new definitions (if the topic of the project is unfamiliar), so as not to become a victim of more experienced web users. For example, investors who have entrusted their funds to a newly opened investment company are called business angels. And if the project has already gained momentum, investors are called venture investors.
As practice shows, it is the little things missed by the investor who is in a state of emotional euphoria that cause serious miscalculations. Moreover, not only newcomers are in the red. Today, there are frequent cases when the sharks of the investment business, having discovered that a new non-standard and seemingly promising project has appeared on the Web, give back their last savings or incur debts to invest in it, but ultimately lose.
The scope of activity of Macau Industrial Group. What did the company do?
According to the information that is freely available, Macau Industrial Group is a trust company. This is the name of the property management service. The purpose of trust management is to preserve and increase savings in order to profit.
It is known that a group of experienced investors called the Macau Industrial Group platform a very attractive project with tempting investment plans. There wasn’t even a talk about the scam: all official documents, as knowledgeable people report, were executed perfectly, and investment pay schedules were short-term and reasonable.
The information published above does not fit in with messages found on one of the thematic forums. Their essence is as follows: one of the depositors, having discovered that their investment disappeared with the site admin, looked into the deposit insurance contract, and, according to the testimonies of the forum users, that part of the contract where information about the insurer company should be written down, was not filled.
What the trust process looks like
Only personal property can be transferred to trust. A person who owns any property transfers the right to dispose of his savings to the hired manager. These two enter into a contract that describes the terms of trust. There is also stipulated the amount that the owner must pay to the hired manager.
The manager does not have any rights to the property entrusted to him. But he is obliged to dispose of the property of others so that its owner benefits from this cooperation.
The whole truth about Macau Industrial Group. Facts only
Global Network users calling this company a scam justify their position with irrefutable facts. The Macau province, as it turned out, is really related to China, but not to the Chinese economy. The indicated area is autonomy (independent territory) and offshore zone. It is also known that Macau has its own currency.
Today, no one on the Internet doubts that Macau Industrial Group is a scam. According to the information provided for free review, the owner of the domain of the suddenly disappeared site was listed as a resident of St. Petersburg, and the site itself was hardly a part of a Chinese holding company that is legally registered in Hong Kong. In Macau, according to information released on the Web, there is only the main office of the designated company.
What else is known about the project
According to the advertising text, Macau Industrial Group was established in 2012 and offered itself as an intermediary between the CIS and China. Partnership program participants were promised a reward - 5% of the investments of all the investors invited by them.
To date, Makau IG, according to information that is still freely available, has shown itself to be a trustworthy partner who has invested in young companies that he considered promising.
According to information from the Internet, Macau Industrial Group could count on investments not only by young online businessmen, but also by reputable enterprises that already have a great influence on the situation on the world market.
On November 16, the project’s website was removed from search results and is now inaccessible. The site administration has not yet made any attempts to comment on the reason for its actions.
Meanwhile, users of some forums are discussing the transition of the Macau Industrial Group company, reviews of which, after November 16, 2017, are menacingly aggressive in nature, to a new billing system. The founders of the project today are referred to as "reptiles-professionals of the highest class."
What is billing and what privileges does it give
Billing is a highly professional business mechanism that allows an electronic merchant to automate their production, for example, to sell goods and services, to keep track of customers, their applications and accounts, without involving hired employees.
The owner of the billing system gets the opportunity to simultaneously carry out all kinds of promotions, financially reward participants in the affiliate program, organize newsletters, advise customers and much more.
In the wake of the admin
Today, when no one will be able to enter the Macau Industrial Group website, user reviews are not so much about lost deposits, but about possible movements of the administrator of a “choked” project.
Some regulars of the forums assure their colleagues that the administrator of Macau, who ordered a long life, now runs on a new, similar website, while other users propose to bet: how long will the new project last until scam? Still others say that a few days later (in particular, the date was announced on November 20, 2017), the disappeared site will reappear on the Web - it’ll only switch to a new system for receiving and paying payments, it’ll only change the rules for withdrawing funds ...
The majority of forum visitors discuss forecasts of seasoned investors made several months ago. The authors of the posts discussed today back then, in August-September, warned the brothers about a possible scam and did not advise extending deposits.