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My contact is a guy called  Joe Smith, he has assured me that the credits I hold will be sold on 27 th Feb
Thr last contact was on the15th by emailing which he as quarantined to sell, I will wait and see. !
This blog refers to Clark Carbon Capital

I got into VERs in 2010 with the virtual promise of a high return soon due to irrevocable letters of intent and secured exits etc by 360 Invest Group. Now they have gone and Alternative Markets have taken over. They claim that various deals fell through in January 2013 and they want me to ditch my credits and buy some different ones in the compliance market at cost price. I don't want to chase money with money.

I wonder where the ex-employees of 360 have gone?

So the question is - is there a way to sell the VERs to someone else? Does anyone have any idea how the voluntary market will change? I have till 2020 to sell them as I have been told they will be retired then.

The word on the street is that 360 Invest Group are a scam too so you may as well?
www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22360+Invest+group%22+scam
The ex-employees are probably sunning it on the beach or in prison?
Either way you've learned a lesson - conduct due diligence before betting on these scams.

Use German Google for the un-censored non DMCA gagged search results.
www.google.de/search?q=%22360+Invest+group%22+scam
Action Fraud is probably your best bet and the Insolvency Service who investigate these artistes.

I am with you all the way on your suggestion, why don't all people who have been scammed by Clark Carbon Capital get together and rid the planet of this foul company for good

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http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2012 ... laims-a-79.html

Carbon credit scam claims a £7,900 victim

BY ANDREW PENMAN ON AUGUST 29, 2012 11:01 PM IN INVESTMENTS

This was billed as an investment that could make money and help save the planet.
"Profit in an ethically sound fashion," boasted the London Carbon Credit Company.

Carbon credits are certificates bought by firms to offset ­pollution and they are traded on international markets.

They are also being sold by conmen who exploit the fact that they're trendy, green - and hard to understand.

Bob Wright of Lincoln was persuaded by London Carbon Credit Company to invest £5,000 in one lot of so-called "voluntary emission reduction" credits and £2,900 in a second lot.

But now London Carbon Credit's phones and emails are not being answered and its prestigious address in Hanover Square, Central London, turns out to be just a virtual office.

"I have tried in vain to get my money back since the end of April and now it looks like they may have disappeared," Mr Wright said.

London Carbon Credit exploited impressive names in carbon reduction, including a certification scheme for offset projects called The Gold Standard Foundation.

"Their use of our logo is wrongful and, in accordance with Gold Standard policy, we will immediately be sending them a cease and desist letter," a spokeswoman said.

It also used the logo of a green ­collective called Ethical Junction.

"We do not have London Carbon Credit Company listed as a member," it said. "Only members are entitled to use our logo."

And it used the logo of Verified Carbon Standard, an accounting programme for global carbon reduction projects, without - you guessed it - permission.

London Carbon Credit has one director, 32-year-old Young Erumuse, who at first denied being Erumuse when we met him. But then he admitted living at the address that Young Erumuse has registered with Companies House and finally conceded that he was the director of London Carbon Credit.

"Why did you say you weren't Young Erumuse?" Penman asked.

"Because I didn't know who you were," he replied. "Give me your details and I will be in touch with you." Penman: "Can you tell me your office address? You're no longer in Hanover Square."

Erumuse: "Give me your contact details."

Penman: "Can you tell me if these carbon credits that you sold Mr Bob Wright are worth anything?" Erumuse: "I'll be in touch with you tomorrow." Penman then handed over his Mirror business card but Young never did contact us.

We showed the two certificates bought by Mr Wright to expert ­independent financial advisor Robin Keyte, who had bad news.

"I cannot find any information as to the current tradeable value of your reader's carbon credits and am concerned that they may be impossible to trade and have little or no value," he said.

"The moral is to be very wary of investing in anything that is not ­authorised and regulated by the ­Financial Services Authority."

The FSA warned this month that it is receiving "many reports from people who have been approached by firms promoting carbon credits in the UK" and although there are reputable operators "we are concerned that an increasing number of firms are using dubious, high-pressure sales tactics and targeting vulnerable consumers".

Just so you know, Erumuse is also a director of London Carbon Limited and Carbon Acquisitions Limited.


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JARED SAID:
OK OK I'll bite.... who in their right midn would invest £7k in something they don't even understand???
August 30, 2012 10:23 AM
ANDREW PENMAN SAID:
Jared, victims of investment scams like this believe that they do understand what they are doing because they are fooled by well-trained and articulate conmen who are determined and highly motivated - by commission. That's what the conmen do, if they weren't any good at persuading people to fall for scams such as this then they'd have to get legitimate jobs.
A bit more sympathy for the victims and criticism of the conmen would be appropriate.
August 30, 2012 1:58 PM
LISA JAMES SAID:
I'm sorry but I agree with the first comment here. People are incredibly foolish to invest in something they know little about. They usually only do so because they are under the impression that there will be an unusually high return on their investment. They should do their research before parting with money. If something sounds too good to be true then it's usually because it is.
August 31, 2012 8:46 AM
SIMON SAID:
If it wasn't for victims of scams having the courage to come forward and admit what has happened and help warn the rest of us then far more people would be ripped off. This poor bloke deserves praise for talkign to a tabloid paper, it can't have been easy, he certainly does not deserve to be sneered at.
August 31, 2012 10:34 AM
JARED SAID:
Andrew Penman, why should I or anyone be "expected" to feel sympathy towards someone who was essentially a victim of their own greed? And who are you to say I am not sympathetic anyway...? Applaud them for coming forward, but if the victims weren't so greedy these conmen wouldn't be able to make a penny. I will not congratulate or applaud someone who suffers from avarice and a severe lack of common sense! PS: Not condoning the scammer, he should be locked away.
September 5, 2012 9:52 AM
ANDREW PENMAN SAID:
Jared, you continue making unsupported assumptions. In your first comment you suggested that Mr Wright invested in something that he didn't understand. Nowhere in our piece does it say that Mr Wright does not understand carbon credits. Then in your latest post you accuse him of greed. What do you base that on? Nowhere in the article does it say what rate of return he was expecting. I imagine he was hoping for better than a High Street bank interest rate, but that's not greed, that's simply what is sought by every personal saver who takes the trouble to look for ways to make the most from their savings.
September 5, 2012 1:59 PM
CHRIS LANG SAID:
Nice article Andrew! Interesting to see that London Carbon Credit Company claims on its website to be in negotiations, "to be sole UK provider of carbon credits produced from the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Carbon Capture and Forestry projects."
I've written to the Clinton Foundation to ask whether there is any truth in this claim and if not what the Clinton Foundation does to prevent its name (and its projects) from being misused in this way.
My post about this on REDD-Monitor is here: http://bit.ly/Qe553N
September 14, 2012 3:11 AM
WILL SAID:
Good article - another write inspired by this is here: http://www.redd-monitor.org/2012/09/13/are-cl ... n-trading-scam/ 
September 14, 2012 11:10 AM
BERNARD SAID:
I think the real question is whether the 'conman' is really a conman or just a bad service provider:
1.) if he sells fake carbon credits which don't really exist then it's a conman / fraudster, who ought to be brought to justice (like a win seller filling red grap juice into bottles, putting fake label on them and selling them as expensive vintage wine) as the entire investment is effectively stolen; it's like selling stocks/shares but giving fake certificates
2.) if he actually buys real carbon credits for the investor and only earns his declared commission, but the credits are then difficult to sell, it's more like an auction house selling a painting for 10,000 GBP (which they pass onto the seller, less their declared commission), and then the buyer being unable to sell it on the open market; in that case it's more the investor's fault if they buy something which then can't be sold again; it's like selling real stocks/shares but the company goes bust
The article doesn't really say whether the carbon credits are real or not, but I assume if there were doubts about their actual existence, the artice would say so. In that case, the conman probably was just providing bad service. However, unauthorised use of logos and knowingly making unsubstantiated claims could still be unlawful, but in that case the investment might not be fully lost. If a stock/share lost 90% of it's value, it could still go back up and make profit.
September 23, 2012 2:25 PM
CAN'T TELL YOU SAID:
This guy wasn't even behind it, he was paid to be a director!!!
The guy behind this was "James H"
October 1, 2012 8:23 PM
STOW SAID:
This was not James H this was run by James Byrne. The same guy who ran Paramount Land and Synergy Land Group. Young is his bodyguard. James is a multi millionaire from these companys.
November 12, 2012 6:48 PM
JOZ SAID:
Guys, beware of Clark Carbon Capital. In my opinion it is a possible scam. I bought VERs with Carbon-Ex, which itself is a dodgy company, as I was sold 3000 credits for £3.65/unit by them... At the beginning their broker told me I would be looking at 80-100% gains in one/two years. I just did not know it was their profit, not mine :) Now they apparently don't have brokers anymore and they are trying to get rid of me tellimg me to take my credits elsewhere and pay them extra 150 pounds for transfering the credits into my personal carbon credit account...
Anyway. I was approached by Adrian Mountfort, from Clark Carbon Capital, based in Switzerland. The guy claimed he called me about a year ago regardng my carbon credit investment (still holding unsellable all 3000 of 'em) and now he was wondering if I was interested to exit the position. Of course I got hooked as I wanted to get rid of these credits, as Carbonex is not able to sell for me. The catch was, he could only sell if I had 10000 credits, and readily he offered me to buy 7000 more VERs for 33p/unit. Of course I was interested in why would they want 3000 of my rather expensive credits, if they could have them for 33p... When I asked Adrian (or whatever his real name would be) this question, he started about how I do not understand the carbon market and how he does not want to be rude or anything... blah blah... Not giving me direct answer to my question. He ended up telling me how I needed them more than they need me, yet they kept calling me even when I told them I was not interested. Actually after that Adrian hang up and told me to sell my credits on ebay if I like...
Anyway, I did a little research and below are the reasons why I think Clark Carbon Capital is a scam:
* Company trades for 4.5 years from Switzerland, yet their web domain was registered only in 2009 in UK... Also on their website, there is very little about the company itself, no names, nothing really.
* Adrian Mountfort has no internet presence, no linkedin, or other network...
* I did not find the company in UK Companies House or FSA registry, nor in FINMA (Swiss version of FSA) website. (Currently awaiting further answer from FINMA re Clark Carbon Capital)
* In the last years' list of my incoming calls there is no call from Switzerland at all, so I am not quite sure how they contacted me a year ago..
* In the same physical address they list on their website there is a good number of other companies resitered, a few of them I checked are related to fraudent activities.
* I have sent them an email with my concerns and I did not get any response.
I might be dead wrong, but the above list surely raises a red flag for me.
hope this helps someone to save a good deal of money :)
Cheers
Joz.
December 17, 2012 2:35 PM

Carbon Credits, they're all a scam:

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/cgi-bin/mt425/mt-se ... bon+credit+scam

Hi guys,
Were are we with the Oxford Sunergy scamming, its been nearly 6 month, even the police who took all our email adresses have not said a word.
What are we going to do, just sit down & excpt it?
or we could get together & collectively persue these scammers.
Some of us have been scammed over £30k
lets not let them get away with it
remember guys the longer we leave the less chance of getting anything back.

I have brought and been approached by hennessay associates to pay up front to have them sell my carbon credits for a reduced price. Unfortunately I think this is a scam. Not sure where my carbon credits are , if they even exist.

Did you buy your credits via New Frontier Advisory? If so they will be held by Citadel Trustees or Carbon-ex depending on what you bought. You will be able to sell them at some stage but you will need a proper broker. If you bought your credits via another broker who was it?

Carbon Credits are worth as little as carbon paper - ignore the calls and glossy brochures, look at the tales of woe coming from all the losers on here.

Hi there,

Just to let you know Clark Carbon Capital are based in San Pedro in Spain

I completely agree with you, I think that we should form a group and go after them with vengeance, particularly Joe Smith and SusanHart

Clark CarbonCapital

I agree, let's form an alliance, find out where they are and go after. Them and there families

Try carbon neutral trading he does. Not sell to the public only sells credit investors own, name Paul Green

Has anyone been able to contact clark carbon capital, my numerous emails go unanswered, I did revive one last week that told me the credits. I bought Gould not be sold for a year, Joe Smith sent me an email assuring me they would be sold on 27th February prior to my purchase, if I could get a hold of him he would be a very sorry guy, anyone fancy getting together and going after them AND their families

Message to Pete, you'll be lucky visiting Oxford, it may be an Oxford number but they work out of North Cyprus!

Hi mate, it seem that all these carbom credits get rich scemes are a SCAM, for the public to get ripped off thier very hard eaned CASH.
Since Oxford Sunergy Scammed in september 2012 we does not seem to be any bit closer to there Bast--ts were about. Even the police took our email address without a feed back.
Why not get together mate and put a 50k or 100k bounty on there heads, this may get a responce.
surley there is enough of us beem scammed would put a grand a piece in a pot to get there just deserve.
Please collectively see what we can achieve, or are we just going to take it lying down, & loose the millions that we have been scammed to give these guys a life of old mother riley.
Regards
scammedbyoxfordsunergyltd@yahoo.co.uk

NEW SCAM IS ACTIVE
All those like me that were scammed by Oxford Sunergy and similar firms.
BEWARE.all those involved in oxford sunergy scam your details have been sold on.

I was called from a company called simply airtime ltd www.simply-airtime.com.
SAME sales tactics from the same script with the same dodgy company history (dormant company suddenly having several international offices. using blocked phone number several changes in director and nothing real about them  http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/07478784/simply-airtime

STAY CLEAR and update your action Fraud reports.

Elford. My oxfordsunergyscam@mail.com got blocked after i failed to recall my email address. So please pass on to all the contacts you have.
Cheers

Thought with you all.