A company that operated under a seemingly legal facade, offered “digital batteries” through a mobile application with the promise to recover investment in just two months. According to complaints, he could have scammed thousands of people in Honduras and Guatemala.
The Public Ministry of Honduras opened an investigation against the company Keda Mobile Energy Company (KMEC), indicated to commit fraud through the promise of rapid returns on investments, similar to the scheme of the also investigated Koriun Inversiones.
KMEC, based in Choloma, department of Cortés, would have affected about 200,000 people, according to complaints that have begun to circulate on social networks. Here in Guatemala, the Public Ministry confirmed that it has received more than a dozen complaints since last April.
“I lost my savings”
Pedro Pérez (fictitious name) told Free press How was the victim of the scam that would have cheated more than 200,000 people in Honduras and in Guatemala (the amount is still unknown), through an alleged pyramidal model that consisted of investing in an application of Digital batteries called Keda Mobile Energy Company (KMEC).
Everything pointed out that the model was apparently legal and promised people who would recover what was invested in two months.
Pérez commented that it was through two known and trustworthy people, who told him about the investment model, and therefore He agreed to give q4 thousand 550 Four weeks ago. Starting to use the application and keep it open was all that had to be done; then, Each Monday could be charged and the company reintegrated money on Wednesday.
One of his acquaintances did recover the money investedThen he convinced two other friends, who also recovered him. For that reason, Pérez never distrusted. Then two weeks spent and consulted if he could collect; His acquaintances told him to wait a bit, because the pay would be better (about US $ 0.50 more). He waited for other days and, last Thursday, requested support to collect. At that time, the friend told him that the platform had fallen and that, in a chat group, people were starting to worry.
Amid the discontent of the people, those in charge of The company told them that they had dropped the platform because they found false accounts and that they needed to corroborate the identity of the participants. Therefore, They asked to deposit US $ 9.25 to reactivate the account And that, in 24 hours, they would recover their money.
Pérez states that many people did deliver that money, but in his case he analyzed that he had already lost it and did not deposit anymore.
TRUST THEME
Money is no way to recover it. One of the people, in the desire to recover his investment, deposited US $ 9.25 and did not return anything.
In his case it was a subject of trust, and observing that At least four other people recovered their Money, that was when he decided to invest.
If I had charged last week, I would have recovered at least 40%.
Other friends, who had already recovered their investment, They gave more money a few weeks ago. One of them delivered Q70 thousand; Another acquaintance, along with his mother, gave Q20 thousand.
I definitely don’t know how to invest my money. You have to be well informed. I won’t see those savings again and I did think about duplicating him.
Recommendations to avoid falling into similar frauds
The authorities recommend taking into account the following to protect themselves from this type of scams:
- Distrusting any investment that offers immediate or too good returns to be true.
- Verify that the company is registered and regulated by official institutions.
- Consult with financial experts before investing.
- Do not be influenced by striking videos or doubtful testimonies on social networks.