I was caught in a scam a few months ago, it looked legitimate enough but maybe my greed just clouded my judgment and I ended up buying a bunch of worthless pink sheets to the tune of about $2, 000. Thing is, that’s not what I’m writing about – but it led to me either landing on some sort of list or being scouted out some other way by GIA (Global Investor Alerts), which claimed to be a victims advocacy firm dealing in legal matters for investors who got ripped off online. So alright, I look into these guys, and their own stuff seems fairly legit until I get to the public warnings page. A lot of their claims there seem to have zero proof – they link to other authorities to vouch for their accusations but they either aren’t talking about the same company or the proof is somehow else bogus. There are some legitimately shady organizations on their list sure, but I’m pretty sure this is a scam to blackmail their competition. They even have discrete cryptocurrency addresses as a way for victims to “donate”, but I’m sure that these are actually addresses for blackmailed businesses to send a payoff: http://globalinvestoralerts.org/public_warnings_consumer_alerts_numbers.shtml BTC: 156bqRUQ2x1CZfg53fjjvrKeEjpxL4cG6D Ether: 0x8d084F1693d301fC697cddfce0cb78eB008F7767 Ripple: rHHuH2a7CBwYNWp5yveRMZDmi2RdfDPQGD Litecoin: LeJj5LhkxrW6dSX5sqZaaq7Fm28iGEhQ48 NEM: NDZGCA-2TZBDU-WSET4N-4ODBC5-NLRJ44-DJ6ULV-HCFS While looking deeper into this, I also found that they are already listed on several very common complaint boards for plainly ripping people off by running a recovery scam, telling you that they can get you your money back when in reality they’re just cashing in on the deposits left by hopeful individuals seeking legal retribution for an unrelated scam. https://www.complaintboard.com/global-investor-alerts-l789.html I’ve lost a ton of money in the past and I don’t plan to have that happen again – DO NOT do business with these people.