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How to spot a scam

The red flags of a fraudulent investment, and how to verify every claim, including ours.

Why we tell you this

Argentina has seen platforms that promised a lot and ended badly. The CNV published a warning on 9 December 2025 listing the typical signs of an investment fraud. We list them here, including the ones that could apply to us: the point is not for you to trust us, it is for you to be able to verify.

Red flags

  • Promises of a fixed return that cannot fail. No serious investment promises you will not lose. A development carries risk: capital can be lost.
  • Returns far above the market, with no explanation of where they come from. If the number sounds too good, ask for the math.
  • Pressure to decide now. Quotas that "run out", offers that "expire today". Urgency is a sales technique, not a fact.
  • Mass promotion or influencers for a private placement. The rules forbid it: a private offering is invited one person at a time, not advertised.
  • You cannot verify the issuer or the trustee in the public registries. If they do not appear, or you are not allowed to check, that is a sign.
  • The account is not in the trust's name. Your money must go to an account of the vehicle, not to a person's or some random company's.
  • Support vanishes or turns into a bot when you ask to withdraw or raise an uncomfortable question.

How to verify (applied to us)

  1. Look up the issuer and the trustee in the CNV registries. Next to each claim we give you the direct link with the "verify us yourself" button.
  2. Confirm whose name the account is in. The "where is your money" panel shows the path of the contribution to the trust's account.
  3. Check the use of funds. We publish every work certificate with the hash of its document.
  4. Recompute the numbers yourself. The "verify this number yourself" button recomputes each figure's hash in your browser, without going through our servers.

Authority through self-criticism

Several of these signs could be used to distrust us, and that is fine: that is why we publish the asset status, the use of funds and the proofs, so you can check them instead of believing us. A platform that asks for faith, not verification, is the one to look at most carefully.

A simple rule

If something promises you cannot lose, be suspicious. Every real investment carries risk, ours included. Seek independent professional advice before deciding.