“How to enter the exchange, simply explained.” “Five coins that will explode this year.” “Stable trading income in two weeks.” The covers look like airport paperbacks: gold bulls, green candles, confident type. The download is free. The form asks for a mobile number “so we can send the book”.
What arrives next is not a seminar from a regulator. It is a callback, a Telegram “mentor”, or a login to an unlicensed desk — binaries, contracts for difference, crypto “signals” — where the conversation steers toward a deposit “while the setup is still open”. The text inside the ebook is usually recycled basics you could find in any public guide. The scarce thing was never the chapter on candlesticks; it was a warm lead.
Names rotate. Landing pages rebrand overnight. Marshall Islands addresses and support inboxes appear, vanish, reappear under a new title. Treat the brand as disposable packaging around one funnel: harvest contact details, then pressure.
A quick check before you type a number: does the site name a licensed firm you can find on an official register, or only a PDF and a countdown? Can you read the material without handing over a phone? If “support” opens with a trade tip instead of a download link, you already know what the free book was for.
If a “free ebook” call already led to a deposit you cannot withdraw, start at Get help. Strangers offering to recover the balance for a fee are covered at Fake recovery.
This article is for general information only. It is not legal or financial advice. Details change. If you have lost money, contact your bank or card issuer and use the routes on the help pages.