Fraudulent
Activity Warning
We take the threat of fraud seriously and have policies and
procedures in place to protect our clients and investors.
We ask you - as clients, investors and business partners - to remain
vigilant to the risk of fraud and fraudulent communications to help
us in the global fight against fraud.
We urge you in particular to stay alert to the dangers of investment
fraud, even if documents or websites refer to genuine products and
appear legitimate. Any potential investors should exercise extreme
caution. Sorabia will take no responsibility for any potential
losses you may incur.
We can confirm that these are the only domains for Sorabia email
addresses as of February 15th, 2023 & until further notice on
this page:
@manifesto.vip
We are also aware that fraudsters may be spoofing our website or
domain to try and defraud the public. We confirm this domain:
manifesto.vip is a Sorabia Group one and that emails received from
any addresses using a different domain are not from Sorabia Group.
We are consultants, and in no case do we ever promise to deliver
results to our clients. We solely provide trade & project
finance consulting services — Our scope of work mainly involves
assisting clients with structuring offering documents and complying
with regulations. Once the offerings have been structured, we may
introduce clients to institutional investors and regulated financial
service providers, such as investment banks.
Our remuneration is on a retainer basis upon contract signature and
in the form of equity or performance bonus if agreed upon with the
client(s).
Retainer invoices or quotations issued by Sorabia always include a
defined scope of work and a refund policy if necessary.
If you are in any doubt regarding the legitimacy of any
communication purporting to be from Sorabia Group, please refer to
the information provided on this web-page in the first instance or
contact the following email address: info@manifesto.vip.
Where appropriate, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and/or
Action Fraud have been made aware of these issues.
Further information can also be found at
https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/protect-yourself-scams.
If you have lost money as a result of a scam, you should contact
Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or visit www.actionfraud.police.uk
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Stay safe online with and learn to spot suspicious behavior
that may be an attempt at phishing or vishing.
What is phishing and vishing?
Phishing is an attempt, usually by email or website, to trick you
into revealing personal or financial information by appearing to be
from a legitimate source, such as Sorabia. This information could
include your date of birth, login information, account details,
credit card details, PIN codes, passport copy and more. Vishing is
an attempt to obtain this information by phone.
How can I recognize phishing and vishing?
You should always be wary of any telephone call or message that asks
for your personal or financial information or messages that refer
you to a web page asking for this information. Always ask yourself
whether contact from an apparently trustworthy organization might be
a scam. Generally, fraudsters will use free web addressed, spoofed
emails (unverified ones) or lookalike domain names.
How can I stay secure online?
Be wary. Sorabia will never send unsolicited e-mail messages asking
our customers to update or verify their personal and security
details. Sorabia will not telephone you to ask you to update or
verify your information, in particular asking you to divulge your
password. Your login credentials are personal to you and should not
be divulged to any other person. Be suspicious of generic greetings
such as “Dear valued customer”; Sorabia will always contact you by
name.
Be alert to any warnings posted on Sorabia’s website. Think before
you click, and pay close attention to login screens. Cyber criminals
can use links in emails posts, online advertisements and tweets to
direct you to a fake site, where they can steal your login
credentials. Only sign in to your account when you are certain you
visited the real site directly. To help you be sure that you are
connected to the Sorabia secure environment; check the following:
- is the address for the Sorabia website spelled correctly?
Criminals often build websites under a slightly different name, like
manifestovip.com - instead of manifesto.vip
- (for the secure portion of the Sorabia website) does the address
start with https:// ? The 's' stands for 'secure'; ensuring
impersonation and scrambling is prevented, and data is encrypted. If
you only see 'http' (without the 's') then the internet connection
is not secure
- (for the secure portion of the Sorabia website) check that the
security lock icon is visible on your screen. You should see this
lock icon on every page from the moment you log in to when you log
out
Ensure your device’s software is up-to-date, has security
software installed and operating. In particular:
- make sure your device is well protected. Use up-to-date antivirus
and anti-malware software together with a firewall. Make sure
they’re automatically activated any time you switch on your device
- check for updates for your operating system and software (apps,
virus scanner, internet browser and browser plug-ins) on a regular
basis and install them when they become available
- do not install any software (apps, virus scanner, internet browser
or browser plug-ins) that comes from an unknown source
- make sure your wireless connection is secure, check your plug-ins
are up-to-date and only sourced from sites you. (Examples are Adobe
Reader, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, Java)
What should I do when I suspect a phishing or vishing scam?
Most importantly, never reply to suspicious contact with your
personal or financial information.
Don’t fill out forms or sign-in screens that link from these
messages.
Do contact Atradius using your usual contact person to report the
phishing attempt. Be careful not to use any suggestions included in
the suspicious email to contact Sorabia; so don’t respond to it, and
don’t click any links in the email.
Also be careful when contacting us by phone after a suspected
vishing attempt – wait several minutes before dialing Sorabia as the
fraudster might have kept the line open.
Trolling, Disinformation & Intimidation
Another frequent type of phishing to be wary of involves internet
trolls spreading disinformation about how certain transactions
effectively work hoping to lure inexperienced brokers is to sourcing
information for their benefit. In most cases it's impossible to
trace the source of disinformation. Avoid any company seeking to
purchase bank guarantees without upfront fees or selling guarantees,
gold petroleum products and other commodities in accordance to non
ICC-compliant terms. It's often a waste of time, that results in
identity theft or financial losses. Several brokers who fall victim
to the disinformation web spend years phishing for transactions that
simply do not exist and often in their lack of knowledge, email
legitimate companies with the intent of blackmailing and
intimidating them into fictitious procedures. To typical
examples of emails from ill-informed internet trolls would be:
Common Examples: The Bank Instrument & Commodity Trolls:
''Hi, I need a bank guarantee of 50 billion USD from HSBC Hong Kong,
with no upfront fee. My client is ready to send MT-799 upon receipt
of pre-advice. First tranche 500 million USD.''
''Need 1,000,000 Barrels of Petroleum Products, DIP & PAY, FOB
Rotterdam - no upfront fee.''
This case often involves a misinformed broker with no financial
qualifications, knowingly or unknowingly misleading their contacts
and spamming legitimate companies for transactions that are simply
impossible to materialize.