Loom Money Nigeria Is A Scam – SEC Warn Nigerians
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning to Nigerians investing their money in an online investment scheme tagged “Loom Money Nigeria” describing it as a Ponzi Scheme. “They lure the investing public to participate by joining various Loom WhatsApp groups to invest as low as N1,000 and N13,000 and get as much as eight times the value of the investment in 48 hours”
Mary Uduk, Acting Director-General of the commission, gave the warning at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. According to her “We are aware of the activities of an online investment scheme tagged ‘Loom Money Nigeria. The platform has embarked on an aggressive online media campaign on Facebook and WhatsApp. She told journalists in Abuja that “Loom Money Nigeria” has since taken over social media by targeting young people to participate in an illegal Ponzi pyramid scheme”.
“They lure the investing public to participate by joining various Loom WhatsApp groups to invest as low as N1,000 and N13,000 and get as much as eight times the value of the investment in 48 hours. Unlike MMM that had a website and the promoter known, the people promoting Loom are not yet known and this pyramid scheme operates through closed groups mainly on Facebook and WhatsApp. If it were a local Ponzi scheme with known offices, it would be very easy for the Commission to seal their offices and freeze their accounts”.
“We therefore wish to notify the investing public that the operation of this investment scheme has no tangible business model hence it’s a Ponzi scheme, where returns are paid from other people’s invested sum. Also, its operation is not registered by the Commission”.
The official advised the general public to distance themselves from the scheme, warning that anyone who subscribes to this illegal scheme does so at his/her own risk.
