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Dodgy trading platforms targeting other mums with influencers

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LucyBeeeee · 19/08/2026 15:21

I wanted to share a really concerning story about lifestyle influencers cashing in on their followers by urging them to place risky trades.

Mums in particular are being targeted with the promise of passive income by fellow mums who make it look easy. But this investigation found influencers are urging people to place risky trades on offshore, unregulated platforms and people are being lied to and losing money.

The platforms this investigation looks at are Vantage Markets and Core Signals (also being promoted by the likes of Tommy Robinson and manosphere people).
It's really sad to see influencers use their platforms for this and put other mums at risk, for quick profit for them. I wanted to warn other mums who might be at risk.

Mumpreneurs and manosphere influencers plug dodgy online trading

Vantage Markets’s offshore arm targets customers in the UK. But its advocates aren’t financial experts – they’re make-up experts, manosphere bros and…

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-08-18/from-tommy-robinson-to-wellness-gurus-the-influencers-promoting-risky-offshore-trading

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Coldcabbage · 19/08/2026 15:21

Before I click on that link… where is it from? What source?

LucyBeeeee · 20/08/2026 08:54

It’s a link to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism website

if you want to find it and go directly you can search the headline: From Tommy Robinson to wellness gurus: the influencers promoting risky offshore trading

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bestbefore · 20/08/2026 09:02

Gawd and I thought it was bad I was being spammed to death by influencers promoting elavate collagen!!

kellygoeswest · 20/08/2026 12:19

I see a lot of this on tiktok and these "influencers" are incredibly deceptive. It's quite clear they're doing a "fake it til you make it" thing, but they're falsifying what they earn to try to reel vulnerable people in.

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