Social media sites were abuzz with news that dozens of Sudanese were exposed to fraud by 2139 Exchange which is affiliated to Mega Investment Group for digital currency trading where the amounts withdrawn from subscribers were estimated at 70 million dollars.
Port Sudan: Altaghyeer, Agencies
The online currency trading platform “2139 Exchange” attracted thousands of Sudanese investors through an intensive publicity campaign promising investors with easy huge returns that reach 2% a day and 60% a month.
Investors in the platform should pay 200-300 dollars as minimum and will gain profits for any groups or individuals he brings to the platform.
Many of the investors have actually been paid $4,000-5,000 as returns a matter that lured many others to invest in the company including many Sudanese who paid minimum $1,000 for one person while others invested $70,000 or more.
But on 25 September the investors were surprised by closure of the 2139 Exchange’s withdrawal system and loss of savings estimated at 50 – 70 million dollars.
The platform was reportedly said it has been forced to close until settlement of nearly 9 financial irregularities.
Sudanese IT expert Sadam Othman said there are many such fake digital platforms in the world and we have cautioned against investing in this suspicious platform but the people ignored the risks hoping for quick huge profits.
