Founders & Fraud Experts in UK & Europe - Investor Impersonation Scams

I almost wired money to a fake investor. A Swiss fund that did not exist. A partner whose identity had been stolen from a real family. A meeting in Italy. Documents that looked perfect. I walked away in time. Many founders do not. Since then I have learned this is not a rare accident. It is a repeatable playbook, and it is running right now across Europe: fake family offices, cloned VC websites, fabricated soft commitments, "processing fees", and crypto "commissions" demanded before a wire that never arrives. Founders have lost 200,000 pounds. Some have lost 4 million dollars. Almost nobody talks about it, because being defrauded feels like a confession of stupidity. It is not. These people are professionals, and they target you precisely when you need the money most. So I am making an episode of the Imperfect CEO Talks podcast about it, and I am looking for people to speak with. I would like to hear from you if (Based anywhere in Europe or the UK) → you were approached, defrauded, or nearly defrauded by someone posing as an investor, a fund, or a family office → you paid an upfront fee for "access to investors" and got nothing → you work in fraud investigation, financial crime law, compliance, or recovery and can explain how the mechanism actually works → you are an investor willing to describe what a legitimate process looks like, so founders have something to compare against How this works: You can appear on record, under a first name only, or fully anonymous with your voice altered. You can also be my guest with full disclosure. You approve everything before it goes out. We name no living person as a criminal, and we do not need the identity of whoever targeted you in order to have this conversation. Nothing gets published that you have not seen. DM me here or write to [email redacted]. And if you are reading this thinking "this happened to me and I have never told anyone", that is exactly the reason I am making this episode. #founders #fundraising #startups #fraud #venturecapital #ImperfectCEO