# False Scam Review of Trading 212 **URL:** \ **Category:** 🤝 Help\ **Created:** [November 26, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699 "2020-11-26T14:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pasquale\_riganello](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/pasquale_riganello/32/7246_2.png) [@pasquale\_riganello](https://community.trading212.com/u/pasquale_riganello)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/1 "2020-11-26T14:25:49Z")
@Team212 @Tony.V @Ivan I think you better look at this link (it is in Italian) as it is almost defining your platform a scam to stay away from, in order to promote another broker (probably for the commissions they get from them). I think it is kind of defamatory and I thought it was better you have this link and look into it, to see if you want to take any legal action [https://www.atobasilicata.it/trading212-opinioni-dettagliate/](https://www.atobasilicata.it/trading212-opinioni-dettagliate/) ---
**Author:** ![Tony.V](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/tony.v/32/21437_2.png) [@Tony.V](https://community.trading212.com/u/Tony.V)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/2 "2020-11-26T14:26:50Z")
Thank you for sharing it. We’ll check this further & act accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![pasquale\_riganello](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/pasquale_riganello/32/7246_2.png) [@pasquale\_riganello](https://community.trading212.com/u/pasquale_riganello)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/3 "2020-11-26T14:29:31Z")
No problem, thanks for your fast reply ---
**Author:** ![Tony.V](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/tony.v/32/21437_2.png) [@Tony.V](https://community.trading212.com/u/Tony.V)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/5 "2020-11-26T14:50:12Z")
@southbeach Here you have the answer: > [@Live Chat gone !?](https://community.trading212.com/t/live-chat-gone/28421/2): > > Yes, we temporally disabled it so we can catch up with the volume. You can expect the chat to be available soon again. ---
**Author:** ![CavanHaganInvesting](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/cavanhaganinvesting/32/18536_2.png) [@CavanHaganInvesting](https://community.trading212.com/u/CavanHaganInvesting)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/6 "2020-11-26T15:20:18Z")
Hmmm no referral program in Italy… I wonder why they’re recommending other brokers instead 🤔🤑😆 ---
**Author:** ![pasquale\_riganello](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/pasquale_riganello/32/7246_2.png) [@pasquale\_riganello](https://community.trading212.com/u/pasquale_riganello)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/7 "2020-11-26T15:28:04Z")
I don’t know why, but I am sure you are completely right on this 😆 Anyway they could have just wrote a review without saying that they had to remove Trading 212 from their broker list due to too many complains from their follower. I find it very unethical ---
**Author:** ![Rygel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/rygel/32/627_2.png) [@Rygel](https://community.trading212.com/u/Rygel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/8 "2020-11-26T15:38:14Z")
- Trading 212 can be defined as **a Forex broker** - Being regulated by the **Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission** - **a commission to be paid corresponding to 2% will be added** for each withdrawal made. I think the article was written a long time ago when T212 didn’t had the Invest and ISA accounts. [http://www.trading212.com/en/Feed/603060/Notification-of-Change-in-Avus-Capital-UK-Ltd-Client-Agreement-for-Trading-on-Trading-212?tz=TZ12](http://www.trading212.com/en/Feed/603060/Notification-of-Change-in-Avus-Capital-UK-Ltd-Client-Agreement-for-Trading-on-Trading-212?tz=TZ12) Avus Capital was the intermediary in 2015. Today we all know it’s IB. ---
**Author:** ![pasquale\_riganello](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/pasquale_riganello/32/7246_2.png) [@pasquale\_riganello](https://community.trading212.com/u/pasquale_riganello)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/9 "2020-11-26T15:39:17Z")
I was actually looking for the date at the bottom of the article, but I could not find any to be honest. But you may be right on that ---
**Author:** ![Dao](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/dao/32/20739_2.png) [@Dao](https://community.trading212.com/u/Dao)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/10 "2020-11-26T17:58:16Z")
the article was published on 18/06/2019 and updated last on 18/02/2020. still outdated info considering even in 2019 it wasn’t like they claim it was. ![Screenshot 2020-11-26 175624](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/a/aedf780d0febd476f08101b8cc917325b0027ac5.png) when a web article lacks its own timestamp websites will often contain one in the metadata. you can see this by inspecting the page source on any modern browser 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pasquale\_riganello](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/pasquale_riganello/32/7246_2.png) [@pasquale\_riganello](https://community.trading212.com/u/pasquale_riganello)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/11 "2020-11-26T18:14:49Z")
Thanks for the tip. I was not completely aware of the metadata to sort out the date. If it was updated in 2020 it does not reflect the truth anyway. ---
**Author:** ![CavanHaganInvesting](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/cavanhaganinvesting/32/18536_2.png) [@CavanHaganInvesting](https://community.trading212.com/u/CavanHaganInvesting)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/false-scam-review-of-trading-212/28699/12 "2020-11-26T18:25:38Z")
Thanks for the top tip. This will help me when using websites in my dissertation. If there’s not date I just use 2020