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Complaint Review: Sinclair James International - Makati Nationwide

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Constipation - Makati, Alabama, Philippines
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Sinclair James International
Salcedo Village Makati, 1200 Nationwide, USA
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www.sinclairjames.com
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Michael Whiting – Director of Sinclair James

Michael Whiting & co steal peoples money. Not just mine, but other unsuspecting foreigners arriving in Manila too. This is a tale of the ultimate British low-life using corruption in Manila to his perverted advantage.

As an American newly arrived in the Philippines, I joined a website called “Internations” so I could meet friendly expats also living and working in Manila.  The “Manila Ambassador” of Internations, Steve Hill, soon contacted me and welcomed me to the Philippines.  He seemed friendly and of course I had no idea I was being duped into The Long Con.

Steve Hill introduced me to Michael Whiting who is the owner of Sinclair James International Corporation based in Salcedo Village which seemingly provides financial advice to expats just like me.  I thought I had truly landed on my feet being introduced to Michael Whiting and felt that I could trust this British guy.  Surely a trustable British expat would look after this lost American!

Michael Whiting gained my trust and guaranteed my life-long savings would increase dramatically under his advice.  Michel Whiting personally met the owners of each investment and personally vetted each scheme.  Nothing could go wrong.  I was advised to invest in several offshore schemes each one apparently guaranteed by various insurance companies and governments.

None of this turned out to be true.

Michael Whiting provided poor advice and every single investment bar none failed taking all my money with it.  Numerous other investors also lost vast sums of money in the same manner, the same scheme, the same long con.  Steve Hill meets-and-greets, Michael Whiting lures them into poor investments taking his cut along the way.

The amazing thing is, Michael Whiting is still running Sinclair James International Corporation to this day hiding behind the corruption of the Philippines to keep in control, connecting with the right people to stop him being investigated or sued.  As the ex-vice-chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Manila, he has put himself into a position of trust.  A position he abuses.

Make no mistake about it, Michael Whiting stole everything from me, he and his sidekicks; Darren Brindle & Graham Wilkies continue their feeding friendzy off fresh expats arriving to Manila to this very day.

 



3 Updates & Rebuttals

Illegally Trading Sinclair James

#2Author of original report

Fri, December 18, 2015

Sinclair James are illegally trading in Philippines. They are not registered with Philippine SEC and do not have authority to sell or give investment advice of any sort. The office they use in Salcedo village to sell Ponzi investments scams like Argentum Litigation Fund, Peter Drake land bank, Michael Whitiings own Ascenta Fund which I believe he did not fully disclose to investors it was a SJ own fund. 

Sinclair James have written an employee update on the 'rebuttle' and can't even be trusted to get their facts correct. They are so stupid they claim to be doing business with a UK regulated company. Which is corrected and denied by the UK Company itself (Pubically). 

If the Philippine SEC knew that Michael Whiting and his sidekicks are selling investments out of Makati they will be arrested and their office shut down (mark my words).

Michael Whiting has registered his Makati office as an admin office ONLY. He lies and web of deciet continues because he doesn't know what the reality is himself.

Whiting is curently in UK looking to sell SJ as a going concern. 

Check with Philippine SEC and BIR to varify above. Michael Whiting is deluded and will soon be held to account by local authorities. 

 

 

 


TAM

Other,
Ebene
Wrong company referenced

#3UPDATE Employee

Wed, December 16, 2015

The rebuttal posted by an employee of Sinclair James is factually incorrect and includes references to a UK entity which has no dealing with Sinclair James. The rebuttal references that TAM Asset Management are UK FCA regulated which is correct but TAM Asset Management Ltd does not and has never had any connection with Sinclair James and to allude to such a relatioship is misleading on the part of the Sinclair James employee who posted this. 

The rebuttal then goes on to provide the contact for both Sinclair James and TAM Asset Management in the UK. The details which should have been included are those of TAM International Ltd Cyber Tower, Ebene, 72201, Mauritius. Tel: (+230) 454 6400. Email [email protected]

Any queries in respect of this should be directed to Sinclair James in the first instance and TAM International Ltd where required. 


Sinclair James International

Makati,
Alabama,
Philippines
Sinclair James International

#4UPDATE Employee

Tue, October 13, 2015

This anonymous derogatory and defamatory blog and other blogs have been posted by a former disgruntled associate of the company and a former disgruntled employee, and are full of misinformation and inaccurate information, with a spin applied in an attempt to discredit the company and the people associated with the company. The fact that these bloggers are hiding behind anonymity immediately questions the validity of the blogs. As is often the case, third parties have piggy-backed the campaign and have circulated the blogs without checking the accuracy or provenance of the information.

 

All of this is part of an attempted sabotage campaign from an associate who used to receive business from us but no longer does, and the former employee, due to the success we’ve had in the last two years and continue to have with our Discretionary Investment Management model, working with our investment management partners, the adoption of this model putting us way ahead of the curve in servicing and protecting our clients’ assets and differentiates us from many of our competitors in Asia.

 

TAM Asset Management are UK FCA [Financial Conduct Authority] regulated and TAM International are regulated in Mauritius, providing Discretionary Asset Management Services, and both operate the same investment model, having a long record of success in the active management of investment portfolios through investing in institutional clean class shares in daily traded world class funds from world class fund houses which delivers security, liquidity, performance, transparency and flexibility.

 

Discretionary Management of investment portfolios began to be adopted by Independent Financial Advisory businesses in the UK, Europe, US and Australia some fifteen years ago and because of it’s success it became the industry standard in those jurisdictions and will become the industry standard in Asia in the next 3 to 5 years. It’s worth noting that for anyone seeking advice from a UK, US, European or Australian Bank, it’s the very proven Discretionary Asset Management Services model that would be recommended as it delivers the benefits that are essential to every retail investor globally, particularly so in today’s complex and dynamic investment world.

 

As we all know, the Internet is a tool where anyone can say anything about any company or anyone and have no accountability. However, we have the integrity to be accountable to our clients and if anybody has any issues or complaints, please contact us and we will be happy to pick-up dialogue.

 

Equally, anyone seeking accurate information, please contact us on 00632 8896145 or at our email address [email protected] or visit our website www.sinclairjames.com , or alternatively contact TAM Asset Management Ltd, City Tower, 40 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DE. Tel +44 (0) 2075497650Ripoffreport Report Image. Website www.tamassetmanagement.com

 

 

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