They promise a fixed gain
“Earn 8% a month”, “your capital is protected”, “you can’t lose”. Digital asset markets do not pay fixed numbers: they rise, they fall and sometimes they fall hard. When a scheme pays the same every month no matter what the market does, it is most likely paying earlier investors with new investors’ money.
That is how a Ponzi scheme works: it lasts while money keeps coming in and collapses when it stops. The first punctual payouts are part of the trick, because they turn victims into promoters.
They pay you to bring in others
Levels, ranks and bonuses for every person you invite. If the main gain comes from recruiting rather than from a verifiable activity, the structure is a pyramid, even when it is pitched as a community, a club or a financial freedom plan.
Ask exactly where the return comes from. If the answer is a secret algorithm or AI trading with not a single document behind it, there is no real answer.
They rush you to decide
Spots running out, prices rising at midnight, an adviser who calls every day. Urgency exists so you don’t compare, don’t ask anyone and don’t read.
A legitimate investment survives a week of thought and a review with your lawyer. If the offer disappears when you ask for time, it was never an offer.
They ask for your seed phrase, your keys or access to your computer
No legitimate party needs your seed phrase or private keys: not an exchange, not tech support, not a fund manager. With them anyone can empty your wallet, and on a blockchain there is no bank to reverse the transfer.
The same goes for remote access software, verification codes and links that ask you to validate or sync your wallet. Fake tech support on social media is one of the most common traps.
You cannot verify who is behind it
An anonymous team, a company with no legal name or registered in a country with no physical address, contact only through Telegram. If something fails, there will be no one to claim from.
Find the full legal name and check it in the official company registry. In Ecuador you can look it up on the Superintendency of Companies, Securities and Insurance portal. Also check that the site’s domain is spelled correctly: clones change a single letter.
They ask you to deposit to a personal wallet or buy their own token
Sending funds to an individual’s wallet, buying a token created by the platform itself or paying with gift cards are all ways of moving your money beyond any control.
Another variant: you see gains on a dashboard, but to withdraw them you must first pay a tax, a release fee or an extra deposit. That dashboard does not show real money.
They use famous faces, fake news or a personal relationship
Doctored celebrity videos, fake interviews on sites that mimic well-known outlets, or a friendship that starts on social media and ends with “let me teach you to invest”. In its 2025 report, published in April 2026, the FBI recorded USD 8.648 billion in investment fraud losses, of which about USD 7.2 billion involved cryptocurrency.
No celebrity is going to invite you personally to invest. If the opportunity arrived that way, that is the signal.
If you already sent money
Act quickly and in order. The goal is to stop further losses and preserve useful evidence.
- Stop sending money, even if they promise to release earlier funds after one last payment.
- Keep everything: screenshots, wallet addresses, transaction IDs, emails and usernames.
- Tell the exchange you sent funds from; sometimes it can flag or freeze funds in transit.
- Report it to the Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía) in Ecuador or to your country’s authority. In the United States, the FBI takes complaints at ic3.gov.
- Be wary of anyone offering to recover your money for an upfront payment: it is usually a second scam aimed at the same victims.
What Daleki Capital will never ask of you
Our official channels are this site, dalekicapital.com, the email dalekicapital@gmail.com, WhatsApp +593 99 785 4652 and the profiles linked in the footer of every page. If someone contacts you on behalf of Daleki Capital from another number or account, check with us before replying.
- Your seed phrase, your private keys or your passwords.
- Installing remote access software or sharing verification codes.
- Transferring money before signing the private contract.
- Buying a token or coin issued by us.
- Deciding in a hurry. Requesting information does not commit you to invest.
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Educational content. Not an investment recommendation or a public offering of securities. Investing in digital assets carries the risk of total loss. Risk disclosures