The web has been a breeding ground of pretense, it's such a visual medium that all that's needed is a decent Domain name, several nice logos from well known established firms on a cheap corporate template, add a few thousand words of text describing what some other company does and your website is ready for deception. One of the early warning signs to a charlatan is the lack of contact names, addresses and numbers, as most scammers don't want to give up there whereabouts.
Truly, I think it's much harder today to pull wool over anyone's eye's with all the scam alert websites, KYC (know your customer, works both ways) and since the search engines themselves will expose any dirt, if you dig through it deep enough.
When I see a company with a Domain called Squirrel Your Nuts Offshore I immediately know there's no pretense, also I assume that the founders were that confident with the proficiency of their business that the name was strictly a choice for ease of brand recognition and to stand out from the crowd - well in my opinion they definitely score on both those 2 counts.
The site itself is no nonsense, well laid-out and easy to navigate. The content is geared very much for offshore fund investors although they promote an on-line discount broker and make no bones about being offshore fund specialists. Prominently displayed on their home page is the logo for "The Society for Financial Advisors" and across the other side of the page are two physical address for B.V.I. and Spain, plus telephone numbers for the U.K., Hong Kong and the U.S.A. these markings lead me to believe that these people are who and what they say they are, however it's easy enough to make sure, especially since they've provided the necessary information.
I've written to enquiry@SquirrelYourNutsOffshore.com to learn more and promise to post an update.
