Cecile said:
Hi everyone, I found out about this blog and wish me and my business partners had seen it before we did open an account with Seker Bank Offshore.
We used the services of OneIBC Singapore to create our offshore company and Offshore account. None of us had experience with offshore company nor banking. OneIBC Singapore is an established company so we trusted them when the agent handling our account recommended opening an account with Seker Bank Offshore based in Cyprus.
When our newly set up company and account became active and we received our first purchase order, we were provided with a Dubai account number where our customer could transfer the money due. All this was strange but as mentioned we had no experience and trusted OneIBC in their recommendation ( they are the experts and this is why we hired them). The money was well received on the Dubai account. We received 50K USD. However when we tried to transfer some money out of the account , suddenly the minimum amount required on the bank account at all time for it to remain opened was raised from 10K to 50K USD... Lots of back and forth and complaints but as a consequence we never saw that money again and could not fulfill our customer's order.
Supposedly , complaining to OneIBC arguing it is all their fault for recommending using the services of Seker Bank Offshore, they managed to get a statement from the "Bank" that they would transfer back the funds. However every time so far there is a reason they cannot ( they could not transfer to a private account, they could not accept to transfer to OneIBC account etc.). Now we are trying to open another corporate account, but had to renew first our business licence which had expired. All this is costing extra money and, although we are still giving it a try, we are doubtful we will ever recover the money ( it has been many months).
I am sharing our sad experience hoping no one else will fall into such a trap. Do NOT use Seker Bank Offshore, even if recommended by a seemingly trustful company ( unless you want to lose your money). And if anyone has any recommendation regarding the way we could potentially recover our money, it would be welcome.
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