Fraudulent website selling scam EAs, of extremely poor quality, a complete waste of time and money - page 2

 

Arent there those who also resell licenses ?

Any of the big sellers notice a drop off in sales when the activations # got a max limit ?

 
Lorentzos Roussos #:

Arent there those who also resell licenses ?

Any of the big sellers notice a drop off in sales when the activations # got a max limit ?

You're right—if a buyer shares their MQL5 account credentials, technically all other users using that account can access the product and its updates, which breaks the idea of single-user licensing. I believe there are 2 simple techniques MQL5 can implement or advocate to minimize this abuse:

1. IP-Based Geo location Behavior Monitoring

MQL5 can track:
Suspicious logins from multiple IPs/regions
Too many devices being activated in a short time

If someone logs in from 5 different cities or countries, flag for potential license abuse.

2. OTP / 2FA Enforcement

If MQL5 enforces two-factor authentication and alerts by default on:
Login from new IP/device
Excessive login attempts
it becomes harder to casually share login info.
 
Rajesh Kumar Nait #:
well my product dont run on Tester xD, it confirms the scam by those fake websites, Not the hacking.

Smart. I suggested the option of disabling backtesting in EA's in another thread, even though this can also dissuade some buyers.

 
Miguel Angel Vico Alba #:

We understand your concern and appreciate your commitment to protecting the work of developers in the MQL5 community. Based on the images you've shared, we see the intention is to report suspicious activity and not to promote any third-party websites.

However, we kindly remind all users that the forum is not the appropriate place for handling such reports. To ensure your case is properly investigated and escalated if necessary, please contact the MetaQuotes Support Team directly via this link:

https://www.mql5.com/en/contact

You may attach the same screenshots and include any relevant details in your message. The legal and support teams are best positioned to take appropriate action.

I’d like to remind you that “notice to principal is notice to agent; notice to agent is notice to principal.” As a MetaQuotes employee or a contractor, your knowledge of this infringement report effectively serves as notice to the company.

Given your position, you have the ability to escalate these concerns internally without asking users to resubmit through support.

 
Piotr Drozdek #:

I’d like to remind you that “notice to principal is notice to agent; notice to agent is notice to principal.” As a MetaQuotes employee or a contractor, your knowledge of this infringement report effectively serves as notice to the company.

Given your position, you have the ability to escalate these concerns internally without asking users to resubmit through support.

I believe there’s a misunderstanding about how things actually work internally. As a forum moderator, I follow strict guidelines and do not have access to the legal or compliance teams, nor the authority to escalate cases through internal channels. That’s simply how the system is designed.

I understand your reference to “notice to agent,” but please keep in mind that MetaQuotes handles all infringement reports exclusively through the official Support Team. The forum is not a legal communication channel, and posting here doesn’t initiate any formal process.

This is why I always direct users to the support form. It ensures the information reaches the right team in the proper way.

 
I'm sure that Legal will handle this promptly. Google has an online piracy reporting website, and getting delisted from Google is basically being out of business. Of course, you don't really need a law degree to say that somebody is stealing your stuff.
 
DetectiveX #:
Just to inform fellow developers and community members: this fake website has still not been taken down and continues to operate freely without any restrictions.
These so-called “pirated” or “hacked” EAs are actually scams. They are not real copies or cracked versions of the original MQL5.com Market products. Instead, they are entirely different EAs, of extremely poor quality, a complete waste of time and money.
 
Eleni Anna Branou #:
These so-called “pirated” or “hacked” EAs are actually scams. They are not real copies or cracked versions of the original MQL5.com Market products. Instead, they are entirely different EAs, of extremely poor quality, a complete waste of time and money.

Yes, I’m aware that these EAs are not genuine, but many people might not know that. In my opinion, it should not be allowed for a fake and fraudulent website to use the names, logos, descriptions, and screenshots of MQL5 developers.

These actions must be stopped, and I believe it should be quite easy for the professional MQL5 team to take down such scams.

 
DetectiveX #:

Yes, I’m aware that these EAs are not genuine, but many people might not know that. In my opinion, it should not be allowed for a fake and fraudulent website to use the names, logos, descriptions, and screenshots of MQL5 developers.

These actions must be stopped, and I believe it should be quite easy for the professional MQL5 team to take down such scams.

I totally agree with you. But this situation is existing for more than one year ...
And it is very strange about the following: why did you decide to tell about it now only? 
Why you did not post about it one year ago or more?

We (the forum users) were/are reporting about it to the service desk on regular basis (about such websites and telegram groups) during the past year for example ... and what about you? You did not care about it in past and did not help ... but you started to investigate it now only? Why?
Did you keep silence? Why? You did not want to report to the service desk together with us one year ago, but decided to open the thread for now?

It is really strange ...

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What we (forum users) know about it by now:

  • most of (many) those websites and telegram channels are selling "empty files" (seems; they are fake websites),
  • some MQL5 sellers collaborated with those websites - the service desk is deleting their forum profiles here on regular basis together with the forum users who buy many Market products in a day or in a week (100 products in a week every week for example - just to resell them together with username + VPS ... and more ...),
  • MQL5 service desk is permanently increasing the security for the terminals, for example: fake/scam Market tools do not work with MT4 started with build 1440, so ... because it is difficult to stop any scam on internet but it is possible to increase the security for Metatrader for those scam tools to be stopped working there - and it was already implemented
  • and because the owners of those websites are the MQL5 forum users/members (they all are here on the forum reading the threads and posts).

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So, it is not new story ...It is just the OP/you who wanted to arise this issue for now only (not year ago, not two years ago when MQ was banning the participants together with external VPS providers) ... 

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So, if you found something very new one or you want to inform about something you have found - so write to the service desk (with your technical proofs).
As it should not be public discussion about it (because the owners of those scam websites are here on the forum reading this thread)

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So, it is for the service desk only sorry.

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