My mum lost her savings to a fake trading platform — posting on her behalf

My mum is 61 and not super tech-savvy. She got a message on Facebook from someone she thought was a distant relative who'd moved to Canada. After chatting for a few weeks this person told her about an "investment club" they were part of and linked her to tropicaltrade.io.

She put in about £900 over two months. The dashboard showed her balance growing every week which kept her confident. When she finally tried to withdraw before Christmas, they told her account was frozen due to "suspicious activity" and she'd need to pay £340 to unlock it.

She called me and that's when I looked into it. The site is maybe 8 months old, no regulatory information anywhere, support email bounces. The "relative" has since gone quiet.

I'm reporting here because there should be more records of this site online so other people searching for it find warnings. If you find this post — do not put a single penny in.