Mercado Portals Fraud
Mercado Portals Platform - Financial Scam Alert
This Forex / Cryptocurrency Trading Platform, called Mercado Portals (mercado-portals.com) and its associates shows strong signs of financial fraud (in my opinion it is 100% fraud) with the goal of scamming and stealing from clients.
It is associated with other domains:
▪ OráculoFx (oraculofx.com), site already deactivated with multiple complaints.
▪ Astrotechtr (wt.astrotechtr.com) still active with many complaints, Mercado Portals has recently redirected to another address: wt.orin-tech.com, trading platform associated with Mercado Portals, accessed via it or directly.
▪ Aztrading Group (aztrading-group.com), multiple complaints, site already deactivated.
▪ Monotrade Group (….@monotrade-group.com) emails with Mercado Portals.
Mercado Portals uses calls from mostly Spanish numbers but also English ones.
The process started with a transfer of €172 to OráculoFx and was immediately redirected to Mercado Portals.
The process is triggered by opening an account on Crypto.com and automatic assignment of an IBAN from a bank registered in Malta (they do not allow direct transfers claiming tax payment issues).
The money was transferred to Crypto.com and converted into Bitcoin, then Mercado Portals via AnyDesk (remote access tool) and using Exodus (digital cryptocurrency wallet), transferred from Crypto.com to an external wallet over which I had no control.
At a certain point, they became more aggressive in pushing for more money, promising higher profits.
When I refused to deposit more money, they showed €30,000 in profits in one week and then asked if I wanted to withdraw the funds.
I said I only wanted to withdraw the invested capital, Mercado Portals placed the full amount and said they did not charge fees.
From this point on began the saga of blocks and demands for 32% security deposits, claiming the funds were blocked due to Blockchain AML Policy Check, for reasons of “Suspicious activity / Money laundering / Terrorism financing.” Blocked on several exchanges such as Crypto.com, Atomic, BingX… All lies, sometimes they said they had already spoken to the exchange, other times they added a fake representative. In my case, the time period ran from May 28, 2025 to September 19, 2025. I lost a lot of money.
In short, this platform is solely dedicated to scamming and stealing from its clients, using highly elaborate schemes and psychological manipulation by its operators.
I filed a formal complaint with the Portuguese Judicial Police (cybercrime division) aiming to recover the capital (which I seriously doubt), but above all to prevent more people from being harmed and to ensure the perpetrators are criminally punished.
I urge everyone who has been scammed to file a complaint against this platform. If for any reason you do not wish to be identified, do it anonymously, but do it. Only this way can they be criminally punished, preventing new people from falling into these schemes and current clients from depositing more money, as they will lose everything.
On the other hand, imagine they are caught in the future – if you’re “in the middle” and you file a complaint, you’re protected… Those who do not report may be legally harmed if authorities interpret their silence as complicity.