DANNY DE HEK
Scammers rely on silence. We make noise.
Welcome to the Avengers Anti-Fraud Alliance, led by Danny de Hek, a New Zealand investigative journalist whose work exposing scams, Ponzi schemes, MLMs and financial fraud has been featured by The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, ABC Australia, RNZ and others.
This podcast takes you inside real investigations.
We follow the money, identify the people behind fraudulent operations, examine corporate records, court documents, blockchain transactions, marketing material, leaked communications and digital evidence — then put what we find into the public record.
Some investigations begin with a victim contacting me. Others start with an anonymous tip, a suspicious Zoom meeting, a cryptocurrency wallet, a court filing, or an Avenger somewhere in the world saying: “Danny, you need to look at this.”
The Avengers Anti-Fraud Alliance brings together researchers, whistleblowers, victims and ordinary people who are tired of watching scammers operate without scrutiny.
Patreon helps fund that work and gives supporters a closer look behind the investigations — including updates, evidence, developing stories and material that doesn't always fit into a YouTube video.
I don't accept payment to remove investigations. I don't sell reputation management. And when someone I investigate disagrees with my reporting, I give them the opportunity to respond.
The objective is simple:
Investigate. Analyse. Expose. Protect.
If you're a victim, whistleblower or you've discovered something that deserves investigating, get in touch.
Scams thrive in darkness. The Avengers turn on the lights.
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Think Tank Topic: Business Ethics - Experiences, Problems and Solutions
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ELITE : SIX Think Tank meetings are discussed over Zoom with our members every Friday at 9:30am.
Facilitated by DANNY : DE HEK meetings are recorded for our Podcast, we’ve been doing this since COVID-19 if you’re interested in joining in with us check out our website at dehek.com
EXPERIENCES
- Refunding clients that overpay
- Act honourably
- Successful businesses who are acting ethically will always enhance their reputation
- Reputation can be damaged
- Your ethics should relate to the culture of your business
- When clients advise that they no longer wish to be a client , any subsequent subscription payments should be refunded. If alternatively the member continues to pay and does not advise that they no longer want to be a member any refund should only cover from date of that advice.
- Ethics in business is related to your own ethics. Conduct yourself as you feel is correct.
- The values we apply to functioning within our business.
PROBLEMS
- Admin takes time
- May not get repeat clients if you aren’t ethical
- Are ethics related to the emotional center and conduct of your business or related to the systems your customers experience?
- Terms and conditions need to be clear
- Some companies don’t have T&C’s, can backfire
- Ethics are in the eye of the beholder – what’s ethical to somebody may well be not be to another.
SOLUTIONS
- Have an admin fee if people overpay
- Make phone call to clients not emails as emails get overlooked
- Have a contract for a certain timeframe
- Have clear Terms and Conditions, including around termination and refunds.
- Pause before you react to situations to ensure your reaction matches your ethics.
TAKES AWAY
- Ethical decisions can be difficult to resolve – a good guide is to treat others as we’d like to be treated.
- Give the money back
- Hearing people views
- After all, time will help heal your heart
NEXT WEEKS TOPIC - MANAGING CLIENTS
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