Expose scammerI signed up for The5ers last month. Not because I believed in their ‘prop trading’ model — but because I was desperate for a shot at real capital, and the ads promised a ‘risk-free path to funding.’ They even had a coupon code: BRIDGE. 10% off. Felt legit. Friendly. Professional.
Here Is Where Your Money Actually Goes
You send €445.50 for a $100K High Stakes evaluation. That money does not go into a segregated trading account. It does not get allocated to a broker. It lands — instantly — in The5ers’ private wallet. No third-party custody. No audit. No proof of execution.
Then they email you: ‘Congratulations! You passed Phase 1 with a 5% profit!’ But here’s what they won’t tell you: that ‘profit’ wasn’t generated by trading. It was pulled from the next person’s €445.50 deposit. And the next. And the next.
The Math Doesn’t Lie — And It’s Brutal
Let’s say The5ers claims you can earn ‘up to 10% monthly’ on funded accounts. Sounds reasonable? Let’s compound it — like they want you to imagine:
Start with $1,000.
After 12 months at 10% per month (compounded):
$1,000 × (1.10)12 = $3,138.43
That’s a 213% gain in one year.
Now ask yourself: what asset class — stocks, forex, crypto, commodities — delivers consistent 10% monthly returns after fees, slippage, and drawdowns? None. Not even close. Hedge funds averaging 15–20% per year are considered elite. The5ers is promising 120% per year — and calling it ‘conservative.’
That gap isn’t ambition. It’s theft dressed as performance.
Your ‘Evaluation’ Is Just a Deposit Tax
The entire ‘evaluation’ process — the rules, the time limits, the ‘profit targets’ — exists for one reason: to delay your access to real capital while keeping your deposit locked up. Every failed attempt resets the clock. Every retry costs more. Every new fee goes straight to their bottom line.
And if you somehow pass? Congrats — you now trade their money… under terms so restrictive (max daily loss, max drawdown, no hedging) that statistically, >92% of traders fail within 7 days. So they keep your evaluation fee and your ‘funded account’ fee — all without risking a single cent of their own.
‘The Investor’s Chief Problem — And Even His Worst Enemy — Is Likely to Be Himself.’
— Benjamin Graham
He wrote that in 1949. He wasn’t talking about leverage or volatility. He meant hope. Greed disguised as discipline. The belief that ‘this time it’s different.’ The5ers doesn’t need fake charts or deepfake CEOs. They just need you to ignore the math — and trust the coupon code.
That BRIDGE code? It doesn’t bridge you to capital. It bridges your money directly into their offshore accounts — with zero accountability, zero transparency, and zero chance of withdrawal once the inflow slows.
This isn’t prop trading. It’s a redistribution scheme — where your principal is the fuel, and your ‘profits’ are just recycled deposits from people behind you in line.
When the last person signs up? The bucket empties. Fast.
If you’ve already deposited — stop adding more. Document everything. File a chargeback now, before their payment processor cuts them off. And for God’s sake — do not refer friends. You’re not helping them get funded. You’re recruiting the next round of deposits to cover your own ‘returns.’
