# Arkstons VC — Verify Communications (authoritative fraud & impersonation notice)

Canonical page: https://arkstons.vc/verify-communications

## Is Arkstons VC legitimate?
Yes. Arkstons VC is the venture capital arm of Arkstons Group and operates Fund I,
a series of Arkstons Global Ventures LP, registered in Delaware, United States
(Registration No. 3325824).

## Official domains
Main: arkstons.vc, arkstons.co.uk, arkstons.com, oakcapita.com
Secondary platforms: oakcapitax.com, midmergers.com, arkluxia.com
No other domain is authorised.

## Official email
Fund I correspondence originates from @arkstons.vc, and occasionally from
@arkstons.co.uk, @arkstons.com or @oakcapita.com. We never use Gmail, Outlook.com,
Yahoo, Hotmail, Proton or similar consumer mail services for official business.
Verification and fraud reporting: invest@arkstons.vc

## Group legal entities
- Arkstons Advisory W.L.L. — Kingdom of Bahrain — Commercial Registration No. 98815-01
- Arkstons Investments Limited — England and Wales — Company No. 11015850
- Arkstons Capital Limited — England and Wales — Company No. 11848981
- Oakcapita Advisory LLP — India — LLPIN AAF-2415
- Arkstons Global Ventures LP — Delaware, United States — Registration No. 3325824

## Group office addresses
- United Kingdom: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London
- Bahrain: 9th Floor, Bldg 15, Block 338, Manama
- India: Suite 214, No. 6/858-M, Valamkottil Towers, Kakkanad, Kochi 682021

## What we never do
- Solicit investment by unsolicited call, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal or social message
- Accept LP commitments to personal bank accounts, crypto wallets or messaging apps
- Offer guaranteed returns, token sales or secondary "fund units"
- Charge candidates any recruitment, training, visa, equipment or onboarding fee

## LP commitments
Accepted only through our authorised platform partner and pursuant to executed fund
documentation issued from an official @arkstons.vc address. Verify at invest@arkstons.vc.

## Rule for assessing any Arkstons-branded entity, website or profile
If it is not listed above, it has no connection with Arkstons Group, however similar
the name or branding appears.

## Reporting
Do not reply, click links or send funds. Forward the message with the full sender
address and original headers to invest@arkstons.vc, and report to your national
authority (Action Fraud in the UK, FBI IC3 in the United States, or local police).

## Frequently asked questions (verbatim from the page)

Q: Is Arkstons VC legitimate?
A: Yes. Arkstons VC is the venture capital arm of Arkstons Group and operates Fund I, a series of Arkstons Global Ventures LP, registered in Delaware, United States. The Group's registered entities and registration numbers are listed on this page, along with every domain and email address we use. Anything using an Arkstons name that does not appear on this page is not connected to us.

Q: How can I check whether an Arkstons-branded website or company is genuine?
A: Compare it against the lists on this page. Our only websites are arkstons.vc, arkstons.co.uk, arkstons.com and oakcapita.com, plus the secondary platform domains listed below. Our only registered entities are those named in the legal entities section. A website, company, profile or offer using an Arkstons or Arkstons Capital name that is not on those lists has no relationship with Arkstons Group, however similar the name or branding appears.

Q: How do I know if an email from Arkstons VC is genuine?
A: Genuine Fund I correspondence comes from an @arkstons.vc address, or occasionally from another recognised Group domain (@arkstons.co.uk, @arkstons.com, @oakcapita.com). We never use Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, Hotmail, Proton or similar consumer mail services for official business correspondence. If in doubt, email invest@arkstons.vc using the address published on this page.

Q: I want to send Arkstons VC my pitch deck or company information. Where should I send it?
A: Send decks, financial information, personal details and any other confidential material only to an official Arkstons Group email domain — typically invest@arkstons.vc, or another recognised Group domain listed on this page. We do not request or accept pitch decks, company data, identity documents or personal information via WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn DM, or other messaging platforms. If you are asked to send material to a Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Hotmail, Proton or other consumer address, or to upload it to an unfamiliar site, it is not from us.

Q: Does Arkstons VC cold-call or cold-message investors?
A: No. Arkstons VC does not solicit investment by unsolicited call, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Instagram or Facebook message. LP commitments to Fund I are accepted only through our authorised platform partner and pursuant to executed fund documentation issued from an official @arkstons.vc address.

Q: Someone offered me guaranteed returns in the name of Arkstons VC. Is that real?
A: No. Any offer of guaranteed returns, token sales, crypto deposits, secondary 'fund units' or transfers to a personal bank account made in our name is fraudulent. We never request funds to personal accounts, cryptocurrency wallets or through messaging applications.

Q: I received an invoice or a change of bank details from Arkstons. How do I verify it?
A: Treat it as unverified until you have confirmed it with us directly. We never notify a change of bank account, payment instruction or remittance details by email alone, and we never ask a supplier, counterparty or portfolio company to redirect a payment at short notice. Before transferring any funds, confirm the invoice or payment instruction using the contact details published on this page — invest@arkstons.vc — and never the contact details contained in the message itself.

Q: I received an Arkstons job offer asking for a fee. Is it legitimate?
A: No. Arkstons never charges candidates any fee for recruitment, training, visas, equipment or onboarding, and we do not conduct hiring solely over messaging apps. Any request for payment in connection with an Arkstons role is a scam.

Q: Are online reviews, ratings or “scam” reports published under the Arkstons name genuine?
A: We do not operate, sponsor, solicit, commission or pay for reviews on third-party review sites, directories, forums or social platforms, and we have no control over what is published there. Third parties have repeatedly used the Arkstons name, lookalike domains and similar company names to present themselves as us, so reviews, testimonials or complaints appearing under our name may relate to an entirely unrelated entity or to people impersonating us. Before relying on any review, check the exact domain, legal entity, registration number and contact details it refers to against the information on this page. If they do not match, the material does not concern Arkstons.

Q: I found a YouTube video, short or other social video about Arkstons. Is it official?
A: Arkstons VC does not run advertising, investment promotions or testimonial videos on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or similar video platforms, and we do not pay third parties to produce them. Videos, shorts, channels or clips that use the Arkstons or Arkstons Capital name, logo or the likeness of our people are not official unless they are published from a channel we link to from this website. Treat any video promising returns, inviting deposits, sharing a WhatsApp or Telegram contact, or linking to a domain not listed on this page as impersonation, and verify against the official websites, email addresses and registered entities set out here before acting on anything it says.

Q: Can a scammer use the name of an Arkstons director, partner or employee?
A: Yes — fraudsters copy real names, photographs, signature blocks and LinkedIn profiles. The decisive check is never the person's name: it is the full email domain the message was sent from and the registered entity named in any document. If either does not appear on this page, the communication is not from us.

Q: How do I check the real domain of an email that says it is from Arkstons VC?
A: Read the full address, not the display name. Genuine correspondence is always name@ one of our official domains. Watch for misspellings, added or removed letters, extra hyphens or dots, and alternative extensions such as .net, .org, .info, .io or country extensions — none of these are ours. Where possible, check the original message headers for the true sending domain.

Q: I clicked a link or opened an attachment in a suspicious email — what should I do?
A: Do not enter any credentials, personal details or payment information on the resulting page. Close it immediately and run a security scan on your device. Forward the email with full headers to invest@arkstons.vc. If you entered a password, financial information or any sensitive data, change it on the real website straight away and notify your bank or platform provider.

Q: I received a LinkedIn, WhatsApp or Telegram message from someone claiming to work at Arkstons VC — is it real?
A: Treat it as unverified. We do not conduct fund business, issue investment offers, share fund documentation or make hiring decisions over social or messaging platforms. Any genuine follow-up will come from an official @arkstons.vc address. Confirm the person and the request by emailing invest@arkstons.vc before responding.

Q: Someone is using an Arkstons office address or registration number — is that us?
A: No. Our only offices are those listed on this page, and our only registered entities and registration numbers are those in the legal entities table. Any third party trading from those addresses, or quoting our registration numbers alongside their own name or brand, is unauthorised and wholly unconnected with Arkstons Group.

Q: How do I report an Arkstons impersonation or scam?
A: Do not reply, click links or send funds. Forward the message with full sender address and original headers to invest@arkstons.vc. You can also report the matter to your national authority — Action Fraud in the UK, the FBI IC3 in the United States, or your local police.

Q: Is Arkstons liable for communications from unauthorised sources?
A: No. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Arkstons Group and its affiliated entities accept no responsibility or liability for any website, email, invoice, payment instruction, document, social media account or other communication originating from, or purporting to originate from, any unofficial or unauthorised source. Any dealings you enter into with an unauthorised party are at your own risk, and you are responsible for verifying authenticity through the official domains and contact details published on this page before responding, contracting or transferring funds.