I am from Adelaide, South Australia. I got a call from some Indian girl, she claimed to be calling from Australian Information Research Group...straight away I asked her if she was calling from Australia or India, she said India but that she was working for an Australian company. She wanted to know my private details whether I worked f/t or p/t etc and apparently her supervisor would give me some tax saving advice even though she told me that she was not trying to sell me anything. I asked her where she got my number from and who gave her permission to call me seeing that we are on the 'DO NOT CALL REGISTER'. She simply replied from the White Pages! I told her I was going to get my son to look up their company information online to see if she was from legitimate organisation or someone just trying to solicit my private information illegally, at this point the caller panicked and she told me that if I was not interested that it was okay, and she hung up! My advice is - DO NOT give out your private information to anyone as they could be potential thiefs trying to figure out when you are at work and rob your place in your absence or someone trying to steal your identity.

Steer clear from Optima Wealth Solutions. They will sell you an Investment property and then when it all turns to crap they want nothing to do with you.

I totally agree they are a company that should be ashamed to call themselves wealth builders when the only ones that gain from their investments is themselves. It is the most regrettable decision I have ever made in my life & now at age 62 I have a huge mortgage that is crippling me............Oh they had a very shap salesman by the name of Mark a very slick Scotsman who had an answer to every question & now I look like losing my own home. .......Please please steer well clear of Optima Wealth.

Optima Wealth management - We help our clients 'make smart decisions'.
Optima were our accountants and financial planners for more than ten years during which time we took every word of advice on tax, superannuation, insurances and investments. After losses of more than $250k in primary industry investments - most of which turned into ashes within 2 years of starting - we had an independent review which identified that we had been transferred into a series of high commission, high fee, and as it turns out, disastrously high risk platforms. It has been devastating. Nice people to deal with though.

Have had the same problem. regretfully bought a property through Optima. Have had nothing but problems and now they are the hardest people to get into contact with. Have been emailing Peter Ramsey, he takes months to reply without any resolutions. What issues have you had with them?

I have just had a call from this group. Whilst talking to them - I asked a series of Qs
who they are, where they are located ,who is using the information, which government Department they are working for. All anwers were useless. I then went to the internet and searched google for " Australian Information Research Group" and nothing appears. I said to the female caller with an indian accent, that the group doesnt exist. SHe then put me on to her male supervisor. They were wanting to know - " household information about who works, income, home ownership and interest rate effects. I didnt provide any information but said " thanks for the call, as you are not a registered organisation and you cannot tell me where you are located - I am not interested in anwering. I then hung up. I fear for the people they call that are not educated enough to question the callers.they probably confuse oldies and gather the information for all the wrong purposes. Hmm - A database is probably being created wih too much personal information - for use - by unknown people for all the wrong reasons. I am in Adelaide. If anyone else is interested in making a formal complaint about this call and group I would be interested. H

Also got sucked into buying a property in Blacks Beach in 2012, which halved in value within 2 years of us buying, if not sooner. Did google this company but didn't find much back then. Never received the rent promised. Unable to negotiate better mortgage rates for this millstone as it has sucked up our equity. Would love to take part of any class action.

Yes the company they are employed by seems to be a legitimate Australian company that should probably be accountable to some government authority who monitors the laws regarding telemarketing. Seems there are a few cracks in the system because we are continuosly recieving cold calls from telemarketers even though we are on the do not call register. Why have it if it doesn't work,??

Used to work for this prick. I was sacked because I told customers he was a scammer.

Just had a call from a guy who said he is from the Australian Research Group Institute or some such nonsense. Obviously Indian and not very clever. After some time listening to his blurb, I asked him for his website URL which conveniently he could not provide.
Gave him his 15 minutes of fame and politely told him to bugger off. Then I get another call from the same place this time by a woman, again Indian and she could not speak or understand English. Had some fun with her until it got boring and told her to bugger off as well. Isn't anyone doing anything about these scammers. Love to visit them with a baseball bat.

Caller: Mark

Would love to do the same, I'm sure there would be a few people who would love to get some sort of reimbursement towards their properties.
Can email me at msmitty1 @ hotmail.com

Stay well clear of this company. They are all over you when signing up. After they have conned you, you're on your own. I invested in 2015 in Blacks Beach Qld. Property is only valued at 50% of what I invested. Rental is also 50% of what was estimated by Optima. Have not heard from them in 2 years.

Optima Wealth are now trading as XCELA Wealth

My personal advice (from unhappy experiences) is to have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the Optima Wealth Group business. Wealth management is for them (they are building their own wealth) - they are not interested in building wealth for their clients.

I have had calls from these people numerous times to the point I reported them and placed our no. on Do Not Call Register. They just called again, introducing themselves a little differently from usual; this time I said hold whilst I look you up online, meanwhile they hung up. I then found this site!!! Inbelievable, how can they still call when we are on the register???

This mob call me about once a week, despite my giving them the brush-off every time. If they genuinely want demographic information on the suburb I live in (which is what they say), the best and cheapest source is the Census. The only reason for getting this information via a phone 'survey' is to be able to identify specific households so you can be targeted for scams and the like.

In early 2016, I was contacted by a telemarketer (phone) to see whether I was interested in investing in a wealth portfolio to help me prepare for my retirement. After this phone call they arranged a consultant from Optima Wealth Soloutions to come out and visit me at home. In April of 2016 this Optima consultant provided me with a handout booklet that explained via graphs and data, that based on my current mortage, I was not going to be able to pay my current home loan until I was 82. She explained by investing in a property located in Mount Low (Nth QLD) that this property would grow at 7.5% in value per year. Consequently, for my initial $427,000 outlay, this property would be estimated to be worth over a million dollars in 12 years. So with over $600k in profit, I could pay out my current home loan and have a few hundred thousand left over. This along with my superannuation when then allow me to live comfortably in retirement. Based on the booklets predictions, the property I purchased in Mount Low was now supposed to be worth over $600k. Currently, it is worth about $375k. Given housing prices across Australia have continued to grow at record rates, I don’t understand how a property purchased in 2016 for $427k can be now only be worth some $375k. I strongly believe the property sold to me in 2016 for $427k was clearly over priced. What other possible reason is there for it to be worth some $50k less now, when property prices have been increasing all over Australia, for years now.

Hi Susie , we first bought this house in 2013, unfortunately too much time has past, myself and my husband both had to declare ourselves bankrupt over this, Do you think you may be able to help even with the time line?

Please call the SR Group we may be able to get you compensation.

Please call us - SR Group - we may be able to help you get compensation.