TigerFunded — Systematic Payout Denial & Advance-Fee Fraud
Status
CRITICAL Risk
Prop Firm
TigerFunded
Reported
4/3/2026
TigerFunded (tigerfunded.com) is a purported Dubai-based prop trading firm that launched in 2024. Despite marketing funded accounts up to $600K with a 95% profit split, overwhelming evidence points to a systematic scam operation designed to collect challenge fees with no intention of paying out profits.
Traders purchase evaluation challenges (often lured by "Buy 1 Get 2 Free" promotions), complete the required profit targets, and then face an endless cycle of payout denials. The firm fabricates rule violations — citing IP inconsistencies, non-existent "all or nothing" rules, or false accusations of EA usage — to justify withholding funds. When traders push back, they are banned from the Discord support server and blocked on social media.
Some traders report being asked to pay "gas fees" to receive crypto payouts, with repeated demands for additional fees after each payment — a textbook advance-fee fraud pattern. At least one trader reported being asked to pay $10,000 for an "anti-security password" after their dashboard access was blocked.
Multiple reports allege TigerFunded released an NFT with a malicious smart contract that drained the crypto wallets of anyone who connected — a sophisticated phishing attack targeting their own user base.
The website remains live and continues accepting new challenge purchases. The firm markets aggressively on Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and Telegram.
Traders have reported denied payouts of specific amounts including $5,300, $6,200, $6,000, and $67,500. In each case, different fabricated excuses were given (IP violations, retroactive rule changes, false EA accusations). Payout requests are typically denied 3-4+ times with a different reason each time.
Multiple traders confirmed that rules were changed mid-challenge without notice, then applied retroactively to deny payouts. In some cases, support initially confirmed the new rules would not apply to existing accounts, then reversed that position when a payout was requested.
A consistent pattern across complaints: traders who follow up on payout denials are banned from Discord, blocked on social media, and their Trustpilot reviews are reported. This suppression of complaints is itself a major red flag.