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Many traders look for the “RaiseMyFunds Discord” to compare performance, get help or share codes. The problem: in the prop firm sector, servers borrowing a firm's name are legion, and not all of them are run by the firm itself. Here is how to sort them out.
A server is only “official” if it is linked from the firm's site
That is the only reliable criterion. A discussion channel is legitimate only if the firm references it from its official website (raisemyfunds.co) or from an email sent from its domain. Without that link, treat the server as community-run, therefore unofficial: it can be friendly and useful, but it commits the firm to nothing.
Immediate corollary: a prop firm's support never contacts you first via private message on Discord or Telegram to solve a payout issue.
The 6 most frequent scams on these channels
- Withdrawal unlocking fees. A fake support explains that your payout is blocked and that you must pay a tax, conversion fees or a “verification” to release it. No serious firm charges you to release your own money.
- The fake account manager. He offers to trade for you and asks for your MT5 credentials. You lose control of your account, and sharing credentials is a rule violation that cancels payouts on its own.
- The fake validator. He guarantees challenge validation for a fee. The result is always the same: the money disappears, or the account ends up closed for violation.
- Reselling “funded accounts”. These accounts do not exist, or are sold although transferring them is forbidden by the rulebook.
- Fake promo codes. A miracle code requiring signup on a third-party site, or a paid “activation”.
- Fake contests. A “giveaway” demanding admin fees, or the installation of remote-access software on your computer.
The 8 warning signs of a fraudulent server
- The server is only a few days or weeks old.
- Admins are unreachable outside DMs and have no verifiable public track record.
- Profits, guaranteed withdrawals or assured challenge validation are promised.
- Payment is requested in crypto, gift cards or via transfer to an individual.
- The server messages every new member first to “verify their status”.
- Payout screenshots are never timestamped, or have been circulating for months.
- You are asked to install software, share your screen or enter your credentials.
- Any objection is deleted, and urgency is permanent.
Verify a server in three minutes
- Look for the server link on the firm's official website: if it is not there, ask the official support by email.
- Check the server's creation date and how old the messages are.
- Search the history for the words “payment”, “fee”, “wallet”, “unlock”: a repeating pattern shows up very fast.
For the cloned sites and fake support side, our article raisemyfunds.co and fake sites completes this checklist.
Where to find a healthy community
A useful community is recognisable by what it forbids: no credential sharing, no performance promises, no DM solicitation. That is the framework of our own spaces: find our FundedTrader community on Telegram, our payout proofs and our firm analyses like the RaiseMyFunds page.
Think you have been scammed?
- Change your passwords immediately (email, trader area, MT5) and enable two-factor authentication everywhere possible.
- Warn the firm via its official support, and your bank if a payment was made.
- Report the page or profile on your national cybercrime reporting platform and to the platforms concerned.
FundedTrader verdict
Looking for a RaiseMyFunds Discord means looking for information and support: that is legitimate. But in this sector, the only official channel is the one referenced by the firm's site, and anything asking you to pay to unlock a gain, or to hand over your credentials, is a scam. Before joining a server, reread our analysis of RaiseMyFunds Trustpilot reviews and our complete review.
And if your goal is to secure your withdrawals rather than seek urgent help, our account validation and management services work within firms' rulebooks.
