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Share scam call..

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So the landline rings and I answer it. caller asks for Mrs. Says they are some company in USA buying shares for a hostile take over of national grid. Our landline only gets scammers calling so we are wondering where this one is going. guy sounded american not indian.

The british gas sell off and 'tell Sid' advertising had us buy the allotted amount of shares back in what mid 80's? Mrs wasn't working then I was - hence in her name.Those shares are now national grid. The caller wanted to know if we still held them. I couldn't remember buying them at first and only recalled 'Sid' later. Guy will call back tomorrow once we had found out if we still have them (pretty sure we just took the profit at the time).

Caller had full name and address details but didn't know if we still owned them which was weird.

Anyway online search says the scam is they offer way over current share price and lodge payment as a bond with an insurer but for some reason you need to pay the insurer 10% to seal the deal.

Can anyone access a companies share register to get holder details? Or maybe it was a data hack?

Scam postings found here https://www.tradersdaytrading.com/compa ... ments.html
 
you cant remember if you still have them or not? Find out. That is the crux of the matter.
If you feel it might be genuine, ask for a website and a contact telephone number. A scammer either wont give you them or will give false.
Check the website, call the number, then discuss further, but at no time do you pay ANYTHING to ANYONE. Nor give any details of banking unless you set up another account just for this transaction with no overdraft facility..
 
If we still held the shares there would have been a dividend or agm invite etc and there hasn't so pretty certain they were sold soon after buying. It's a scam - just a new style of scam.
 
Unless you held the shares via a nominee, which is extremely common for shareholding. Depending on the shares you held the nominee (wholly owned subsidiary of a FCA regulated custodian) may or may not notify you of AGMs etc. However, they would still be sending out statements at FCA prescribed intervals (electronically or by post). But if you have moved and not notified the nominee (or custodian or broker) of change of address (which is incredibly common) then that may explain lack of communication.

Nominees of regulated custodians do not publish shareholder details anywhere. It's between them and the regulator. The company share register in such cases shows the nominee as holding the shares.
 
No change of address in that time and I doubt any nominees involved. It was the state sell off of British gas and was targeted at the public. The news at the time was full of stories of how the value would rise on issue. 99.9% sure we just bought and sold just like most people.

There must have been many many thousands who also bought shares. the scammers must have got hold of a pretty big list from somewhere.

Mr scammer is supposed to call back at 5pm...
 
Tell he's on speaker phone as you have other shareholders with you :lol:
 
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