Are They Phishing ???

gazindebt

Hi
received a letter from a company called GEORGESON today saying the following

Following a transaction involving a public limited company ,Georgeson is trying to contact Mr ####### , whose last known registered address was ########## .

Our research shows that you may be the person that is entitled to an outstanding entitlement from the company in question , in order that we may positively identify you as the rightful beneficiary please contact us on tel no ###########

I have not lived at the address given for over 20 years , has anyone ever heard of them , are they a dca ? . I tried calling them today but not open until monday and am worried it is a phishing scam

Any advice on who they are or if i should phone them would be appreciated

Gazza

98jdougl

have you tried googling the name and number?

fermi

Could be a DCA fishing, or it could be a firm like the one below.

http://www.georgeson.com/emea/services_ar.php

Not enough info to say really.....

Peekay32

At the bottom of the letter there should be "XXXX Ltd is a Private Limited Company ... company no XXXXXXXXX".

If you give me the company name and number I'll make a quick check for you.

black_horse

Georgeson deal with asset reunification: finding people who are owed money from share holdings. They often charge shareholders 10% of whatever is owed to them. If you've got a £50 claim that's not much BUT if you are claiming £2000, that means they'll take £200 for doing very little! Scottish Power shareholders can bypass their claim process and ask for the full amount without deduction of 10% fee just by ignoring the claim form and writing to Georgeson, stating that they want all their money. Georgeson shouldn't really be getting a cut of shareholders money; they've already been paid to deal with this by the share registrars. So, it pays to make a fuss about being charged to get your money.

RAS

Hi

You could search the lost assets register for a lot less, which is what georgeson have done.

Could be an old account, shares, premium bonds win. We found a small life insurance policy when we did my mothers estate - about £20 in value.