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Jonbvn

gozomark wrote: »

In a word, greed

Spot on! The old maxim that you can't con an honest man still holds true.

barak

Jonbvn wrote: »

.....The old maxim that you can't con an honest man still holds true.

Except, of course, in the unlikely circumstance of a bank announcing a Rights Issue without revealing the dire state of it's finances.....

G_M

Amazing! "they seemed legit over the phone". What? They were really friendly and knew a couple of your personal details? Bet they used your 1st name too. Really chummy!

See government advice here.

Report them!

City of London Police – Operation Archway: www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/ECD/Fraud/boilerroom.htm

Ivan_Craig

Got a call yesterday promising to sort out my payment - I don't believe it - lets see if the money is paid - I'll keep you posted

G_M

Ivan_Craig wrote: »

Got a call yesterday promising to sort out my payment - I don't believe it - lets see if the money is paid - I'll keep you posted

Report them!

City of London Police

– Operation Archway: www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/ECD/Fraud/boilerroom.htm

Ivan_Craig

Guess what - the promise to pay has not materialised. Thanks for the url - I am will report them today. Has anyone got details of authorities in Greece (one of their accounts is held there) and Japan?

Jonbvn

barak wrote: »

Except, of course, in the unlikely circumstance of a bank announcing a Rights Issue without revealing the dire state of it's finances.....

Are you contributing to the thread or just scoring points?:rolleyes:

Ivan_Craig

Had a call from Sunworldwide yesterday - Guess what - they decided to conclude a transaction on my behalf - without my authority. If I want my money back I simply need to pay them to settle the transaction they have fraudulently concluded on my behalf - The scam continues !!!!!!. Thanks to G_M - I have reported them and had a reply from London Police. Anyone got info on authorities in Tokyo and Cyprus - they hold accounts there.

Ivan_Craig

This mail was sent to me by another potential Sunworldwide victim - Seems he is in the same boat !!!
"I have found on the net your charge on unethical conduct of Sun Worldwide ltd, Japan.
I am afraid that I am in the same situation: since I asked them to cash out my shares and give me back my money they created a lot of obstacles.
I sent a person to their Tokyo's offices but this person was not able to find any trace of them.
They are still in touch with me, trying to assure that everything in fine!!
I guess it could be useful to have a talk with you.
My numbers are below. My skype contact is "............ ".
Hope to hearing soon from you

ps I am in contact with two other people from Slovenia and South Africa who suspect to be victim of fraude fron SWW."

EdGasket

A worldly-wise colleague at work was taken in by an American version of this scam; paid over £2,000. Amazing really; I just could not believe he had been so stupid as to pay up from one or two phone calls but it does happen ! I don't think it's just greed or that people should feel bad about owning up to being conned - that's part of the problem, people cover up the fact that they fell for a scam as they are embarrassed about it and that leads to more people who don't know getting conned. Well done to all who come on here and share their experiences !