Stagecoach Shares - phone scam?

greenface

Thank you for taking the time to join and give good information. If it sound too good blah blah....

Ark_Welder

Yamcit wrote: »

If anyone would like me to send them a copy of the email and agreement I would be more than happy.

Send the details to the FSA: consumer.queries@fsa.gov.uk

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumerinformation/consumer_contact

Lokolo_2

I work for one of Stagecoach's rail companies and they put a message on our internal site about this being a scam. I haven't had such a call yet though thank god!

rather_B_fishing

Thank God for forums and the internet! Having read the posts in this forum regarding stagecoach shares I have been prevented from oh so nearly falling for a phone scam. Sucker!!

My contact was similar to previous posts here: I was contacted by a low life calling herself Belinda in an American accent. Belinda stated she was phoning from New York from Hamilton Pricehouse and most convincing she sounded too.
Belinda reckoned a client wished to quietly purchase Stagecoach shares and would pay between £6 and £12 a share ......roughly 3 to 4 times the current market price. Belinda's email address: [EMAIL="info@hamiltonpricehouse.com"]info@hamiltonpricehouse.com[/EMAIL] and one I suggest to give a wide berth to.

I hope this helps alert any more would be suckers. Too good to be true? - of course it was!

[Deleted User]

A family memner was also contacted by this company. Has anyone contacted the FSA or someone to report/enquire about them?

Misham_2

had an identical pitch for Int. Power shares. Thanks for the heads up - haven't bothered to send them the e-mail as a result of the collective experiences. One additional factor - they made me promise not to tell my financial advisor with some reason about insider trading....

[Deleted User]

Just to add this lot work by telling the individual the purchase must be kept 'confidential' they even email a supposed confidentiality form which they want them to sign. Clearly not wanting them to discuss it with others.

Really nasty bunch of crooks these, i also suspect they target the higher age groups, those who tend to be a little more trusting.

Anyone who encounters them, get advice/report them here :

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumerinformation/scamsandswindles

Bedworth

Thanks, all. Just to let you know, this is now being worked with Centrica shares, too. Again the "company" involved is Mullen Cheecks. I work in a library, and had a call from New York - very poor line - the woman kept calling me "Ma'am". They have a client in our area - he's 68, no computer - could he receive a fax here, sign it and send it back? The fax came through, I told a colleague about it, and she said they'd had the same thing at another library and it was a scam. Glad I checked. We can advise the man accordingly. (Though I know from dismal experience that some people go ahead anyway!)

Jinx_J

Hi, had the same this afternoon from hamilton price house, same storylines as those above, wanting to talk to my teenage son who does have International Power shares (but in my name and not transferred yet), usual bunkum but they do sound convincing to some less sceptical than me. got them to email the NDA so i could forward with my info to FSA but dread to think what would have happened if they had got my son. So its the young and the old they are targetting! Well they can waste their money repeatedly calling but my moneys safe where it is!

Nearlyfooled

I have also been contacted by Hamilton & Pricehouse of New York claiming they had a client who wished to pay £6 to £12 for shares that I was convinced I no longer owned. Surprisingly enough the first caller got so fed up with me procrasinating he put the phone down. They have a very impressive and authentic looking webiste. I was called again and they required that I sign a non-disclosure agreement that was emailed. I was scratching my head to find where the scam was until I came across a post somewhere that the next stage is an insurance indemnity, 10% payable by oneself which will be reimubrsed when the share purchase goes through. The callers sounded Indian and through some google digging it appears that H&P's "address" in New York is owned by an Indian property company!