Stagecoach Shares - phone scam?

phdedsasa

I was contacted in very much the same way as above. This is concerning the selling of my centrica shares. They knew I had Centrica shares and just wanted me to sign a Non disclosure agreement. They discussed after this needing to pay for a bond to cover some fees. Lost the will to live by this time. Have been sent the Non disclosure agreement. Will pass on to the FSA. All sounds like a scam.

May be best to avoid

Administration Department
Morrison Capital Group
59th Street Columbus Circle 4th Floor New York
Tel: 1 917 6510120

Website does not appear to be there now. Could be they have been rumbled.

Paul_Varjak

phdedsasa wrote: »

I was contacted in very much the same way as above. This is concerning the selling of my centrica shares. They knew I had Centrica shares and just wanted me to sign a Non disclosure agreement. They discussed after this needing to pay for a bond to cover some fees. Lost the will to live by this time. Have been sent the Non disclosure agreement. Will pass on to the FSA. All sounds like a scam.

May be best to avoid

Administration Department
Morrison Capital Group
59th Street Columbus Circle 4th Floor New York
Tel: 1 917 6510120

Website does not appear to be there now. Could be they have been rumbled.

Claim to have been in the business for 25 years but their domain name, which has existed for just 5 weeks, is registered via an anonymous proxy!

9699janet

My elderly father had a phone call from this company today regarding BT shares that they wanted to buy from him.They wanted to send him an email to let him know what it was all about.He told the man that he didn't have internet,so the man told him he would send a Fax to my dad's local library and would call him back when this was done.Dad called me after the first call and i told dad to give him my email address if he called back as this man sounded very desperate to me! He called dad after about 15 min's to say that the library wouldn't accept the fax,so was delighted when dad gave him a email address . I got the email which contained a Non Disclosure form from a company called
Richardson Capital Group
Address : 201 Portage Avenue, 10th Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3K6 Canada
Tel No : 1 289 800 0017 / Fax Number : 1 204 480 4839
Email : info@richardsonconsultancy.com

I instantly Googled them and was led to this forum.how do you report these scammer's

sabretoothtigger

vivatifosi

9699janet wrote: »

My elderly father had a phone call from this company today regarding BT shares that they wanted to buy from him.They wanted to send him an email to let him know what it was all about.He told the man that he didn't have internet,so the man told him he would send a Fax to my dad's local library and would call him back when this was done.Dad called me after the first call and i told dad to give him my email address if he called back as this man sounded very desperate to me! He called dad after about 15 min's to say that the library wouldn't accept the fax,so was delighted when dad gave him a email address . I got the email which contained a Non Disclosure form from a company called
Richardson Capital Group
Address : 201 Portage Avenue, 10th Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3K6 Canada
Tel No : 1 289 800 0017 / Fax Number : 1 204 480 4839
Email : [EMAIL="info@richardsonconsultancy.com"]info@richardsonconsultancy.com[/EMAIL]

I instantly Googled them and was led to this forum.how do you report these scammer's

You can report them via the FSA or through Trading Standards. So pleased to hear that the library wouldn't accept the fax:rotfl:

Here's a link for the FSA:
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumerinformation/scamsandswindles

Trading Standards will vary according to where you live. Google, say trading standards scams hampshire and it will come up with the appropriate info.

If a fraud has been committed as in your father had actually paid over any money, then of course the police should be informed.

Andy7856

i get this same scam for BT/Coffee Republic Shares I held (and sold) a number of years back. Best way to deal with them is to engage them in conversation then pretend you misunder their questions, eg
They "Can I have your email address"
Me "Yes I've never been to the USA"

I found hanging up or threatening to report them is a waste of time. Simply have a bit of fun, waste their time and you'll never get bothered for a while. (also recommended for UK cold calls)

Search for "Bill collector calls wrong number...gets owned." on youtube!

lorac29

9699janet wrote: »

My elderly father had a phone call from this company today regarding BT shares that they wanted to buy from him.They wanted to send him an email to let him know what it was all about.He told the man that he didn't have internet,so the man told him he would send a Fax to my dad's local library and would call him back when this was done.Dad called me after the first call and i told dad to give him my email address if he called back as this man sounded very desperate to me! He called dad after about 15 min's to say that the library wouldn't accept the fax,so was delighted when dad gave him a email address . I got the email which contained a Non Disclosure form from a company called
Richardson Capital Group
Address : 201 Portage Avenue, 10th Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3K6 Canada

I have also been contacted by this group and been emailed a non disclosure form. I have not filled in this form but have emailed the company and told them I am reporting them to the FSA. The woman actually left a snotty voicemail telling my husband not to hang up the phone on her again after she had rang us about 10 times! If she rings back tonight we will be ready. Mine were in conjuction with tandem shares that are only worth about 85p each! she said she would offer us between £6-12 per share with the same speil she has given everyone else by the sounds of it. Thank god I stumbled upon this site and read what was happening. Thank you all xx

MoneySaverLog

lorac29 wrote: »

I have also been contacted by this group and been emailed a non disclosure form.

Same old tricks to con people, the only reason for the non disclosure agreement is to stop the marks talking about these offers to other people who know how these scams work and would likely warn them away from being roped in with these scam investments.

sabretoothtigger

they still only have 41%

You can look up anyone holding that many shares. Its a public company, all this top secret business is bs.
Open disclosure is the basis of the LSE stock exchange and thats the shares you are holding

In any case I would hold onto Centrica shares, they pay well and do good business both sides of the Atlantic plus we need more gas not less, no reason to sell them. Ngas in general is relatively cheap vs oil

Largest holder is at 5% and its a fund

http://www.digitallook.com/cgi-bin/dlmedia/security.cgi?csi=10029&action=deals&username=&ac=

History_Buff

I have received a call from a company called Soloman Associates in Canada who had all my details regarding Centrica shares. When I tried to say it was a scam they said it was to do with an aggresive take over and they wanted my shares at a good price. I told them I was going to report them to the FSA and they put the phone down.
Looks as though they are doing the rounds on this one again!!!