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Nellybee · 2013-10-24 14:15:56

Hello Has anyone recieved a letter from these people claiming that you maybee related to a deceased person of the same surname as yours. They claim to work for a diverse range of clients and repatriate overseas property and bank accounts there address is a po box on the isle of wight . I am almost certain its a con but…

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madbadrob Posts: 1,490 Forumite

28 October 2013 at 3:07PM

Shelldean you are right and to be fair door knocking is actually rarer than people would think. It is far cheaper to send a mail out asking the person to contact us and then to call them back.

With regards the OP a number of those in the same field as myself seem to have the same concerns that I do so beware but dont throw it away without first asking them a lot of questions

Rob

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