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DWS Corporate Bond;Scam?
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forgive the police if they don't have the resources!
Well, my tax bill is soaring up, so the money is clearly being redirected away from the front line services.
As for the Police, "A stitch in time saves nine." Just a thought.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
Reported to the FCA as Archi Bald suggested.
I may be naïve in these matters but would have thought this situation offered Police the perfect opportunity to try and catch the scamsters.
Using the phone number I gave them for example they could call the person suggesting they are an interested potential investor for example and track them.
Must be a number of strategies they could adopt to flush them out.
With cases already scammed they are simply trying to follow a paper trail which must be more difficult than having a party the scamster is trying to induce to part with money..0 -
I do wish someone would act on this case with some degree of urgency.
I have been called again and let the scamster think I was going to bite so he is still live and could be caught if authorities acted now.!!0 -
Nobody will. There is precious little interest in pursing people who have lost their money in a scam let alone those who have not.I do wish someone would act on this case with some degree of urgency.
I have been called again and let the scamster think I was going to bite so he is still live and could be caught if authorities acted now.!!
The person's name will be fake, if they have an address it will be a virtual office room rented online by the week with nobody in it and calls forwarded elsewhere. They may not even be in the country making tracking them all but impossible. It would be a lot of work with little chance of success. The scammers can shut up shop in an instant and reopen with a new name, address and web site the next day.
That's why investor education is vital. In this thread all the warning signs have been described. Make a note for next time.
Meanwhile don't bother to pretend to be interested, it may just encourage other scammers to contact you as they exchange leads. At least you escaped, many are not as lucky.0 -
When he phones next time on Friday rather than decline call I better just tell him I`m not interested coz its a scam and I`ve known for a while.0
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Just answer the 'phone with "Metropolitan Police Fraud Line, how can I direct your call?"I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
They had the resources to afford over £10 million to mount a fruitless round the clock guard outside the Ecuador Embassy in case Julian Assange came out. Countless numbers of them detailed to stand outside all the Royal Palaces. But no one available to investigate scams or even attend when we plebs get burgled.may forgive the police if they don't have the resources!“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »Just answer the 'phone with "Metropolitan Police Fraud Line, how can I direct your call?"
I usually say I am very sorry but they have been taken for a mug and ripped off by whoever sold them a suckers list with my name on it.:D“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair0 -
I may be naïve in these matters but would have thought this situation offered Police the perfect opportunity to try and catch the scamsters.
Using the phone number I gave them for example they could call the person suggesting they are an interested potential investor for example and track them.
Must be a number of strategies they could adopt to flush them out.
With cases already scammed they are simply trying to follow a paper trail which must be more difficult than having a party the scamster is trying to induce to part with money..
You are assuming the scamsters are in the UK. That may or may not be so. Not even the alleged use of a UK phone number is proof. It's easy to get one of those from anywhere in the world.0 -
Sorry Glen, you have entirely missed the point of my response to gadgetminded. Never mind.Glen_Clark wrote: »They had the resources to0
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