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Share scam - phone number 02036959429
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Just a warning!
Was called today by a person (British accent) who started waffling on about my Diageo shares - said the annual report was delayed and then tried to lead into talk about dividends. I led him on for a while, but I think he realised that I wasn't swallowing his spiel when I told him that altough I was enjoying our conversation I had to go and watch Flog It. .
It was obviously a scam. Looking up the phone number other people have had the same tale, though the type of shares have been changed to ones relevant to them.See:-
http://who-called.co.uk/Number/02036959429
The only thing that bothers me is how do thay know what shares I own? Is there a list of every company's shareholders publicly available?
Was called today by a person (British accent) who started waffling on about my Diageo shares - said the annual report was delayed and then tried to lead into talk about dividends. I led him on for a while, but I think he realised that I wasn't swallowing his spiel when I told him that altough I was enjoying our conversation I had to go and watch Flog It. .
It was obviously a scam. Looking up the phone number other people have had the same tale, though the type of shares have been changed to ones relevant to them.See:-
http://who-called.co.uk/Number/02036959429
The only thing that bothers me is how do thay know what shares I own? Is there a list of every company's shareholders publicly available?
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The only thing that bothers me is how do thay know what shares I own? Is there a list of every company's shareholders publicly available?
https://www.rapidformations.co.uk/blog/companies-house-webcheck-explained/#part2
The names of shareholders are available from Companies House - In the past, an animal rights group had been targeting shareholders of Huntington Life Sciences after using the public records.
If you want to avoid being associated with a company or don't want your name "on file", have a look at using a nominee account.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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