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Hi,  Golmam Sachs have contacted me about these income bonds.  I do have some savings to invest but wondered if anyone has experience of this company and or the bonds.  TIA
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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Never heard of Golman Sachs. 
  • jimjames
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    Hi,  Golmam Sachs have contacted me about these income bonds.  I do have some savings to invest but wondered if anyone has experience of this company and or the bonds.  TIA
    Genuine investment companies do not contact you about investment opportunities so that suggests it's a scam as well as the name playing on the well known investment bank
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • Albermarle
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    Hi,  Golmam Sachs have contacted me about these income bonds.  I do have some savings to invest but wondered if anyone has experience of this company and or the bonds.  TIA
    Invest your savings with a well known reputable company after doing suitable research.
    Not with someone who contacts you out of the blue or if you responded to an ad on Facebook or similar.

  • doe808
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    This is a scam.
    Total - £340.00

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  • Alexland
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    If they contact you it's a scam - even if they clone the name of an established company,
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,671 Forumite
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    Although there is a genuine investment product with this name it's not UK based and is almost certainly nothing to do with the person who contacted the OP
    https://www.gsam.com/content/gsam/us/en/advisors/fund-center/fund-finder/gs-dynamic-municipal-income-fund.html
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • ChilliBob
    ChilliBob Posts: 2,337 Forumite
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    Did they tell you there was a pigeon in your bank account? Sorry, couldn't resist! Yeah 100% avoid!
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 119,688 Forumite
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    Clearly a scam.     Goldman Sachs to not sell retail products direct to consumers in the UK and certainly do not do cold calls on investments.   This will be clone scam.   One where the scammer pretends to be from a genuine company.      The scammer will often use a genuine product or financial instrument to talk about but your money won't go to that.  In some cases, we have seen doctored documents.   i.e. where the pdf of the genuine product has been altered.    

    When you fall for the scam, you send them the money but it doesnt buy into that investment.  The scammer issues fake paperwork and runs off with the money.

    UK regulated companies NEVER cold call on investments.   You should never act on any form of cold calling in any area as they are frequently scams.

    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • AnotherJoe
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    edited 16 January 2021 at 5:48PM
    Hi,  Golmam Sachs have contacted me about these income bonds.  I do have some savings to invest but wondered if anyone has experience of this company and or the bonds.  TIA

    No, they didn't. A scammer pretending to be the bank has.
    p.s How did anyone get your number to sell you something? have you been answering ads on facebook or Googling? This is how you get scammed.
  • Hi,  Golmam Sachs have contacted me about these income bonds.  I do have some savings to invest but wondered if anyone has experience of this company and or the bonds.  TIA

    No, they didn't. A scammer pretending to be the bank has.
    p.s How did anyone get your number to sell you something? have you been answering ads on facebook or Googling? This is how you get scammed.
    Phone numbers leak. I regularly get scam calls for car accidents I haven’t had etc. Possibly unscrupulous companies sell on phone lists, or it could just be random calls to phone book numbers. Nationwide cancelled my debit card after someone tried making a purchase in America with my details, goodness knows how they got them, dishonesty somewhere. 
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