NOW pensions emailed with log on details - no knowledge

longwalks1

My partner recently (early this year) consolidated 2 small work pensions (Zurich one from 20 years ago and another) into an AJ Bell SIPP.

shes just had an email from Now Pensions with a log on for her to use, with a log on code.  We’ve never heard of Now Pensions, yet it’s addressed to her, both names, her email address etc.

is it a scam email? 

Thank you everyone in advance 

JoeCrystal

Does she still work for an employer? Maybe it is her employer setting it up? Has she asked them yet?

dunstonh

Now pensions offer an auto-enrolment scheme.    So, it would be linked to an employer (current or relatively recent, as in last decade).

Marcon

longwalks1 said:

My partner recently (early this year) consolidated 2 small work pensions (Zurich one from 20 years ago and another) into an AJ Bell SIPP.

shes just had an email from Now Pensions with a log on for her to use, with a log on code.  We’ve never heard of Now Pensions, yet it’s addressed to her, both names, her email address etc.

is it a scam email? 

Thank you everyone in advance 

It could be - and certainly very sensible to check before going any further.

Now Pensions is well established: https://www.nowpensions.com but that doesn't mean they actually sent the email!

As others have suggested, it's likely to be a workplace auto enrolment scheme, but if she's sure it isn't that, contacting Now Pensions direct to check they really did send the email would be no bad idea.

longwalks1

thank you all.  After chatting it turns out before she was permanent at her last place, she was a contingency worker for 18 months that we’d forgotten about.  So it will be that. 

Thanks again. 

LHW99

Hopefully a nice surprie when she logs on!

longwalks1

LHW99 said:

Hopefully a nice surprie when she logs on!

Sadly not… £476 value.  But will transfer it out anyway as her new SIPP provider has been good with transferring in a few smaller, old pensions to consolidate them.