First line financial cold call

wallheathguide

Hi, not sure if this was a scam/phishing call, but I had Firstline financial cold call today. First question was ‘had I heard of Martin Lewis?’ And ‘had I seen the latest programme?’. They started asking about wills etc. I wasn’t sure so I ended call. Has anyone else had these type of call? Sorry if this is not the place to post this?

CliveOfIndia

Can't say I've had any calls from these particular folk, but it's not exactly surprising.  ML is pretty well-known - certainly in the UK, and I wouldn't be surprised if his name has filtered through to other countries as well.  Any scammer with half a brain cell (I realise that rules out most of them !) wouldn't pass up the opportunity to make their claim sound more convincing by quoting a well-known financial guru.

Actually, out of curiosity, I Googled that company name.  There's one registered in the UK that was dissolved in 2013 according to Companies House, there's another with that name based in Arizona.  Hmmm, what do you reckon, scam or not?

Albermarle

Reputable financial service providers will NOT cold call you. So that answers your question I think.

Martin Lewis is probably the Number 1 celebrity scammers use to promote their schemes. Often fake videos of him promoting Crypto. 

retiredbanker1

Was it from 07488 873295 by any chance - I disconnected the call after 10 seconds and blocked the number.

These scammers will probably be back soon with a different number - just put your phone down let them speak their spiel while you get on with your life.