Well I have no idea if this is the relevant forum....

[Harold Bishop]

I basically know nothing about shares, but my late dad (died 3 years ago) apparently had some here and there. Now we just got a phone call today from an Indian lady (enough to put me on my guard at once) claiming to be from America, saying she had a buyer who wished to buy my dad's 250 shares in 'Falkland Island' shares, apprently worth £15/16 each. Now, my mum says she does remember my dad having shares with them but we no longer have the certificates. Is there any way we can find out if he did and obtain copies if he did?

I appreciate this is probably an odd question but I really don't know who to ask.....

 

[bbmac]

Best advice: put her in touch with any emails you may get from nice nigerian gentlemen offreing a share of re-patriated monies or any from Gadaffi's wife in a similar predicament.

G/L

I basically know nothing about shares, but my late dad (died 3 years ago) apparently had some here and there. Now we just got a phone call today from an Indian lady (enough to put me on my guard at once) claiming to be from America, saying she had a buyer who wished to buy my dad's 250 shares in 'Falkland Island' shares, apprently worth £15/16 each. Now, my mum says she does remember my dad having shares with them but we no longer have the certificates. Is there any way we can find out if he did and obtain copies if he did?

I appreciate this is probably an odd question but I really don't know who to ask.....

 

[Harold Bishop]

Very helpful, you sarcastic ********.

 

[Mr. Charts]

Google the name of the shares and find out who the registrar is and explain the situation and ask for advice. Check to see if they are in your dad's bank's "care". Maybe check with the solicitor who handled probate.
If you are the owner now, then certainly do not deal with anyone cold calling you, but sell through a UK broker if you want to get rid of them.
Hope that helps,
Richard

 

[Harold Bishop]

Thanks, I'll try that out.

 

[anley]

Harold, you're being setup to have an advance fee fraud worked on you.

Stranger calls up, offering big money for your shares (which are probably worthless by the way). This gets you all excited, easy money and all.

However, first you'll be asked to pay a sum of money to 'delist' or 'register' or to pay 'lawyers' fees. The sum asked for will be in the £2,000 - £15,00 range.

But it's all a scam, there is NO buyer for your shares, everything you're being told is a lie. So pay the money and it will be stolen from you and of course there will be no big payday for the shares.

I hope this helps, and I really hope you understand what's going on now.

 

[Harold Bishop]

I'm well aware that something which sounds too good to be true probably is. But it did bring home to me that the old man might have had shares we didn't know about. I'd like to find out, anyway, and go through the right channels of selling them if he did.

 

[pboyles]

They are setting you up to steal from you. This is a very common scam, as Anley says they will offer you a great price but of course you have to pay a tax or fee first. Of course they will tell you this is going into an escrow account etc but in reality it will go into their pocket and they'll disappear.

 

[bbmac]

I don't know wether this is the right forum but I have 3 items for sale if anyone is interested

a. An electric winnet, cling-on and tangleberry remover (used once only on account of surges in our incoming power supply)
b. A wall mounted brillo grip (a must have item at the 1976 Idea Homes Exhibition)
c. A Gerry Haliwell shaped Spitoon (very sought after)

Highest bid secures the lot - buyer collects.

Sorry but I'm bored.

G/L

 

[Trader333]

A question to ask yourself is how did this person even know that you had shares ?


Paul

 

[pboyles]

The only company I can find is Falkland Islands Holdings (FKL) currently trading at about £2.60 a share. That means anybody can go and buy those shares at £2.60 so why would anybody offer £15? The answer is they are setting you up by making you think you're in for a nice pay out, keen to cash in you'll really want to believe them and you'll be very tempted to fall for it. If you do you'll lose your money.

 

[Harold Bishop]

I'd never pay an advance fee to anyone over the phone, I wasn't born yesterday.

 

[megamuel]

Harold, well done for being diligent and avoiding the scam. Do you have any details of the company/person who called you? We like to name and shame here to bring these things to other people's attention! You may also want to report them to the FSA.

The important thing now is to find out if he still owned any shares and then go about selling them the correct and only way! Any idea who he might have purchased his shares through? A bank, stockbroker?

Sam.