Recent content by harryhound

Beware of anyone trying to flog "Nazca Mining" - yes you are thinking "Chariot of the Gods" and this wonderful gold mining opportunity is just as likely to be true. It is sad really as these third world near basket case economies like Peru, need all the investment they can get. Some poor...

Re: Boiler Room Scams - Rank Group (Gaming) I accidentally became the owner of a small holding of Rank shares. There is currently a take over bid for Rank that has gone unconditional at the measly price of 150p. The new Chinese extract(?) owners based in Malaysia but interested in Macau (?)...

It is good to see hear that the UK authorities are belatedly waking up to the scale of "boiler room" fraud. Listen here for the City of London police asking you to shop these gangsters: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/listenagain/wednesday.shtml (available for the next week) FRAUD &...

Are These Scams Getting Worse ? I have just had the seasonal newsletter from Redmayne Bentley (OK stockbrokers in Leeds) warning about Boiler Rooms; especially featuring a simple technique of getting clients to trade bigger and beigger amounts before stinging them. I've just banked my Veridian...

A quick google will give you this: Welcome to Which?Which? offers selections from its various magazines; some content only accessible to registered subscribers. www.which.co.uk/ - 15k - Cached - Similar pages Unfortunately it is by subscription and costs about 8GBP in the UK per month. It...

Further to my initial posting at the start of the month re "Which?" warning and request for victims to get in touch. The latest issue of the magazine (December) has almost a full page featuring a fellow "of a certain age" (like me) who is prepared to explain how he lost 5k investing in...

Argus Global Equities pressure group Join the new Argus Global Equities pressure group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/conned_by_AGE etc. ======================================================================= I one hundred percent support your attempts to go after scammers BUT perhaps...

Amateur - Last week pump & Dump - this week churn & burn Hi fellow sufferers, I'm not at home most days but inspite of that I got THREE phone calls on the one day I had off this week. The South African sounding bloke from "Lion......" phoned, ready with his hot tip. (I suggested he should...

An Amateur's Experience This is an excellent thread, and "Google" picks it up in detail. The link http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Government/Finance/Regulators/ is really useful. I have had a few shares for years, last year I inherited a few more from my late mother, which might...