Received a message on our answering machine from Finders Keepers. He did not leave a name, but stated our name, and said we never received money for shares of an old stock we owned. He left the above number for us to call back. I did some research on line for Deborah Zirkind and Finders Keepers, and found it was located in Brooklyn, NY, established in 1998, incorporated in Nevada, annual revenue $110,000, staff of 1! Don't think I'll be calling back. I'll have my financial advisor check my proceeds. Be careful!
We received a call from Finders Keepers last week and paperwork claiming they located unclaimed assets in my name. They requested my SSN and stated they charged 15% of assets collected.
I found this to be a very interesting proposal as the assets they managed to locate were in my CURRENT, ACTIVE bank account. I'm thinking seriously about forgoing Finders Keepers valuable services as I pay next to nothing to access these funds on a regular basis. This is without any doubt a SCAM!
Got a call from 718 363 0588, stated they were Finders Keepers and they had a GHI Check for me. When I asked date of service or provider name they said they didnt know. They basicaly wanted my current address alledgedly in order to send me a form to reclaim the "asset". I advised them I would not discuss any personal info on a cold call to my phone number, They sugested I call the Better Business Breaue and have them checked out.
As sure as god made little green apples, that form they would have sent me would have requested my ss#.
I dont think Ill be calling back.
If they annoy me enough, they may find themselves the recipients of unusual and untoward occurences. The internet works for everyone, and you never know who you are dealing with.
My Mom called me telling me that some man said he was from this agency and that he had money owed to my from my insurance provider GHI. Fat chance! I anything I probably owe them a buch or two. At first I thought he was just confirming my adress because he already has some sort of information on me and then I thought that this person probably is using an internet phone disguising it as a local call and fishing for information to use or sell. This is the second time I used this website to report a phone scam. When I was a kid there wasn't even so many scams and everyone had a land line!
Called me 2/17/2010. I was skeptical so I went to the New York State Office of the Comptroller, Unclaimed Funds search: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/index.htm as suggested in a prior post and found the same account they had mentioned in their message to me. There is a claim form to print and mail directly to the NY state comptroller's office to claim the funds. Whoever these people are, you don't need them to claim the funds. I called them back and they were very condescending and snarky. You don't need them...if the funds are real you can just claim them yourself. I found accounts for some family members there as well, so I'll be letting them know to search the state site.