received a number of telephone calls from unsolicited persons in america claiming that
1 they supplied me with yearly reports on my investments (false)
2. They wer acting on behalf of directors wishing to take over a power utility in Uk (false)
2. suggesting they may make an offer on my shares at 5 times their value (false)
3 would not disclose telephone number wanted to email (classic phishing tactic to put virus on your computer)
and hung up when i challenged the fact i was on an investors list because my name is not on one.
5 would not disclose the source of their information because my telephone is exdirectory and blocked except to none uk callers(failure to disclose source of information is an offence under uk data protection act ie retaining data for a purpose not authorised by person concerned)
6 gave different names of companies when discreetly asked.
stated ther would be a tax implication if i sold shares a typical precurser to fail to pay money owed to you ie they pay you a small amount on account then the tax man has not yet refunded the tax owed and cannot pay the remainder.
TYPICAL BOILER ROOM SCAM ARTISTS
A man named Matthew Malillo calls our company requesting to speak with our President by name. He acts like he knows him personally, will never leave the name of the company he is calling from, where he can be contacted, or a message about what the call is in regards to. A quick Google search for 201-633-4000 provides more than enough information about this company's cold call marketing tactics.
Seeing as our President has never heard of Matthew Malillo and has no business with this firm, we called back asking to be removed from their marketing list. We got the excuse of "you must have me confused with someone else". We'll see if they adhere to our request not to be contacted.
I am no longer affiliated with the company mentioned in this thread for reasons mentioned in this thread and I'm now posting my own market insight, ideas, research and commentary on twitter @MattMalillo. You're all welcome to follow
hey guys if you do not know the number don't answer the phone! I get calls like this all the time and if thy do not leave a message it was not important in the first place