DO NOT give any information to these guys! My CID said "Laidlaw & Co" and you'll find plenty of complaints about them on this very website (http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-697-5200), but they are using a different number.
Someone named "Nick Johnson" tried to aggressively get me to give him my husband's cell number by saying "he just called, and I'm trying to return his phone call, but I missed it 'cause my phone died". I almost gave it to him, because many time my husband hires vendors whose names I don't always recognize, but I'm really glad I did not.
I'll bet when I talk to my husband later, he'll say he never made that call. I'll bet "Nick" was lyin' like a rug.
Yep! I was right. I talked to my husband and he had no idea who "Nick Johnson" was or what Laidlaw & Co. was.
They are apparently an "investment group". I wouldn't invest a ball of lint with these guys... you can bet if they're lying about returning a phone call, then that's not the only thing they're B.S.ing about.
Whatever you do, don't give them your cell phone number. If they can't make money off of you by "investing", they may try to make money off of you by selling your phone number to a hundred different phone solicitors.
It gets really expensive when solicitors call your cell phone.
And sadly, the National Do Not Call list doesn't seem to work anymore.
They've tried to call me two times now, but I have not answered. As I am located in Norway I'm always suspicious to call from abroad. As they do not leave a message I guess their rogues.