Sorry for delay on update.
Much to my surprise I have had no further contact with them. After the barrage in that phone call from their legal department, & promise to phone me again for my legal details, I have heard no more. I must say that even though I knew all along that it was a scam, even though I have been in many scuffles with these types in the past, I was really rattled! I spent the entire evening going through my research again, to be honest the clincher was the messed up copied website, the only hard and fast evidence of the scam. I can certainly understand why people cave in & pay the ransom!! They are extremely intimidating and very convincing. I am also 58( going on 28!) and I have every sympathy for anyone older who gets entangled with these characters.
What amazes me is how there are so many of these people about and how they sleep at night!
My advice to anyone is simple. Either
a/ hang up immediately
b/ get a name, a company name, website, and the share they are offering, then hang up.
Don't put yourself through the stress of accepting any offer over the phone. You will know straight away that they are fakes by their reaction!
Forward this directly to the Police, either Operation Archway or your local headquarters.
I reported these guys to Kent Police and am in the process of contacting Archway.
I am sorry to say that I think the FSA is a bit slow. Contacting them is not easy, their response time is no use in a situation like this. The fact that they have this company registered with a false postcode is a basic error. The fact that they are not at the address published is scandalous. If I can find this out in moments so could they. (Admittedly there is some sculduggery involved in this case as there was a company set up by legitimate Henderson called Henderson Global Care Funds.)
May I say that I am most grateful for all your support, guys. As I said the messed up web site was the clincher to hold my ground, that and the fact that I couldn't afford to pay up!
Keep up the good work.
Kenmar,
Do you seriously think a bunch of chavs in a boiler room in Spain have a legal department? The messed up website is not the only evidence of a scam, the evidence is everywhere you look. I cant believe you were even considering sending them money because of an idle threat like that, you've been on this thread a long time and must have seen a lot of these scams come and go.
These are the sort of idiots you've been dealing with.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-pilot-200-000-life-savings-guilty-fraud.html