It would seem that because I dealt with an unathorised firm that I simply have no protection. I read earlier that you know of somebody involved with Biodefense are they legitimate and NCC just used their information to catch potential investors? or am I missing something.
Thieves don't sue because when they turn up to court they normally get arrested.......
Thanks Guys for all your comments, I think its just the whole experience has left me feeling rather foolish and vulnerable, however it certainly has taught me a lot. I know that the next time I think of investing I will certainly be discussing and investigating any move before being sucked in.
Len, all victims will feel the same as you.
My contact was from an offer on LSE for free advice. That gave them some sort of credibility but only if LSE vet their advertisers - which now looks unlikely.
The experience has made sure I only deal with household names when it comes to brokers.
I'd seriously like to have these NCC shysters taken up a dark alley containing filthy rubbish bins and placed where they belong but there seems to be no such venom on here.
This is all about closing stable doors after the horse has bolted leaving the droppings.
Good luck with future investments, chin up!
cheers
Unfortunately the information is only useful after people have lost money so it makes it to these pages. Better than nothing but imperfect.
The real problem is that people never bother to check once they are offered the chance to make easy money. Even if they do check they need 10 times as much proof that something is a scam than they would accept to prove it wasn't a scam. If you read the thread called Spiriton Media Group or the one called Royal Petroleum you'll see what I mean.
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You may notice there is a dispute on T2W about what can and cannot be said about a company. However if you received cold call about shares then you should not, in any circumstances, proceed with any deal and you should not send them any money. If you have already done so then you should report the matter immediately to the FSA and the City of London Police (operation archway). They will give you a straight answer as to what is going on here.
It all started with a "cold-calling" (a term I learned in this forum), investing in small caps on the AIM, exactly what I was looking for... the start of the freefall of my money. These guys are very professional, own website with a performance portfolio, etc... So I invested little sums of money in AIM shares; mostly oilies. After I requested a return from one of these investments they wired me the money on my account. Seeing this as an act of trust, I got in with bigger money. The shares (all listed on the AIM) they bought for me went wonderfull, they trippled my money in 6 months time.
And then the time came to encash my winnings... And suddenly I was owner of a share certificate in Bio Defense shares, what I refuged many times, I knew I was in the hands of scam. All of my savings, lost in the hands of these crooks. Oh stupid me.
I know many more details about this case, but i cannot publish it until I have decided what kind of litigation measures I can undertake. I´ll inform this forum later. Any reactions with questions without a decent information about identity, etc..., I will not answer! As I am sure these guys are in this forums too, they even told me that, I must be sure I am dealing with honest people.
Anyhow I will kick ass in the next months!
Hi I to ohave been dealing with NCP, not a great deal of money, have you any info on how to proceed or do we kiss our hard earned goodbye?
Read the start of the Spiriton thread and can see how much work is going into preaching to the unconvertible! I dislike Anley's direct approach but in some cases it does look necessary.
Anyway at the BBQ I met a girl who worked at FSA in the fraud section. Thought I was in clover to direct her towards NCC (which she was not familiar with) until she said she had left to work at Citibank.
Perhaps the FSA were useless and have realised their mistakes? From this article they say they've doubled their resources looking into scams. About time too.
http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/fsa-warns-of-surge-in-unauthorised-investments/a502694
