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Friday, 08 October 2010 15:17 |
 One of the Company's shareholders has contacted us to inform us that he had been approached to sell his shares at a very high price. He made some enquiries and realised that the phone calls that he received were consistent with what the FSA describe as an "advance fee scam".
The FSA publish a warning on their web site (http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/consumerinformation/scamsandswindles/sharescams/index.shtml) and we reproduce that warning here:
Other share scams
If you already own shares in a company, including those traded on AIM, you may receive a call from someone offering to buy your shares, usually at a higher price than their market value.
If the price of your shares is low, the offer will probably sound very attractive to you. They will also ask you to pay something up front, as a bond or other form of security, which they say you'll get back if the sale doesn't go ahead. They could also ask you to sign a form preventing you from disclosing details of the offer.
Don't be fooled by such an approach! It's probably no more than an advance fee scam – where you give them your money and never hear back from them again. They can be very persistent, phoning you many times and even sending you documents or forms to complete.
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