I have a small shareholding in AbbeyPLC.
A very persistent caller eventually got me on the phone this evening.
In a foreign accent (Nigerian?) the caller said that he was calling on behalf of a New York company whose client was interested in taking a majority holding in AbbeyPLC. Indicating that an offer of 7 to 15 pounds sterling per share would be made, he enquired if I was interested in selling. I said that I wasn't prepared to say. He tried the pressure tactic of saying that other shareholders were signing up fast, indicating that if I hesitated I might lose out cos anyone not in the first 51% will lose out, i.e. the remaining 49% will be deemed worthless. He looked for an email address which I declined to give, saying that he could send it to my home address which I presumed he had access to, given that he knew I was on the Abbey share register. He would have continued to speak if I hadn't told him I was busy and had to go.
Any correspondence that I have had relating to my other shareholdings have always been done by snail mail, or email in the past - never by phone. This approach is what put me on alert in the first place!
Anyone else have this experience?
A very persistent caller eventually got me on the phone this evening.
In a foreign accent (Nigerian?) the caller said that he was calling on behalf of a New York company whose client was interested in taking a majority holding in AbbeyPLC. Indicating that an offer of 7 to 15 pounds sterling per share would be made, he enquired if I was interested in selling. I said that I wasn't prepared to say. He tried the pressure tactic of saying that other shareholders were signing up fast, indicating that if I hesitated I might lose out cos anyone not in the first 51% will lose out, i.e. the remaining 49% will be deemed worthless. He looked for an email address which I declined to give, saying that he could send it to my home address which I presumed he had access to, given that he knew I was on the Abbey share register. He would have continued to speak if I hadn't told him I was busy and had to go.
Any correspondence that I have had relating to my other shareholdings have always been done by snail mail, or email in the past - never by phone. This approach is what put me on alert in the first place!
Anyone else have this experience?
