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I don't know how many of you own shares, whether in certificated form or with Crest.
I have a small portfolio of shares and some time ago I bought some from a share-dealing company called Pacific Continental, the shares were in a company called Access Point.
They didn't do very well and I forgot I had them until a couple of months ago, when a company called Atol Consultants contacted me to say they had been contacted by a company who wanted to buy all these shares, so they (Atol) were commissioned to contact all the owners of the shares, to ask if they would like to sell them.
They were a special category of shares, that could not be sold on the open market for a year, which back then was not a problem.
They offered me $7.95 per share and I had 13,000 odd which made something in the region of $105,000 - a good sum I thought and would help tremendously.
The catch was that I had to pay them 65p per share to get them changed into the correct format and re-registered with the new company.
I did a few checks and phone calls (including to Barry on here as he is a financial expert) and although I suspected it was, it turned out to be, a scam.
I have informed the FSA and another body, giving then all the details.
The purpose of this posting is to give warning to people really - if it looks too good to be true (and it did) then it probably is - and this was.
Check it out, don't take anything on trust and don't part with your hard-earned money.
Good Luck.
Roger