Beware of an increasing number of scammers contacting Northern Rock shareholders.
The firms state they are financial services, consultancy services and legal organisations. They require their targets to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Some are saying that they are doing this on behalf of Virgin Money UK.
Sue Milton, External Relations Director, has contacted Virgin Money, the bank that bought Northern Rock in January 2012. Virgin Money has confirmed they are not doing anything with Northern Rock and these firms are not acting on behalf of Virgin Money.
Virgin Money also recommends all those contacted to report it to Action Fraud (except Scotland) or to the police on 101 (Scotland only), and to write to Virgin Money at report.phishing@virginmoney.com.
The FCA also wants us to report firms if we think we have been approached by an unauthorised firm. We are to call the Consumer Helpline on 0800 111 6768 or use the FCA Contact us | FCA link.
Please also contact the UKSA Office by email If you want to share your experience to help others protect themselves - UKSA Office admin@uksa.org.uk - and join UKSA to stay informed.
These are the firms we know about that are contacting Members.
| Name | Contact details they provide | NDA sent | Warning links |
Emerge Corporate Partners, LLP. The caller has used the name David Larsen
| 3 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, USA. Phone: +1 718 514 7680. They have also used this phone number: +1 770 283 8084. Fax: +1 718 691 4056. Email: info@emergecorppartners.com | ||
| DEAN-BARON CORPORATE GROUP LLP | 230 W 38th Street, New York, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 10018 Telephone: +16467559606 Fax: +16465584124 Email: info@dean-baroncorpgrp.com Website: www.dean-baroncorpgrp.com
| Yes | DEAN-BARON CORPORATE GROUP LLP | FCA: |
| First Prime Financial Services | Based in New York. 28 Liberty St, New York, NY 10005, USA First-Prime Financial Services (first-primefinancialsvcs.com) | Yes | |
| Destiny Stellar Business Associates | 200 Vesey St, New York, NY 10285, USA www.destinystellarbusinessassoc.com
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Mergers & Acquisition Department, Robinson-Murray Consulting
| info@robinson-rrayconsultinggrp.com, Fax: +1 646 558 4154 http://robinson-murrayconsultinggrp.com/
| FCA's Robinson-Murray Consulting warning Scamrecovery refers to scams by Robinson-Murray Consulting The Guardian reports on-sophisticated-scam that targets private-investors. Warning about Robinson-Muray Consulting”’
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| Segment Capital LLP | 45 Rockefeller Plaza, https://www.segmentcapital.com/
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Administration Department
| 40 Rector St, New York, NY 10006, USA | ||
Ms Jane Brown Administration Department | 111 John St, New York, NY 10038, USA www.lewisrobertsconsultinggrp.com
| Yes |
