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It starts off with a call from a charming female that easily gets you to accept the no-obligation profile of an investment company called Strathclyde Associates to be sent by mail. This company information arrives in a high quality document and reference to a well-presented web page. You are also informed that should any interesting investment materialise, you would be contacted.
Sure enough, such a call comes from a very enthusiastic individual with promises of a quick-return and stock (Advance Media Group) that is about to go mega from a merger/buy-out from a large conglomerate. The purchase sum is low, < Euro10, 000, so one thinks why not. Not long after the stock indeed starts to move up and all looks well. Then another call comes with another deal that again promises significant gains over a short period, but the initial investment is slightly more; the purchase is made and indeed the stock (GreenCell Technologies) starts to climb. Then comes another call that additional stock has been secured from the last purchase and it would be foolhardy to pass such an opportunity, especially since the stock is already making significant gains, this time the buy-in is significantly more. At this point I was already suspicious and decided to call it a day. To test the water, I requested that the stock purchased to-date be sold off thus “consolidating the gains” made to date. However, the water was indeed hot and I got burnt. The individual became quite agitated at my refusal to invest any further, and that was the end of any further dialogue, certainly from Strathclyde Associates.
Thereafter, by investigating further (which I should have done in the first instance) I found several references to Strathcyde Associates – all negative, including similar feedback from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK.
Unfortunately Strathclyde Associates are difficult to trace and claim to operate out of South Korea and with no means of recourse, they also use IP phones to call you, although after my last call I did receive notification that they had a new direct contact number (+[protected]). Their web address also changed from www.strathclydeassociates.com to www.strathclydeassociates.net, they bank with Maybank in Labuan, Malaysia. Some of the names, aliases, I came across were:
Hendrik Andersson – CEO
Henry Philips – Chief Operations Officer
James Beaufort – Senior VP for Corporate Affairs
Adam Blake – Sr Investment Advisor (the agitated fat ugly one)
Jessica Walker – Accounts Department
Mikaela Holland – Accounts Department
If Strathclyde Associate do indeed operate out of South Korea, it would appear that legislation there allows all sorts of low life to breed. Recently another investment company contacted me using exactly the same MO, so I went along to see how they would proceed. I was amazed that when the “broker” called, again the same MO, but not only that, was offering the same stock – so be aware, this company called themselves Shaw Capital Investment and also operated out of South Korea.
VB. No further response and certainly no money!
The same happened to me, in the begining I was asked to do a small investment and then the amounts rise. Several and changing agents of Strathclyde Associates (SA) called me the past 2-3 years explaining why a further investment is needed in order to reach a certain number of shares and to be considered for the upcoming pay-out (at least 3 times already).
Later it was explained that e.g. the company got de-listed from the stock exchange and the just newly aquired shares cannot be traded any more. SA then offered to offset the investment done so far only if I do another financial investment and buys further shares of another company... This and other various ways and stories are used to find reasons why other transactions are necessary.
I therefore strongly support involving Interpol in order to get hold of the responsible people at Strathclyde Associates.
Dear All,
I made a post in the past already. If you made this verbal commitment which is recorded, you do not need to pay. Once done and not payed they get aggressive. But forget all what they say.
No worry. Just forget it :)
Br Oliver
Dear all,
I have contacted about one year ago a lawyer in China to get an idea if there is a chance to get the money back. But he could not convince me and before I pay again a lot of money for lawyers I have decided to accept my lost. Did someone contact Interpol? If yes, what was their feedback?
I tried to contact Interpol as I also lost money with Springhill, stupid me. Anyhow, not easy to contact them, better to find the right contact. Found an address but don't remember to which exactly I sent it, no reply since nearly a year...
seems they are now using the name "park brook" and website parkbrook.us (states as in NY but the English is just too bad) i go the following email from them -
"We have been provided with a list of share holders in Norton Scientific
and the report indicates that there are 8400 shares registered under your
name. We have been trying to contact you for the past few days as these
shares can now be sold at $11.99 USD per share. If you would like to have
your shares sold, my chief Mr. Richard Powers can represent you and an
agreement will be drawn up and forwarded to you. Once we receive the
agreement duly signed and completed, Mr. Powers will then proceed with the
sale of your shares. "
seems they are overstep "park brook" and now they are using the name "parker-rose"
I got the following mail few days ago:
We are now handling your transaction with Norton Scientific Inc.(4, 200
shares) and we have been nominated by the United States Mergers and
Acquisition Regulatory Board (USMARB) to complete this acquisition.
Please find attached "PRIVATE STOCK PURCHASE AND ESCROW AGREEMENT" sign
the document and return to us by email (trading@parker-rose.us).
Regards,
Mr. Justin Brownhill
Director
Parker-Rose Inc NY
42 Broadway,
New York,
NY 10013, U.S.A.
Still using they same name from the same address even have a convincing web site parker-rose.us and they same trading address 42 Broadway New York . Contacted me today 17/07/2015 . Glad I did my homework and found this form . Lol
Had been contacted recently by one from Asia Pacific Ltd. with the same documentation from USMARB (form 4) to be signed and committing to paying a 0.22USD / share for registrating "my" Blackhawk mine shares prior to selling at a later stage.
Anyone getting the same kind of contact / offers ?
I have just received calls from both Asia Pacific and Parker Rose looking to acquire my non-performing shares. Alarms bells rang immediately!
Hi all
I am now contacted by LCT Capital to buy my Advance Media Group Shares...but I need to pay upfront money to lift the shares. Is this a fraud ? Have you faced the same ?
Got same contacts, the last one from TOTAL CPA international, and Asia Pacific Ltd. (same as Martin above) some time ago, offering to buying shares at 3x the purchased quote, but requiring shares to be "registered" upfront prior to being sold.
When I explained that I will accept to move forward only if the registration cost is being deducted from the total cost of the purchase, the discussions stopped, surprisingly...