seeking legal advice

[KencoPlenco]

anybody here in the forum a lawyer that can help me? i'm seeking some advice

I got a letter through the post regarding a company that i have invested some money with a few years ago, now they have been shut down by the legal financial authorities and had their trading license agreement taken away from them.

and that i am owed a lot of money.

the letter states that as my money in kept in a escrow payment system (which the company has been using for all their trades) I would have to pay out £1000 to release the money from the escrow account and wait for 7 working days for the £1000 to be paid back to me.

now i just want to know is if this is a standard way of doing things? cuase surly they can just take my money out for me and they take their cut for their services :/

any help with this would be great.

 

[Bob]

It's not something I know much about so can't offer advice other than to possibly contact a financial advisor Deans (Formally Dean Statham's) http://www.deansaccountants.com/ are a good one to try.

Good Luck, I hope it all works out well for you.

 

[John Marwood]

Can i just check, was it £1000 or $1000?

And which body has asked you for this fee?

 

[tek-monkey]

I don't understand why they'd need money to release money, why can't they use the money they are releasing?

 

[Carole]

It sounds like a scam to me.

 

[EasMid]

I know a Nigerian prince who would like to marry you.
Are you sure this company has been closed down? Have you confirmed this independently? Can you contact them (the company you invested in) direct?
It certainly sounds a bit dodgy to me.

 

[proactive]

I would not pay up front in order to get money I was owed. If there are any charges/commission that needs paying, the agent can take that out of your money when it has successfully been extracted.

Caution should be your watchword.

Any solicitor ought to be able to give you the correct advice. Seek it.

 

[Noah]

This sounds like a scam to me, get legal advice before you reply. They should not need money up front.

 

[Duffy]

anybody here in the forum a lawyer that can help me? i'm seeking some advice

I got a letter through the post regarding a company that i have invested some money with a few years ago, now they have been shut down by the legal financial authorities and had their trading license agreement taken away from them.

and that i am owed a lot of money.

the letter states that as my money in kept in a escrow payment system (which the company has been using for all their trades) I would have to pay out £1000 to release the money from the escrow account and wait for 7 working days for the £1000 to be paid back to me.

now i just want to know is if this is a standard way of doing things? cuase surly they can just take my money out for me and they take their cut for their services :/

any help with this would be great.

Get in touch with trading standards 01785 223121 start there first good luck if its too good to be true etc.

 

[John Marwood]

FCA?

 

[proactive]

FCA?

PDQ.

 

[KencoPlenco]

Thanks guys for all your comments and replays. I still have not done anything as of yet. I'm still skeptical

 

[KencoPlenco]

Can i just check, was it £1000 or $1000?

And which body has asked you for this fee?

It's was £1000 and they company called clear legal limited but trading as clear legal escrow service and

 

[KencoPlenco]

I don't understand why they'd need money to release money, why can't they use the money they are releasing?

Yeah I don't get it either

 

[KencoPlenco]

It's not something I know much about so can't offer advice other than to possibly contact a financial advisor Deans (Formally Dean Statham's) http://www.deansaccountants.com/ are a good one to try.

Good Luck, I hope it all works out well for you.

Thanks Bob I will check it out

 

[KencoPlenco]

It sounds like a scam to me.

It does sound like a scam, I have to admit, but it's worth a try trying to find out all the information about the company

 

[KencoPlenco]

I know a Nigerian prince who would like to marry you.
Are you sure this company has been closed down? Have you confirmed this independently? Can you contact them (the company you invested in) direct?
It certainly sounds a bit dodgy to me.

The Nigerian price is my uncle , hahahahhahahahah

Yeah the company I have invested in has closed down they were called skyfx their trading license has been taken away from them and the owners of the company has been fined and I try tried to contact bract them but no luck on doing that

 

[KencoPlenco]

I would not pay up front in order to get money I was owed. If there are any charges/commission that needs paying, the agent can take that out of your money when it has successfully been extracted.

Caution should be your watchword.

Any solicitor ought to be able to give you the correct advice. Seek it.

Yeah I will be seeking legal advice, just need to find the right solicitor who has dealt with something like this before

 

[KencoPlenco]

This sounds like a scam to me, get legal advice before you reply. They should not need money up front.

Yeah, hopefully some legal advice can sort this all out for me

 

[KencoPlenco]

Get in touch with trading standards 01785 223121 start there first good luck if its too good to be true etc.

There's trading standard In Stafford? I don't think it would be something they could help me with but I will give it a try

Thank yoy