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Great article, I hope some people manage to find some forgotten fortunes. ;D

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• Great article, I hope some people manage to find some forgotten fortunes. ;D
• hubbie has being recieving letters from a firm in London called Premier Assest Research Ltd who keep telling him they have discovered an assest which they "understand may be due to you. It is held by Trustees pending your instructions and is valued at approx, Ј1700"
  They want 20% plus VAT to recover the amount and enclose an agreement plus retainer form to sign.
  Of course hubby has tried getting them to quote a smaller fee with no joy and they won't of course give us any clues.
  We've tried his old pension fund and shares held but can't seem to establish what it is. Also checked his very old premium bonds but as they are registerd at his mums address we ruled that out.
  Any ideas where to go now. Don't have old life policies and any shares we sold a part from certs held for current ones. Can't think of any closed bank accounts or savings.
  At first we thought it might have been a share we lost out on like QXL or something but register doesn't bring anything up.
• I would not class them as a scam, but they are probably charging you for something you could do yourself for free.
  Now the investment that they have found 'may' exist or may not exist so your paying a fee to them to search for it.
  Sounds like something off watchdog
  be sceptical, be safe !
• I just wanted to add that I was contacted by the Pensions Office when I reached 60 that an insurance company was trying to contact me and I not only recieved a full settlement on a pension from when we had our own business which I had completely forgotten about but also paid out on my late husbands pension as well. So sometimes it comes to you and you just have to give them conformation to get your money
• If someone who had a breakdown thought they may possibly have invested in a unit trust, but have no memory of it, would there be anyway to find out if investments were in their name somewhere? To complicate the issue the person changed addresses so wouldn't even have any relevant correspondence sent to them.
  Last year she had a bit of a shock when she discovered she had put Ј10,000 into a fixed term bond a couple of years previously & had no memory of ever doing this.
• What do people think of Stephen Wynn's idea of giving everyone an identity number to go on each investment to help banks/insurers/govt. track down dormant account holders / investors / pension holders?
  Comparative Tables - Stephen Wynn's site
  Stacks of related info and issues on this IA link
  If your partner dies, don't assume they have told you about all their investments. 60% of us keep some savings secret!
• I didn't think it would get past civil liberties concerns. And Gordon may secretly prefer us to lose our money so that he can get his paws on it later to give to "charities" that do government work.
  I see that there is a renewed effort by the Mail on Sunday & Frank Field MP to use the money in dormant accounts to compensate the 85,000 victims of company pension scheme collapses.
• Why can't the Banks & Builiding Societies simply publish on a web site the names and last known address (approximate to protect privacy, although it is at least 3 years since the person lived there) of the holders of accounts that they are treating as "lost". If someone has forgotten an account they probably don't know that they have forgotten it. Also if a parent has died they may not know that the account ever existed. Then everyone could just check to see if they or their dead parents were listed. Simple.
• With regards to reclaiming lost assets it says in the article on the website not to pay anyone to do it, however I am trying to look for two life insurance policies I took out for my children many years ago, but the website to do this search will charge me Ј18, is there anyone out there that will do it free? :confused
• I'm not at all sure if this is the right place ,but I have a small amount of cash due to come to me shortly from a distant relative who died intestate, and on Wednesday I have to go to a Commisioner of Oaths to swear an Oath .What happens after I have done this and anyone have any idea how long i will have to wait before i get paid out.It's not a great deal of cash about 9K but a tidy sum for a pensioner like myself .
• am try ing to find out what happened to commercial union , had a endowment policy with them and have been trying to find out what happend to my policy . Took out a pension plan with Prudential they said they would get my endowment paid into my pension plan some years ago but it never happened and am trying to find my lost endowment, any ideas please.
• I have received a letter from a company called Trust Research Services,
  (PLC 2158381) who say that they are contacting me on behalf of a major UK company who have unclaimed assets belonging to me from an investment I made at an old address.
  When I logged on to the site and looked at the FAQ it says they do not deal with cases under Ј500, I am sure I would know if I had mislaid that amount of money.
  They ask you if you require verification to contact
  Cripps Harries Hall, in Tunbridge Wells (Tel: 00 44 (0)1892 515121,
  Has anyone heard of either of these companies
• I have just used this company to recover shares due to me from Marks& Spencer.
  I checked their credentials on the website for marks & Spencer Group plc and they are genuine.
  Altogether, I was very impressed with the service I received from them.
  If you want tocheck themout-look at www.marksandspencer.comand goto the investor pages under lost shareholders
• Apparently, on BBC news this morning there was a bit about how there's £14bn sitting in bank accounts that people have forgotten about. The government has decided that this money needs to go back to its rightful owners and has made the banking authorities set up www.mylostaccount.org. THIS IS TOTALLY FREE!!!
  This web site takes your address details and searches all the banks for accounts in your name. If it finds any accounts that are marked 'lost' or 'dormant' the bank will get in touch offering you the money back.