Shares

[HFJL2020]

i bought some costain shares a few years ago it was a 100 shares the reduced that to 2 shares
i had a phone call from a rep from costain company telling me i have 3796 shares i asked her how come i have so many shares she said they built up over time i never bought that many in the first place she also said she will send me a form to fill in to vaiidate the shares she phones me up 7 pm afew times what do u think of this could it be scam did not give any bank details thanks for reading this

[davebro]

could be a scam - take care

[novalis]

Sound very iffy. Contact either the company directly or their share registrars if you know who they are.

[Tuvok]

I used to have Sky shares, then all shares were compulsory purchased back.

Few months later I got phone call that came through the call blocker (caller followed the instructions).

He was phoning about my 275 shares. (I had had a lot more than that!)

I told him that I didn’t have them and that nobody had them any more because of the buy back.

Next question - “had I received the money”

Told him that he was trying to scam me and hung up on him!

[TheWinner]

The registrar is Equiniti. Here's a link.
https://www.costain.com/investors/shareholder-centre/

[Peter Pedant]

agree novalis
good advice

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/costain/costain-to-issue-100m-new-shares-as-2019-loss-revealed-11-03-2020/#:~:text=Costain%20will%20issue%20%C2%A3100m,use%20of%20project%20bank%20accounts.

Firms do reissue and rejig shares but usually tell you. Make sure your address is as is. If you had bought 100 shares orig issue in Bill gates thieves' emporium - microsoft that is ! you would as a result of reissues, further issues, rejigs etc etc be sitting on mucho mucho moolah ( $100m or something ridiculous)

Costain nearly went bust so that wont happen here !

[jno]

did you ever get any dividends? If not you might find you signed up to reinvest them in buying more shares. But yes, follow novalis's advice before you do anything.