Keep quiet. If you get something, you should find out where it's come from. Your sister can then contact them directly and hope to get her entitlement without losing 20%.
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When I inherit that cool million I'll be sure to pop over to stand you a pint, mate.
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Good point. I have a hunch the sibling question will be the first thing they ask. I'll ask my sis if she wants to be involved, if not, I'll have to say 'no comment' to any such questions, might not endear them to me very much though. Hmmm...
Uter
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This is fascinating. Please keep NSC updated! We will need closure.
You're not in contact with any of your family anymore, which is why you emigrated to South Korea. You have no idea what's happened to your sister.
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Sure.
Oh, wait, I wasn’t offered one
Figured you were more of a wine drinker...how about a nice bottle of Chateau Pape de Neuf?
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Hmmm...you're cunning - and I like you!
2 pints?
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Sure will, honestly I'm certain it'll all fade to zero soon enough. For all I know they may employ a scatter gun approach to contacting anyone and everyone remotely connected, and then begin the process of elimination. My expectations are really low, but I can't deny that it's been a fun distraction so far!
I'll call them tomorrow and report back.
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Ok....no nuts though!
At home, yes. At the football, it’s beer. Or whisky when I’ve drunk 3 pints. Chateauneuf du Pape can be a lovely drop, depending on grower & vintage; I’ll come up with a short list of suggestions - £250/bottle ok as a budget?
Thunder Bolt
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The relative left £100 and there are 25 relatives who can claim!
Paul Reids Sock
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Is this the sort of situation in which you would be able to submit a subject access request and understand all of the details that they have on you? Not sure fully on the workings of them but I am pretty sure that if they have information on you then they have a legal obligation to tell you what that is.
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisation...ation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-of-access/
I would also check exactly when they want the 20%. Some of these claims companies want the 20% prior to paying you out the rest. If you can't afford the 20% upfront then they can come to an arrangement (usually whereby you give them a larger percentage) This was standard practice for a lot of the PPI cowboys so these guys may not be as bad but worth checking.
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I don't believe that they would have contacted you if they didn't know the amount.
It may be that their willingness to negotiate could be governed by the amount. If they won't negotiate, maybe walk away for a couple of months. If their 20% is significant, I would expect them to try and maintain contact and try and 'persuade' you.
If they don't, you can always go back to them later, but your expectations will have been set that it may not be a great amount. I can't think of a situation where you would lose out with this approach (awaits NSC poster to immediately point out the blindingly obvious way you could lose out
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It may be that their willingness to negotiate could be governed by the amount. If they won't negotiate, maybe walk away for a couple of months. If their 20% is significant, I would expect them to try and maintain contact and try and 'persuade' you.
If they don't, you can always go back to them later, but your expectations will have been set that it may not be a great amount. I can't think of a situation where you would lose out with this approach (awaits NSC poster to immediately point out the blindingly obvious way you could lose out
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At home, yes. At the football, it’s beer. Or whisky when I’ve drunk 3 pints. Chateauneuf du Pape can be a lovely drop, depending on grower & vintage; I’ll come up with a short list of suggestions - £250/bottle ok as a budget?
Mate, if (and it's a stupidly large IF) I inherit £250,000 - I will personally deliver you a £250 bottle of anything you desire (except virgin's blood - that'd be weird).
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They don't make a penny if the claim is less than a grand per person - so probably not - but my guess would be £10,000 between 5 or 6.
Arthur
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Knew there had been a thread like this before....
https://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?357110-heirhunters
[MENTION=1518]empire[/MENTION] how did this end up if you don't mind me asking?
https://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?357110-heirhunters
[MENTION=1518]empire[/MENTION] how did this end up if you don't mind me asking?
Thunder Bolt
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It was a tongue in cheek suggestion.
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Wow, Cheers. Yes, I was wondering how they tracked me down. I've been off grid for 13 years and they somehow found me through my FIL's address (where admittedly I do receive my uk bank correspondence) How would they know that? Would my bank give them that info - data mining is a thing perhaps. As for information they have on me about the claim - I'm guessing it's purely a matter of tracing Genealogical stuff - that's basically what they bang on about on their website.
They state the 20% is to be paid when everything settled. Which is fine if it's a cash deal, but if I got lumbered with a derelict property in S Norwood and told to cough up 50,000 for the privilege I'd be fooked!