02072568080

Dear Beckenham Eagle

After being notified of this dreadful written lie.  I have already contacted my legal team with my concerns against this slander against Capital Vintners.  We have no connection to the people you have mentioned and have no dealings in scam investments.  All our customers who buy wine, have there wine transferred into their own private account in a reputable Bonded HMRC regulated Warehouse.  I have no idea how you have to come to this conclusion and would insist that you remove this accusation immediately.

Capital Vintners and its clients are aware of scam companies and all our customers have made good returns via the fine wine market and some have made exceptional returns.  These are listed in the form of testimonials on our website http://www.capitalvintners.com/testimonials/  and we have more and more customers writing to us every year thanking us for the returns made (not paper returns, actual financial returns).  Our annual accounts are filed on line every year and taxes are paid too.  We operate a highly competent business model and are contributing to commerce in the United Kingdom.

Please feel free to visit us any time our address is 1 Cornhill London EC3V 3ND.
We would be happy to entertain any questions you might have in person.

Finally remove this or you shall be liable to prosecution.
Your sincerely

Christopher Burr
Managing Director
Capital Vintners Ltd

I have been cold called by representatives of your company Imperial Wines of London twice. Most seem to be quite rude if you show no interest in investing. They are not to keen  if you want to come to your offices and  discuss anything either

You might want to check the website moneysavingexpert.com. It does not portray you company in a very
good light

I don't think 'Beckenham Eagle' is lying. The unscruplious employees of your dreadful company persist in cold calling my elderly mother trying to get her to pay £4200 for 24 bottles of alleged fine wine, despite her repeatedly telling them that she is defintely not interested. You are scum of the earth and I will report Capital Vintners to 'Action Fraud' for this.

Amazing how all these directors come out within the same month to deny a connection with each other. This would make me more suspicious of a connection to be honest. I think I'd prefer to take Jim Budd's investdrinks.org website advise rather than trust these scamsters. Any company that reverts to high pressure sales tactics via cold calling is always one to give wide berth in my opinion.

BBW share there address with London Carbon Neutral who's director happens to be affiliated with scam companies in the past... Although they appear to be legit, they probably have very high margins on there wine as do most of these small wine companies

Most companies of this type at least change offices and phone numbers when their scam crumbles down around them. Seems like this mob have more audacity - land banking yesterday, fine wine investments today....carbon credits tomorrow?

So you receive a call out of the blue, claiming they got your details in a survey you recently or conversation you have had with them at an earlier date. Both of which are lies as they really have got your details from share holders registers.

Then they try to sell you land, wine or carbon credit investments all with high returns that sound to good to be true. If these were good investments they wouldn't to be hard sold over the phone. Also why would a stranger offer you these money making schemes? if they were solid investments with high returns then you wouldn't want tell the world about it you would invest in them yourself and keep it quiet.

No one ever lost money by refusing to invest in a 'to good to be true scheme' but lots of people have lost money by investing in them.

Why not give a real office. The office you give is a "vitual" office. I know it, I work next door

Get your money back if you can its a con. Wine investment, land banking, carbon credit and rare earth metal scams all work hand in hand with each other and will try and drain every penny they can out of you. If you paid by cheque get it cancelled ASAP. They will keep trying to contact you selling you other investments under other mop any names. Now they have your details they will not take you of a calling list and the authorities won't help either. Best thing you can do for your father is get his number changed ASAP.

40%~50% returns come on, wake up and remember the phrase too good to be true.

Margin 40-50% meaning how much extra on top tehy charge for the wine, not returns thank-you

Lots of these kind of companies about people tend to lose their money with them. They don't need FSA registration so any investment you make will have no protection. The salesmen will tell you what you want to hear because guess what, they want your money. I'd go with Harry on this one and get your number changed them keep it private as these companies can be persistent especially with the elderly.

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately Dad gave them his Debit card details. I will be contacting the Bank tomorrow to stop any future payments. How do we protect elderly people from things like this?

The elderly are their bread and butter, they prey on them at times of the day when they know they will be alone using befriending tactics.

Best thing to do is like Liam says change the telephone number cut their route of communication and take care not to give the new number out to companies that share info.

I am not sure how to change the telephone number as he has an account with Virgin Media and their website makes it very hard to contact them unless your query corresponds with their FAQs. My father does not use the internet and so does not have an online account with them. He also lives 250 miles away from me, which makes it harder. His current number is registered already with TPS, but that hasn't stopped this kind of thing as I think his name must be on some kind of master list of gullible old codgers who are easily conned.
I wish there was more we could do not only for my Dad but for all the others like him. It makes me very angry to think of how some people make a profit from the vulnerable.

http://content.met.police.uk/News/Wine-scam-w ... 1/1257246745756

Wine scam warning

07 December 2011

Bromley Police are warning residents to be ware of a scam involving investing in wine, after two residents have recently been embezzled out of £24,900.

The scam starts with the fraudsters contacting victims and talking them into investing large amounts of money in fine wines, which don't actually exist. Two residents have recently become victims of this scam, one losing £15,000, the other £9,900.

"Beware of claims that an investment will produce guaranteed, risk-free or exceptional return".

The advice from the Police is to ALWAYS take independent professional advice before making any investment and particularly if the type of investment is unfamiliar to you.

And Remember the Warning Signs:

Beware of unsolicited or unexpected approaches offering investment opportunities of any kind. Always check on the credentials of a company or individual before dealing with them.

Beware of claims that an investment will produce guaranteed, risk-free or exceptional return. Most investments include an element of risk and returns cannot be guaranteed.

Beware of any investment whose past performance and potential growth cannot be easily checked, for example in the financial press or via an independent financial adviser. Ask yourself, "Why not?"

Beware of pressure to make a quick decision and NEVER sign up to anything immediately. A reputable dealer will allow time for you to undertake research and, if the investment is genuine, there will usually be a 'cooling off' period in case you change your mind.

ALWAYS ask about payment of commission. Beware of an up-front commission payable at the time of purchase instead of the time of sale.

Beware of being told to keep the deal confidential. If the investment is legitimate, why would you need to keep it confidential?

NEVER give your bank account numbers, credit card numbers or other personal information to anyone you don't know or whose credentials you haven't checked.

Ignore emails, chain letters or any other unsolicited approach promoting get-rich-quick schemes. They're not worth reading and will almost certainly leave you out of pocket!

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http://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/06701468

BORDEAUX FINE WINES LIMITED
Company Number 06701468
Status Active
Incorporation Date 18 September 2008 (over 4 years ago)
Company Type Private Limited Company
Jurisdiction United Kingdom

Registered Address
IMPERIAL HOUSE,
NORTH STREET,
BROMLEY
KENT
BR1 1SD

SIC Codes
51.34 - Wholesale of alcoholic and other beverages
Directors/ Officers
KENNETH GUNDLACH, director, 18 Sep 2008-

Some employees of Coutnrywide are currently in Southwark Crown Court on fraud charges brught by Trading Standards.  very sad array of victim witnesses, mostly elderly, some with medical or mental problems.

www.dailymail.co.uk/money/experts/article-227 ... ine-trader.html

TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Don't threaten me' says wine investment trader
By TONY HETHERINGTON
PUBLISHED: 22:12, 9 February 2013 | UPDATED: 08:01, 12 February 2013
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D.G.R. writes: I am forwarding you an email I received from a company that asks for my address so that a free case of Bordeaux wine can be delivered. This looks like a scam. It is the first and only contact I have ever had  with these people.

Trail: Vintage Wine Investors couldn't be found in Wilmington, above, but mail is picked up in Docklands

The remarkable offer of free wine came from Vintage Wine Investors, and the sting in the tail comes further down the message with a sales pitch for a case of different wine that will cost you £2,800.
But of course this wine is not for drinking. It is an investment. And the sellers are so confident that they even give a legally binding contract saying they will buy the same wine back for £3,976 after just three months.

How can they make such an amazing offer? According to Vintage Wine Investors: ‘This is from a large buy from a vendor requiring a quick sale.

‘We are putting in 60 per cent of the money ourselves and allowing new clients to test the market and see the short-term returns that  are currently available by participating in the purchase of some of the stock.’

The only thing that could go wrong is that you could make your investment and be stuck with the very expensive wine if Vintage Wine Investors broke its promise to buy it back.

Or if Vintage Wine Investors turned out not to exist. Well guess what? It was impossible to find the firm.

It is not registered at Companies House, so it is not a British limited company. I traced the firm’s website to Giles Harrison and Tim Dunton and an address in the small town of Wilmington, Delaware, in the US, but state authorities there have no record of the company either.

The Vintage Wine Investors website is decorated with a picture of the massive Citigroup skyscraper at Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands, but the firm is not there.

It does supply a nearby address at Ensign House in Admirals Way, but this belongs to a business that takes in mail for anyone who pays.

Legally, anyone trading under a business name must identify themselves as the owner. Failure to do so is a crime.

So, I sent a polite email to Vintage Wine Investors, asking who really runs the business.

Back came an increasingly angry flurry of emails from someone giving his name as Michael Chapman. ‘Why do you require this information?’ he asked. ‘What is your agenda? Is there a problem with our offers?’

I explained that all I was asking him to do was obey the law. Chapman – if that is his real name – suddenly turned shy.

‘The company is no longer trading outside its existing client base,’ he told me. And he added: ‘We are a group of sole traders based all over the world.’ I should leave him alone, it seemed, because ‘we are no longer marketing or publicising ourselves’.

Well that was a lie. But Chapman had another one to top it. ‘We do not have any legal obligations within the UK,’ he insisted. Yet his firm’s terms and conditions say clearly that its contracts fall under English law and any disputes will be settled in a court in England.

Finally Chapman cracked: ‘You are threatening me. This is unacceptable. I think you need to leave this situation alone.’

Now, I know it is a small world, but this is not the first dodgy wine offer to come from Ensign House in Canary Wharf.

Two years ago I warned that a business there called CB Vintners was also promising a guaranteed profit. Purchase wine for £10,000 and the firm would buy it back for £11,500.

But there was no such company, and enquiries led to, yes, Wilmington in Delaware. What a coincidence.

The law on business names is enforced by trading standards, so I handed over all my information to Tower Hamlets Council, which covers Canary Wharf.

Trading Standards officers there moved with impressive speed. Last Wednesday they told me: ‘We have executed warrants in relation to this case and one arrest has been made.’

Enquiries are continuing, so if anyone has parted with money  to Vintage Wine Investors, investigators would like to hear from  you. Contact trading.standards@towerhamlets.gov.uk.

I have been cold called by sellers of land, fine wines(twice), rare earth metals (three different companies) pink diamonds, white diamonds, storage space (8% return, but if no-one rents it, you don't get nuffin),and even heat pumps. Also the man from Jamaica who wanted £1,000 to go and collect the £2,000,000 he said I'd won. I''ll be glad to get back to work after recovering from an operation.

Dial 150 from your virgin phone for free, speak to the in person. Hope this helps

I received a cold call from Daniel King (Perhaps) of DS Vintners and the opportunity to buy into the fine wine market now that banks are underperforming.
The conversation was quite entertaining for me with me pretending to write down every figure that he quoted.
I asked him about this site and asked why Bromley Trading Standards were chasing them he was confused since they aren't in Bromley, they are in Mayfair. When i wouldn't complete the online form which he claimed was to get entry to the site and see the online brochure (but which was entitled accoount application???), he was curious since they already had my details. When i asked him what details he had and why he had them and where they get them from the answer made me laugh out loud - "The banks know that they are underperforming, and they have asked us to contact you".