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Hubby has had a letter from the DWP (Dpt for Work and Pensions) as it has been asked to forward the enclosed letter on behalf of Prudential and it appears he may be the person they are trying to locate.

The enclosed letter states he maybe the beneficiary of an endowment asking for his personal details to include where he lived in 1947 (he wasn't born until 1957).  They ask for copies of the original policy plus adress, dob but no NI/bank account details.  He has a pension with Prudential, it is all very odd??

Quote: Originally posted by romany on 03/10/2012

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Phone Prudential they will soon tell you if its a scam if it isn't where are we going next year

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Quote: Originally posted by Pyranha on 03/10/2012

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Probably not a scam - we frequently use the DWP Tracng Service to find long left employees so that we can pay them their pensions.

You are very restricted as to what you can include in the letter.

The best way to check is to call Prudential, looking up the enquiries number on their website (rather than taking it from the letter if you have any doubts) and see what they say.    However given that their letter implies the policy was taken out long before he was born, it's probable that he shares a name with the actual policyholder and was DWP's best guess.

 

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