stock purchase

[Fishindinar]

just sent an email to warka isx department to purchase some shares and just received an email back. The subject title said **SPAM**
But the email said

Dear Mr. xxxxx,

Thank you for providing with your new stock order which will be executed as this Tuesday’s trading session dated 31st of March 2009 and the purchase details will be provided once we complete our standard working procedures.

Best regards,

ISX Department
Warka Bank for Investment and Finance

This e-mail is confidential and the information contained in it may be privileged. It should not be read, copied or used by anyone other than the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately by return email, and delete the e-mail and do not disclose its contents to any person.

The letters are gray and it just is different from the emails I usually get.

[24mm exposed grid]

I ordered some more stock yesterday (Sunday), received the same email as you this morning, with ****SPAM*** on the title. Didnt think anything of it really other than a bit strange.

I did cross my mind that as they have my passport photo they were maybe commenting on my lack of hair

[Fishindinar]

Maybe they are trying to speed up their response time with a generic letter.

[MEDSOUTH]

I received an email about transferring a stock to my good name. Also had SPAM in the messaage box.
Must be those top notch computer network guys working for Warka.

[lglwzrd]

same spam msg re dividends from north bank.

[Fishindinar]

If I click the isx email address at the top of the email I get Bebo web site.

[baz]

If I click the isx email address at the top of the email I get Bebo web site.

I dont know enough about computers and 'spam' and 'bugs' etc etc, but perhaps its a good idea to double check with Warka about your stock and bank account, in the light of all we keep hearing about internet fraud.

Dont hurt to be double safe, and if their is a sniff of trouble with Warka's end unless someone says something, they might not ever get to know.

[pals145]

I can help wth finding about the sender. send me the full header i will tell you where it came from.

[investindinar]

I've gotten that "SPAM" message also, but I don't think it's an issue. However, I do have issue with Mr. I. and his staff.

I've sent over 14 messages over the last 4 weeks, 16 as of today to Mr. I at Al Warka and he hasn't responded to a single message. I know he received that last two I sent yesterday (Sunday). I'm beginning to think that there's something unethical going on if I ask them to sell 5,500,000 shares of Baghdad Bank over the last 4 weeks and he doesn't even acknowledge receiving the sell order. I've sent the same sell orders at least four times, but no response. Could it be that they have 'misplaced' the stock certificates after I've had them in their custody since Jan 2007? It's times like this that make me question the risk involved in dealing with a broker who could be untrustworthy, even fraudulently mis-representing stock transactions when they may not have even taken place.

Anyone have any thoughts on this issue regarding Warka's lack of timeliness and consistency? It's beginning to wear away at my patience with Al Warka and Mr. I and his staff.

Any constructive feedback would be welcome.

investindinar

[Seaview]

Have you tried picking up the phone and calling them. If I had some of the concerns that others on the forum are having, the first port of call would be a phone call.

I haven't decided for sure what is going on yet from all the complaints. Some are definitely human error, some are because Warka are understaffed and some are genuine and legitimate.

It's defining which is which and how serious this has really become.

You know, there are knowns and unknowns and unknown knowns etc..... :giggle: :smoke:

[chakkarchee]

I got 2 e-mails from ISX with SPAM, and got 2 e-mail from Mr I with no spam, I think warka e-mail is being spammed alongwith whoever they are forwarding e-mail to, Warka need to address this ASAP

[Magpye]

Got the same from ISX with spam

[BRYAN]

I recently renewened my expired on-line acess and I had no problem with spam attached. I also had sent a message asking about the Proxy stock purchase is still available and I am still able to purchase shares with a min. of 200,000 IQD per company.
I have a list I'm sending of the companies I hope to have purchased :mmm: and wish for the best.

The e-mail reply time was 2 days max.

[TreasureHunter]

Maybe they are trying to speed up their response time with a generic letter.


..................does this mean Warka will ACTUALLY be Trading tomorrow? Or...as you said, could it just be an auto responder? I know today was Warka's last day it their general assembly meeting......so I would be kinda surprised (But PLEASED!) if Warka was actually open for business and trading tomorrow. I thought it used to take them quite awhile to get going after their general assembly meetings? We'll see!:rolleyes:

[Crow]

Since I have dealt with these situations before, in other countries, for the last 8 months I am in dormant mode. No computer activity, never had on-line access, positions in place, only the most minimal simplistic communication when required.

[syzygy-iif]

I am not saying that this is what happened to Warka, but two items are big on the Internet right now:
1. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1888011,00.html
A Blacklist for Websites Backfires in Australia
2. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4901282n
60 minutes story The Internet is Infected
Lesley Stahl reports on computer viruses that propagate on the Internet and infect PCs, which enable their creators often called "cyber gangs" to learn the information they need to electronically rob bank accounts.
March 29, 2009 4:27 PM Read: The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next?

It would really be crappy, to say the least, if these cyber gangs rob our Warka Accounts on April 1st.