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Countless of outdated mobile phones languish in cupboards and drawers across the UK, and there are dozens of websites that will offer you cash for old handsets - but are you getting a good deal, watch out for scams online. Good thing we have Shaw Capital Management here to keep you updated. In offering money for a used, frequently useless phone, mobile phone 'recycling' companies usually sell of those handset devices rather than recycling it in order for them to provide a unique perfect service. The process goes like this; Customers will enter to- the make and model of their phone, its condition, and some personal details into a website. A quote appears and the company sends out a freepost envelope. Pop the phone in the envelope, then the Customers will send it back to the company and within a few days the money will arrive via cheque or in your bank account. At least, that is how it is supposed to work. But if customers are not careful they can end up with a bad deal - or nothing at all. To test the market, one of the customers searched online and found what appeared to be a good offer: £65 for his old phone - a handset he had bought three years ago. He posted it and waited for the bank transfer. But after Cash4Phones examined his used phone, He got an email informing that "excessive wear and tear" meant the company could only give him £39.33.He had five days to accept. After He complained - the phone is virtually free of scratches and the screen is intact - the company upped its offer to the original price. On one popular phone recycling forum, we found close to a hundred similar complaints about Cash4Phones offering less than its original quote because of "wear and tear" - far more than nearly any other company. Most of the complaints appeared to be resolved on the forum after Cash4Phones increased its offer, and the company says online forums are skewed towards people who are dissatisfied. It says it has many more customers who

Cochrane Shaw Capital Management Pty Ltd.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek COMPANY OVERVIEW Cochrane Shaw Capital Management Pty Ltd. provides investment and securities advisory services to individuals, corporations, accounting firms, and legal practices in Australia. The company offers advice on shares, debentures, superannuation, life insurance, unit trusts, and master fund products, as well as ongoing review on their investment portfolio. Its services include financial planning and investment strategies, superannuation planning, retirement and pension planning, risk insurance management, estate planning, and taxation planning. Cochrane Shaw Capital Management Pty Ltd. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Melbourne, Australia. As of December 24, 2010, Cochrane Shaw Capital Management Pty Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Incito Group Ltd. Suite 2 41 Railway Road Blackburn Melbourne, VIC 3130 Australia Founded in 1969 Phone 61 3 9894 3788 Fax 61 3 9894 1015 http://www.cochraneshaw.com.au/ SIMILAR PRIVATE COMPANIES BY INDUSTRY Company Name Region Australian Payments Clearing Association Limited Asia Supermaster Corporation (Vic) Pty. Ltd. Asia ABN Amro Equities Australia Ltd. Asia Jevgold Pty. Ltd. Asia Vanwhile Pty. Ltd. Asia RECENT PRIVATE COMPANIES TRANSACTIONS Type Date Target No transactions available in the past 12 months.

Five men are scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges that they tricked hundreds of people into paying thousands of dollars in up-front fees for home loan modifications they never intended to perform. Jacob John Cunningham, 24, Dominic Adam Nolan, 30, John D. Silva, 27, all of Irvine, Justin Dennis Koelle, 23, of Costa Mesa and Andrew Michael Phalen, 25, of Mission Viejo face multiple felony charges related to the alleged three-year scam. Authorities claim they created fake home loan modification companies and sent out mailers soliciting fees to adjust customers' mortgages. The ads said they were 100% successful and would return the initial fee if the company did not complete the loan modification, according to prosecutors. It's illegal to collect fees ahead of performing home loan modifications in California. As the men collected from their victims, prosecutors said they would change their company's name, phone number and addresses. The plot developed in 2011, with the men allegedly representing themselves as CitiFinancial and CitiMortgage and offering home refinancing. Customers were asked to deposit money into the group's account at a low interest rate. The total loss is estimated at more than $65,000 nationwide. The men face sentences ranging from seven years and eight months to 21 years and eight months in prison. - Joseph Serna