# FU, AB Funds! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385 "2026-08-17T23:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/1 "2026-08-17T23:06:15Z")
First it was the phone calls… “AB Funds” always from a different number. Then it was the emails from “AllianceBernstein”. Now I’m getting snail mail from them. I googled them and AllianceBernstein supposedly is legitimate but they have a section on their website about scams impersonating them. I DO NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THEM! Supposedly they want me to vote as a shareholder. WHAT??? Anywhere else I’ve invested, they ask me once, I throw away the mail, and they don’t bother me again. STOP IT ALREADY!!! I never picked up the phone. I never responded to the email. I threw away the snail mail. I never had an account with whoever they are. STOP IT!!! ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/2 "2026-08-17T23:21:49Z")
Good luck. My guess is that a spammer got hold of your name and number and will try to sell you something if you ever pick up. Never answer those calls! Then they’ll know they’ve got a live one. Is it always a different phone number, and sometimes even a different area or country code? They have thousands of numbers so blocking them won’t help. I had a similar problem and would get 2-3 such calls per day for a couple of months. It eventually stopped, Be patient. This too shall pass. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/3 "2026-08-17T23:24:16Z")
It’s been going on for well over a month, maybe two. I haven’t been tracking the dates because I figured they’d fade away. BUT NO!!! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/4 "2026-08-17T23:59:26Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > AllianceBernstein Symbol AWF. It’s a high yield bond fund. Pays a 7.74% dividend annually. The dividend is payed monthly. The yield is high through leverage. You may have owned it in a brokerage account at one time or another mutual fund you had owned it. Not a scam. Not the worst if you invest in monthly paying stocks/funds to level out your income. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/5 "2026-08-17T23:59:49Z")
Odd sort of scam where the surface motivation is to get you to vote as a shareholder, but I suppose it could be part of an attempt to harvest identity info. A place I invest has on occasion nagged me repeatedly to vote on a shareholder issue, both through regular mail and text messages, at least once asking me to call them on a supposedly urgent matter that turned out to be the dire necessity to obtain my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/6 "2026-08-18T12:22:06Z")
I was contacted by AB Funds through phone calls and emails, as I had some of their funds in my portfolio. It was relatively easy to get them to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385/7 "2026-08-18T13:15:19Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > at least once asking me to call them on a supposedly urgent matter that turned out to be the dire necessity to obtain my vote. I was harassed once to vote on some investment because there was apparently a quorum requirement on the number of shares being voted. I vaguely remember that it was converting the fund structure and apparently there was a pretty high bar such that the institutional investors alone wouldn’t hit it.