Police warn of PPI scams (From This is The West Country)
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Police warn of PPI scams
10:00am Sunday 12th August 2012 in Somerset By Newsdesk
Police warn of PPI scams
POLICE warn Bridgwater residents of Payment Protection Insurance scam.
Bogus Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) companies have been contacting people under the pretence of assisting with a PPI claim they are entitled to.
These criminals then get victims to pay fees up front for services that are never delivered.
Scammers will usually ask for these ‘fees’ in the form of UKash vouchers or by transfer through Western Union.
DC Greg Brunt, from the financial investigation unit, said: “It is important to remember that a genuine company will generally never ask for any money or payment to be made before you have received your compensation from your lender either by cheque or by payment into your bank account.
“They will also never ask anyone to make payment by any form of voucher system or wire transfer including UKASH and Western Union.
“Normal practise is for recipients of a PPI claim make payments after you have received an invoice from us in writing.
“If you are a PPI customer and you receive a telephone call asking you to make a payment or buy vouchers, hang up and call the company back via the official phone number.”
To report an incident call 101.
Comments(7)
RustyKnight
says...
8:46pm Sun 12 Aug 12
As for these phone scams, we have caller ID, if we get a call from an international number, as most of these are, or withheld, we just pick the phone up and put it straight back down again.
mobyman
says...
8:31am Mon 13 Aug 12
BrittanyBritain
says...
1:33pm Tue 14 Aug 12
o.uk and found out I´m not the only one who is being harassed by them. Next time they called me I played the stupid, driving the guy on the other end up the wall by asking stupid questions back ;)
sheldoncooper
says...
1:59pm Wed 15 Aug 12
BrittanyBritain wrote:If an unknown call shows up on my caler ID I just answer "Hello", as soon as they announce who they are I start talking in a made up language ...they soon hang up :)
Annoying stuff. Had the same number calling me an and on, looked it up on http://www.tellows.c
o.uk and found out I´m not the only one who is being harassed by them. Next time they called me I played the stupid, driving the guy on the other end up the wall by asking stupid questions back ;)
mobyman
says...
12:44pm Thu 16 Aug 12
sheldoncooper wrote:all good and well but half the idiots that ring from these so called companys dont speak in our langauge anyway
BrittanyBritain wrote:If an unknown call shows up on my caler ID I just answer "Hello", as soon as they announce who they are I start talking in a made up language ...they soon hang up :)
Annoying stuff. Had the same number calling me an and on, looked it up on http://www.tellows.c
o.uk and found out I´m not the only one who is being harassed by them. Next time they called me I played the stupid, driving the guy on the other end up the wall by asking stupid questions back ;)
sheldoncooper
says...
4:23pm Thu 16 Aug 12
mobyman wrote:How true :)
sheldoncooper wrote:all good and well but half the idiots that ring from these so called companys dont speak in our langauge anyway
BrittanyBritain wrote:If an unknown call shows up on my caler ID I just answer "Hello", as soon as they announce who they are I start talking in a made up language ...they soon hang up :)
Annoying stuff. Had the same number calling me an and on, looked it up on http://www.tellows.c
o.uk and found out I´m not the only one who is being harassed by them. Next time they called me I played the stupid, driving the guy on the other end up the wall by asking stupid questions back ;)
Samej1 says...
10:55am Sun 12 Aug 12
m and do it all yourself.
I did just that and sucessfully reclaimed thousands! (I am not affiliated with moneysavingexpert at all!)