First Debt Elimination

rudekid48 wrote: »

Hi All,

Has anyone had any dealings with a firm called firstdebtelimination.com ?

There are a few around at the moment claiming that they can exploit loopholes in credit card agreements that were signed prior to 1st April 2007. They claim that they may be able to get the balance written off !

I've heard another company advertising on Talk Sport radio for the same thing.

They charge a fee which is said to be refundable if you are not successful.

Has anyone successfully done something like this or in the process of trying?

They have been going since Oct/November 2008. No one has been sucessfull and they dont give refunds unless you scream and go via Ministry of Justice who they are being investigated by. You will be assigned a case manager and she sits on the right of the reception/switchboard and wont take calls(in a meeting,on phone, busy e.t.c). They are based in Alhaurin and Fuengirola Spain. All town numbers listed are fake and go to the same switchboard. test 0034952197094 and all listed numbers will arrive at same switchboard. They cold call which breaks the code to start with and missell. Linked to Escort site scams and timeshare and ppi scams. Main office is in Fuengirola and anyone that has been there will find the office on the left on the way to the market in Los Boliches. What was known as Telephone Tinas. Operation legally listed in Spain as Investment Marketing S.L More details and names available on request.

Having read a recent post about a company dealing in debt elimination, thought I would pass on my experiences with a company with a similar name. I have no knowledge of the other company mentioned, but a first hand knowledge of the company detailed below

Warning, if anyone has had or thinking of dealing with First Step Debt Elimination otherwise known as 1st Step Solutions, website www. 1ststepdebtelimination. com, telephone numbers 0843 207 1783 and 0207 193 5428. I would strongly advise you think again and also to claim back any monies you may have paid them..
This company has only recently started operating; they say in London (Shakespeare House, 2nd Floor, 168 Lavender Road, London, SW11 5TG) this is not true, they only operate in Spain. If you do a little research, you will see their address leads to a virtual office address (www. shakespearehse. co. uk), so all mail that is sent to that address will be forwarded onto another location of their choice for a small fee. Since I have been doing a lot of investigation, I have only managed to track down the post to another type of virtual office in Arroyo de la Miel, Costa del Sol, Spain, more like a post office to me but not quite. That’s where there mail is either dropped off at their office (small cold call illegal telesales office) or is collected up by a member of their staff.
They also claim that they are regulated with the ministry of justice (MOJ) with the authorization number CRM61241 which DOES NOT exist. I have been in contact with the MOJ and passed on all paper work I have received to them. Let’s hope we can get this company put to sleep for good and hope that no one will be caught out by these scamming (I can think of a lot more appropriate words) people.