SYH4free (sell your house for free) scam or real?

scubamom

they took me in too, cant believe i fell for it , how do we find these guys though and what can we really do about it ?

scubamom

i have been scammed by these people too, is there any way of getting our money back, would martin get on tv to publicise it ? can the credit card companies help ?

jenniferhurley

If you speak to your bank if you did a deposit then they could give you your money back. That's what Im doing. They are doing a fraud investigation.

handyman1970

I was one of the lucky ones as I got my money back as I paid via debit card, they gave a refund and sent a letter saying they couldnt take debit card payments and if I wanted the sale to continue then to repay via bank transfer, for which I didnt, that was the last I heard from them, feel so sorry for those who paid by Bank transfer as it seems like the moneys gone, but can I ask.. a few phone numbers have been put on this thread, most notably david shaws personal mobile number.. has anyone rang it? hope you all manage to get your money back but it seems doubtful.

macxter

i rang all the mobile numbers posted on this forum DAVID SHAWS,MICHAEL RLLS AND EVEN PETER STEVENS but guess what they all keep going to answer phone TESCO MOBILE & VODAFONE. another thing i see on a recent post today about getting money back , as i said before if you have paid by credit card you should be entitled to a full refund via section 75 consumer credit act.Theywill ask you for as much information as you have but if you had as much as i did you will be successful it may take time but you should be ok.

Jay_C

Hi Guys

Saw this thread and thought I would post being that I work within the sector. I am sorry that many of you have been scammed by such companies who have taken your money and then are uncontactable but I thought for those who do not know the procedure should understand what it actually entails.

Firstly never give money from the onset, by this I mean that say you are being asked to pay for the valuation on the house then ask to say why? As a company, 9/10 we will pay for the valuation and in instances where we don't we back up that any valuation that is paid is then refunded on completion of a sale and if for any reason the sale does not go ahead to no fault of the vendor then this is refunded in full.

Where a company requests that you pay legal fees again ask them why and how much? A typical company should again be requesting these fees by the buyer and not the vendor. The company would request the seller to contribute a certain amount bu this should not be the case for any costs below around £600.

I hope this helps. Should wish anymore clarifications then do let me know.

In the instances of people who have been scammed, have you spoken to FSA or even just try speaking to fraud department of your bank

Jay

Pu55ycaT

Dear all,
It may offer you all some comfort to know that Sutton CID are working on this very case (based at Sutton police station, Surrey). There is also a government fraud hotline (look on the Directgov website it could be there as I have forgotten its name) that I contacted. They were very nice, took all the details and that's how CID got involved. I guess I have learnt the hard way about fraudsters. Perhaps it is time the govt legislated estate agents.

bettyboooop

hi im new and came accross this thread when trying to research investment property group .they also contacted me saying they have buyers waiting to buy propertys and was i intrested i said yes as i had found a property i wanted i payed them a valuation fee yes i know stupied of me but only because they had booked for the buyer to come view my home ,which he did he said he was an invester and was intrested he asked all the right questions ,i then recived an offer and accepted as it was just what we wanted they are now saying they need £1200 fee to hold for sale to go through incase we pull out ,this is when i started reserching the compony ,i have not found anything on them they have been registed at componeys house for 4 years ,i am not sending any money to them .after rading all what your have put ,and when looking at my bank they have not taken the 79 pound yet so i have canceled my card just wanted to make every one Known about this compony .they may be legit but im not willing to send money to find out .just woundered if anyone else have come across them

maninthestreet

Bettybooooop,

Exactly when did all this happen? In the last few weeks, or some months ago? We though this outfit had ceased their scam attempts due to the publicity they got on boards such as this.

bettyboooop

hi maninthestreet the company that contacted me were called investment property group i came accross this thread trying to research them just woundered if anyone had heard of them they have a fixed fee of 1200 upfront and an actual person came to view my house and make me an offer but i dont like the fact they want me to pay upfront it happened last week they are on compony house with the name the letting agent ltd