PPI Claimline

30RockFan78

Hi All,

Just need your thoughts on the following:

In March I was contacted by PPI Claimline in a phishing phone call. As I was heavily pregnant and had recently sent off letters to start the ball rolling at the time, I got my wires crossed and assumed they were calling on behalf of the banks I had applied to. On realising my mistake, I cancelled the person they were sending round with documents for me to be found and didn't return the paperwork they sent me.

I figured that was the end of it, but today I had a phone call from them to say that their solicitors had won £4999 for me and someone could be with me between 12-1pm to give me the cheque for the money. HOWEVER, before he arrived, I would have to go to a convenience store to purchase £1249 of UKASH vouchers to give to the PPI Claimline visitor, which would be to pay the Solicitor fees. I explained to the person on the phone that there was no way I could afford this initial outlay, after which she said she would drop it to just £649. I still said that was too much. She passed me on to her Line Manager and he went through the same spiel as the woman had (it's an overseas call centre too, so some things get lost in translation).

In the end I said I would call back as I wanted to check my paperwork, considering I had not signed anything for them to go ahead at all.

I just wondered if anyone else has encountered this UKASH system, and also, should I be worried now that this money has obviously been claimed on behalf, but without my authorisation?

Any advice would be appreciated. I told them it sounded dodgy, because it is just ringing alarm bells in my head.

Thank you

DrSqueeze

Legitimate firms do NOT ask people to pay with vouchers. It would be like a complete stranger asking you to fill an envelope with cash and meet them in a car park.

I suspect nothing has been claimed on your behalf, and if they do give you a "cheque" it will bounce.

So have nothing to do with these people.

Contact the banks yourself and ask for an update just to make sure nobody has tried to obtain payment from them.

Advice from the UKASH website:

Ukash works just like cash. Giving your Ukash voucher details to someone you don't know or a merchant that is not approved by Ukash puts you at risk of losing your money. The best way to protect yourself from being a fraud victim is to be aware of scams and guard your Ukash voucher like cash!

• Transactions cannot be reversed, so only give the voucher code to approved Ukash merchants.
• Treat your Ukash voucher just like cash
• Only use Ukash with merchants listed at the Ukash website
• Never use Ukash to pay for items purchased from classified ads or give the voucher code to anyone else
• Only Combine, Split or Convert your vouchers using Ukash Tools
• Never email your Ukash voucher details or give it to anyone over the telephone

Reclaim bank charge scams
DO NOT send Ukash to anyone calling you and claiming to be able to reclaim bank charges for you. They will ask you to send them a fee in the form of a Ukash voucher code by email or over the telephone. This is a fraud and you will lose your money.

If they contact you again, I would suggest speaking to the police.

dunstonh

ut today I had a phone call from them to say that their solicitors had won £4999 for me

Solicitors dont get involved in the process.

I would have to go to a convenience store to purchase £1249 of UKASH

UKASH is used in many scams. It is harder to trace fraud with it.

which would be to pay the Solicitor fees.

There is no solicitor and if a real solicitor was involved then such a thing would be considered extremely dodgy.

The whole thing smells like a scam.

30RockFan78

Thank you so much. I thought it sounded dodgy, which is why I posted on here. I may just send a letter to PPI Claim Line and copy in the Ministry of Justice on the way!

Glad I had my sensible head on during their call!!!