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Wonga Fined fo using Fake Lawyer letters.

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  • Ivor_Pecheque
    Ivor_Pecheque Posts: 745 Forumite
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    Seem to remember The FCA (or whatever it was called a few years ago) were equally as toothless as the BPA, things soon changed, mainy as a result of public backlash.
    Illegitimi non carborundum:)
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    PPC's are not just guilty of issuing false solicitors letters, don't forget the false court case papers which have been used as leverage.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Nodding_Donkey
    Nodding_Donkey Posts: 2,738 Forumite
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    Just on the news that Wonga are now facing a police investigation over the fake solicitors letters.

    There's hope yet :)

    (worried yet Trev?)
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    What lovely free advertising for Wonga, their business will soar.
  • Custard_Pie
    Custard_Pie Posts: 364 Forumite
    The fact is that they used fraudulent techniques to cause alarm and distress into getting people to pay up. It's no different to the criminal using fake ID to getting into a property to commit theft. The latter would already had been to Court.

    In a Capatilist Country, money talks and those who can buy do tend to buy justice.
    Search my post " PoPLA evidence - What to submit" on what is a good defense for a PoPLA appeal.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    roddydogs wrote: »
    What lovely free advertising for Wonga, their business will soar.
    You look, see that Wonga were forced to repay fraudulently obtained money and decide to go with them? Not me thanks.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Hot_Bring
    Hot_Bring Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    You look, see that Wonga were forced to repay fraudulently obtained money and decide to go with them? Not me thanks.

    You do need to take into account that a majority of people that turn to these type of lending services are fairly desperate so I doubt many will carry out a balanced research before applying.
    "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    I believe they only sent the letters to people who had taken their money and then were not repaying as they agreed to.
    Can't see what all the fuss is about.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    Can't see what all the fuss is about.

    The "fuss" is about illegal impersonation of authority. The key term there being "illegal". ;)

    Whilst I don't doubt the commercial reasons behind WHY they did it, and WHO they did it to, it was the HOW they did it that was wrong.
  • Hot_Bring
    Hot_Bring Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    I believe they only sent the letters to people who had taken their money and then were not repaying as they agreed to.
    Can't see what all the fuss is about.

    Because there are rules and laws they have to abide by ..... and didn't.
    "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
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