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SCM Solicitors letters
meme86
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Hi
With what has been in the press in the last few days about letters from 'solicitors' demanding payments (Wonger and now Student loan co.)
I am just wondering about SMC Solicitors. Are TSB doing the same thing?
I had a letter from SMC shortly after I started my DMP a couple of years ago.
With what has been in the press in the last few days about letters from 'solicitors' demanding payments (Wonger and now Student loan co.)
I am just wondering about SMC Solicitors. Are TSB doing the same thing?
I had a letter from SMC shortly after I started my DMP a couple of years ago.
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If you have some examples, please read this article and send them to MSE.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/loans/2014/06/is-it-just-wonga-send-us-your-debt-demands-from-fake-lawyersFree/impartial debt advice: National Debtline | StepChange Debt Charity | Find your local CAB
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SCM are TSB's in house debt collection goons.
EDIT: Having read Fermi's link I actually have a stack of SCM letters for various accounts I assist with.0 -
I got letters from SCM as well, they are filed away, don't know if I can face looking at them though
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Most DCA `s have "in house" solicitors, more often than not in the same office, they try to make it look like the action against you has been escalated, when in reality it just gets passed around there own systems.
Personally I've never had any bumf from any fake solicitors, as far as I know.
but I'm not prejudiced at all, they all got filed together, very safely, in the recycle bin !!!! I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter0 -
Paul Lewis of BBC Moneybox is also looking for copies of letters, and to pass on to the FCA.
https://twitter.com/paullewismoney/status/484586834568417280Free/impartial debt advice: National Debtline | StepChange Debt Charity | Find your local CAB
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Paul Lewis of BBC Moneybox is also looking for copies of letters, and to pass on to the FCA.
https://twitter.com/paullewismoney/status/484586834568417280
I wish I had some now lol.
What a shame I no longer deal with 1st credit,
they used to be a shining example of this tactic,
although I cant for the life of me remember the name they used ???I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter0 -
i only got the 1 letter from SCM, which was 5 months after starting my DMP. Scanned it onto my computer, along with all letters that i received.0
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Hello, my wife received letters from SCM when we started a DMP in 2010. She was very stressed as they said that they were from a firm of solicitors and were threatening legal action to recover the credit card debt. At the time I just filed them away, but now I am wondering if I can claim compensation from Lloyds for all of the stress this caused her? The annoying thing was that she had to cut her hours down and earn less due to the stress of staying awake at night worrying about the impending court action!0
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Hello, my wife received letters from SCM when we started a DMP in 2010. She was very stressed as they said that they were from a firm of solicitors and were threatening legal action to recover the credit card debt. At the time I just filed them away, but now I am wondering if I can claim compensation from Lloyds for all of the stress this caused her? The annoying thing was that she had to cut her hours down and earn less due to the stress of staying awake at night worrying about the impending court action!
Always worth a written complaint in my opinion :TI’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter0
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