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  • Were you sick on holiday and can prove what made you sick? If so I presume you've already taken it up with the tour operator or hotelier?

    If you haven't been sick them don't be fooled by these shonksters that tell you they can get you thousands without providing any proof. You're committing fraud and hopefully you'll be caught and pay the consequences for it. It also makes it harder for people with legitimate claims to be taken seriously.

    The whole sick claims industry is a scam, which is why hoteliers, tour operators, Abta etc are all clamping down on it.
  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,876 Forumite
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    RyeRye wrote: »
    These guys called me to.
    Read through the comments and no-one actually seems to have been scammed by these people it all just seems to be people with lots of opinions and no facts.

    CAN ANYONE POINT ME IN THE DIRECTION OF ANY STORIES OF ACTUAL OCCURRENCES WHERE SOMEONE WAS SCAMMED BY THIS??

    It's worth reading this thread
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5656202
    in the first link you will see an article on a couple that were contacted by a firm, made a claim, and are now being countersued
  • Alan_Bowen
    Alan_Bowen Posts: 4,934 Forumite
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    If you live in Rye you really should know better than to even ask the question. If you were ill did you report it whilst you were on holiday, did you write to the operator when you came home or contact a solicitor when you got home? If you have only thought of making a claim months or years later, you really need to be careful as the operators and hotels are now fighting back.

    I would never want to stop anyone with a genuine claim proceeding but if you go to a proper solicitor they will claim costs from the operator and you won't lose 25 to 30% of the value of your claim in the process.
    Have you thought how they got your number, you didn't call them did you? You may have had a call from a call centre asking you 'household questions' recently, that is how they got your name, they use the information you thought you were giving away for free (and you were) and they have now paid for another 10,000 names of poor sods who are going to get the same call as you! I tried to find their website, they obviously didn't pay the second years fees as it sends you to a Spanish sports site and the Facebook page hasn't changed since last July
  • sandsy
    sandsy Posts: 1,757 Forumite
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    Its amazing... I have just been paid out of £3300 and my boyfriend got £2700 in 4 months. I thought it was a scam but i'm very shocked and exited as we can go on another holiday for x-mas for free.

    I'd hang onto the money if I were you for when the hotel countersues you for lying.
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