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HELP! Genuine or Fraudulent Compensation Claim?!

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  • Alan_Bowen
    Alan_Bowen Posts: 4,931 Forumite
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    No tour operator, and I mean none, would work with a business like this, it is a complete and utter lie. You might want to send an email to Citizens Advice, since they seem to have replaced Trading Standards, and warn them, they can send a note out across the country and warn offers not to touch them with a bargepole
  • Pollycat
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    Alan_Bowen wrote: »
    No tour operator, and I mean none, would work with a business like this, it is a complete and utter lie. You might want to send an email to Citizens Advice, since they seem to have replaced Trading Standards, and warn them, they can send a note out across the country and warn offers not to touch them with a bargepole

    I agree, Alan.
    And if it were me, I'd be sending this gutter-dwelling company's details to Thomas Cook as well as to any other tour operator they mention.

    Would be nice to see these scumbags in court.
  • soolin
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    Do we need a sticky thread I wonder to refer all these posts (usually from new users) to? I do have concerns that whilst it seems an obvious scam to most of us on here - along the lines of the foreign Prince who wants to give us 3 million dollars for nothing, we are getting quite a few people who seem to think there is a chance these 'offers' are genuine.
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  • Hi,

    I wondered if you used hadcroft Gillin to claim regarding an illness abroad? A friend passed me Their details so I got in touch but was cautious when they asked for the Passport info and NI numbers, was hoping to find somebody that has actually had a payout or at least dealt with them further

    Thanks
  • k3lvc
    k3lvc Posts: 4,174 Forumite
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    Alixmac1 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I wondered if you used hadcroft Gillin to claim regarding an illness abroad? A friend passed me Their details so I got in touch but was cautious when they asked for the Passport info and NI numbers, was hoping to find somebody that has actually had a payout or at least dealt with them further

    Thanks

    Seriously ??? Did you read any of the above ?
  • IAmWales
    IAmWales Posts: 2,024 Forumite
    k3lvc wrote: »
    Seriously ??? Did you read any of the above ?

    It's difficult to read common sense when blinded by pound signs ;)
  • hollydays
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    edited 25 April 2017 at 8:37PM
    http://talkradio.co.uk/news/british-ambulance-chasers-killing-spains-tourism-industry-fake-food-poisoning-claims-1611116543

    Shame on you Megan hadcroft ..

    For your next job, you could progress to ripping off the elderly,or disabled as that's the sort of career path you are obviously following.
  • Pollycat
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    Alixmac1 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I wondered if you used hadcroft Gillin to claim regarding an illness abroad? A friend passed me Their details so I got in touch but was cautious when they asked for the Passport info and NI numbers, was hoping to find somebody that has actually had a payout or at least dealt with them further

    Thanks
    Were you actually ill during your holiday?
  • hollydays
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    edited 25 April 2017 at 8:55AM
    And

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3805916/Cowboy-firms-coaching-British-tourists-make-dodgy-claims-sickness-compensation.html

    https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-mail-on-sunday/20170205/282467118628236


    Report the companies and the solicitors to the ministry of justice.
    It seems they are scanning social media for reports of all inclusive holidays and contacting people there
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