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£2700 refund on loan, credit card, overdraft, mortgage or car finance - a scam?
Lw95
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Hello all, long time lurker first time poster!
I’m posting today because a family member sent me a screenshot from Facebook which stated that due to a ‘new ruling’, customers who had taken out a loan, mortgage, credit card or car finance with a list of reputable banks were eligible for a £2,700 refund.
I cannot for the life of me find any info on this so alarm bells are going off already but I wondered whether anyone more legally savvy had thoughts?
All input appreciated, TIA
I’m posting today because a family member sent me a screenshot from Facebook which stated that due to a ‘new ruling’, customers who had taken out a loan, mortgage, credit card or car finance with a list of reputable banks were eligible for a £2,700 refund.
I cannot for the life of me find any info on this so alarm bells are going off already but I wondered whether anyone more legally savvy had thoughts?
All input appreciated, TIA
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Ah yes Facebook, full of scams for the gullible and naive.0
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Speaking as someone who works in this field, I can confidently say there is no such ruling. I can confidently say that there is no such figure. I can confidently say that it will be a scam / data mining exercise.
NEVER EVER believe any of these sort of things on FacebookI work in Data Protection and spend my days dealing with CMC's. Only here trying to help!!0 -
I've seen that, sadly full of people tagging their friends in
No doubt it'll be a form of advanced fee fraud (pay up front to "investigate" and disappear) or harvesting details for spamSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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A quick search confirms the usual. Its actually a CMC peddling the usual PPI claims. No surprise that they are based in Manchester with the usual long list of dubious addresses and "Directors".
STEER CLEAR!!!I work in Data Protection and spend my days dealing with CMC's. Only here trying to help!!0
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