Venerus v Avis - Is This a Scam?

blackshadowuk

gmc99a said:

I had six original claim letters which I submitted.  I request payment into a nominated UK bank.

Yesterday I received six emails requesting I supply details via Wise for the money to be paid direct to my UK bank.

This I did this morning and within a few seconds the funds were transferred directly into my bank.

As I had a lot of Florida car rentals over that period including some of over a month; I have ended up receiving over £3,000.

Wow £3k for 6 hire dates. £500 a time that’s an incredible amount probably more than the actual cost of the original rental. At that time we were renting the top luxury cars and for 2 weeks they were costing about £400.  I’m happy with my £400 for 3 rentals but £3000 would have been better. 

Mikeyboy01443

gmc99a said:

I had six original claim letters which I submitted.  I request payment into a nominated UK bank.

Yesterday I received six emails requesting I supply details via Wise for the money to be paid direct to my UK bank.

This I did this morning and within a few seconds the funds were transferred directly into my bank.

As I had a lot of Florida car rentals over that period including some of over a month; I have ended up receiving over £3,000.

blimey - you are the clear winner in this thread

blackshadowuk

Mikeyboy01443 said:

gmc99a said:

I had six original claim letters which I submitted.  I request payment into a nominated UK bank.

Yesterday I received six emails requesting I supply details via Wise for the money to be paid direct to my UK bank.

This I did this morning and within a few seconds the funds were transferred directly into my bank.

As I had a lot of Florida car rentals over that period including some of over a month; I have ended up receiving over £3,000.

blimey - you are the clear winner in this thread

Mikeyboy01443 said:

gmc99a said:

I had six original claim letters which I submitted.  I request payment into a nominated UK bank.

Yesterday I received six emails requesting I supply details via Wise for the money to be paid direct to my UK bank.

This I did this morning and within a few seconds the funds were transferred directly into my bank.

As I had a lot of Florida car rentals over that period including some of over a month; I have ended up receiving over £3,000.

blimey - you are the clear winner in this thread

Yes a clear winner by about £2500…. I think he got some of mine.lol…

OzzyStew

I selected the Prepaid virtual  Mastercard, ended up in my Junk Folder for 3 weeks :-/.
Once I realised I had it, the Virtual "Purecard" was simple to activate and use online for purchases (I put it straight into my Amazon wallet)

Cardew

MrX said:

Got my payment today. $220. No idea how they worked it out as I know I only paid $300 for the car hire back in 2009.

Maybe it was because of the scam theorists that didn't claim that it left more in the pot to share?

Oh well, cheers to Heather!!

I suspect it is not only 'scam theorists' but many people will have changed address since 2008 and not received the letters; others hired via agencies for all inclusive holidays so for one reason or another have not got the claim forms.
 
Like you, my 4 claims were in the early part of the claim period in 2008-2010 and I cannot work out how the amounts were calculated. Perhaps they used a decent compound interest rate for 13+ years.

Still over £800 is a nice surprise. I would like to get hold of the email address for Heather Venerus to thank her and she might be able to give some insight into the saga. It would make an interesting newspaper article.

mmlakhani

100% not a scam - i just received at payout of £104.90

All the best

SteveR1100RT

I received 3 separate emails inviting me to make claims, submitted the claims and thought no more about it until a check (note American spelling) turned up on August 16th for $567.21 for one of the claims. My bank (Santander) said they wouldn't process it as it's less then $1000!

Checked my original claims and I did specify cheque payment in GBP, I've emailed info @veneruscarrentalinsurance.com twice requesting them to change the payment method but received no response. Today I've received another check for $149.66 in respect of another one of the claims, judging from the numbers on the checks I have received (***479 and ***481) both with the same date I'm guessing there's another in the post somewhere.

Anyone got suggestions as to how I should proceed? Is there another means of contact apart from the above email address?

blackshadowuk

SteveR1100RT said:

I received 3 separate emails inviting me to make claims, submitted the claims and thought no more about it until a check (note American spelling) turned up on August 16th for $567.21 for one of the claims. My bank (Santander) said they wouldn't process it as it's less then $1000!

Checked my original claims and I did specify cheque payment in GBP, I've emailed info @veneruscarrentalinsurance.com twice requesting them to change the payment method but received no response. Today I've received another check for $149.66 in respect of another one of the claims, judging from the numbers on the checks I have received (***479 and ***481) both with the same date I'm guessing there's another in the post somewhere.

Anyone got suggestions as to how I should proceed? Is there another means of contact apart from the above email address?

We took our $ cheque into HSBC two weeks ago. They told us at the time the charge would be £9.00 for under £100 and £19.00 for cheques over £100. Not having heard anything showing up on our account my wife phoned them and they said it could be up to 9 weeks.
I wish now I had asked for all 3 into my PayPal account which was instant and the charges were only a few £.

blackshadowuk

Oh yes and don’t forget to tell HMRC about your windfall as it’s almost certainly taxable.

ChrisM14

I don't see why HMRC need be involved.  It is not income - it is a return of money that was over or incorrectly paid years ago.