Discretionary commission- Solicitor emails

krysha

Hi

I contacted my finance company back in February.  After 2 and half months plus several emails, I received an email back confirming they were looking into my agreement.
Today, I have noticed that I have several emails in my spam box from a solicitor who has all my details regarding the discretionary commission.  They state that I need to sign the attached documents to proceed.  This also includes the cost.  They will take 40% of my settlement.

Has anyone else received emails like this?
I feel this could be a scam but unsure if this is normal as I've never been in this position before.

TIA

Phoenix72

Do you recall clicking on any advertisement links to car finance reclaims? Most of the time people inadvertently sign themselves up without realising.

Nasqueron

krysha said:

Hi

I contacted my finance company back in February.  After 2 and half months plus several emails, I received an email back confirming they were looking into my agreement.
Today, I have noticed that I have several emails in my spam box from a solicitor who has all my details regarding the discretionary commission.  They state that I need to sign the attached documents to proceed.  This also includes the cost.  They will take 40% of my settlement.

Has anyone else received emails like this?
I feel this could be a scam but unsure if this is normal as I've never been in this position before.

TIA

There was another post on here a little while back from someone who believed they had used the MSE site but had actually signed up for a claims firm. Unfortunately this is likely what you have done and thus you will need to be careful about proceeding as any attempt to end or breach the contract with the solicitors could be costly. Lesson learned, be extra careful when signing up for things online.

krysha

Luckily I know I haven't signed up for anything online.  This site was only use to find out the information that I needed.

krysha

Phoenix72 said:

Do you recall clicking on any advertisement links to car finance reclaims? Most of the time people inadvertently sign themselves up without realising.

No I haven't seen any advertisements for anything like this.  I wouldn't give any information out all I can think of is the emails aren't secure.

Nasqueron

krysha said:

Luckily I know I haven't signed up for anything online.  This site was only use to find out the information that I needed.

If a solicitor has contacted you and has the details of the exact complaint you made (including the firm details) then either firms are hacking your emails then saying they will act for you (unlikely) or you have somehow signed up to use them perhaps by emailing the wrong place. Read the emails carefully to check this - if it's generic spam about car finance then ignore, if they believe you have agreed to use them you will need to see what the contract is