01280730030

Beware!

This number is used by the Sanda Wellbeing ( www.SandaWellbeing.com ) scam company in the UK.

If you are asked to contact them on it, or they call you, report the matter to:

Bexley Heath Trading Standards Office:
2a Hadlow Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4AF

Email: ts.duty@bexley.gov.uk
Tel: 0208-303-7777

Read the second story down - it is all about Sanda Wellbeing selling but not delivering fake drugs for an OAP with arthritis:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/life/consumer/consumer-problems/2010/09/19

Dear all,

To avoid misconception which the above poster is trying in desperation to create. This number is not related to Sanda.  It is however the number of our 3rd party distribution company, Meerkat Distribution.

The user is trying to pass themselves off as Trading standards but I have written confirmation from our home trading standards that they do not communicate in these forums and are now investigating this user.

I would however invite the user to contact us directly if they have a genuine complaint and we will rectify it, as we have done with every other customer issue.

The accusation of Scam is unfounded and the newspaper article mentioned is unfortunate and we regret the situation but I welcome anyone to contact Marilyn Hunter (The lady mentioned in the paper) and she will confirm that we did in fact refund her money, just like we do with any other customer request for refund..... which takes us out of the "Scam" category altogether.

If anyone has any customer service issue then please feel free to contact me directly on complaints@sandawellbeing.com (A UK managed email address direct to the Chairman's PA) and I promise to rectify any issue you have.

Kind regards

Bali Bailey
PA to Chairman

Bali, you must be proud of them:
Meerkat Distribution
30 - 34 Ball Moor
Celtic Court
Buckingham Industrial Estate
Buckingham
Buckinghamshire
MK18 1RQ

Seem to be a lingerie outfit:
 www.meerkatdistribution.com

Their server seems to run a few more sex sites:
 http://www.robtex.com/dns/meerkatdistribution.com.html

allure-lingerie.co.uk
giftstodreamof.com
mail.meerkatdistribution.info
mail.meerkatecommerce.com
mail.meerkatwholesale.com
mail.nimislingerie.com
meerkatdistribution.info
meerkatecommerce.com
meerkatwholesale.com
mylingeriedirect.com
nimislingerie.com
rudeornude.co.uk

Problems with their accounts:
Companies House Details
Companies House Number: 06760919
Annual Return Overdue (as of 01 Mar 2011)

People connected with the Company
ROBERT ANDREW GOOCH

Charges / mortgages against this Company

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLCDEBENTURE - OUTSTANDING on 04 Feb 2010

Validated scam reports can be read here:

NHS DOCTOR'S SCAM ALERTS:
www.queencamelmedicalcentre.co.uk
www.erypct.nhs.uk/templates/Page.aspx?id=2156
www.npmc.nhs.uk/
www.mysurgerywebsite.co.uk/new-patients.aspx?p=l83102
www.vinesurgery.co.uk/pdfs/newsletter.pdf
www.stjamesmedicalcentre.co.uk

ACTION FRAUD:
http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/fraud-az-health-scams

BBC WARNINGS ON CALL CENTRE FRAUD IN INDIA:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7953401.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rghv1

UK Companies Investigation Branch Reporting Form:
http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/complaintformcib.htm

CRIMESTOPPERS UK:
https://secure.crimestoppers-uk.org/ams.form.anonymous.asp

CONSUMER DIRECT ADVICE ON HEALTH SCAMS:
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/Commonscams/miracle-cures/
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/Co ... ures/glucobate/

MHRA ADVICE FOR CONSUMERS:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Gene ... umers/index.htm
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Gene ... cines/index.htm

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/Search.asp?EC=1
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/data_protection.aspx

Also seems to be the number for Company Number 03582035
DMM Ltd
30-34 Ballmoor,
Celtic Court,
Buckingham Industrial Estate,
Buckingham,
MK18 1RQ

Funnily enough, they've petitioned for voluntary liquidation

Reply !

Bing
12 Mar 2011
Scam Alert! Sanda Wellbeing / Sanda Wellness have been labelled as scam artists by many people.

NHS doctors surgeries have also issued warnings.

A list of cold-call numbers and associated complaints is below:

REGISTERED ADDRESS:
Sanda Wellbeing Ltd
c/o: Kishens Accountants
3, Montpelier Avenue,
Bexley,
Kent,
DA5 3AP

VAT Reg No. 925 6675 90
Companies House Number: 06377623

REGISTERED OFFICE STREET VIEW:
http://goo.gl/caMAp  

SANDA GROUP SUSSEX HEADQUATERS:
(from http://whois.domaintools.com/yourwellness.net)
Sanda Wellness
Burleigh House Farm
Burleigh Lane
Crawley Down
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 4LF

ASSOCIATED PEOPLE:
Ajit Patel Chairman (Ajit Ramanlal Patel) (of NHS & SFO Goldshield infamy)
www.google.com/search?q="Ajit+Ramanlal+Patel"
www.google.com/search?q="Ajit+Patel"
Susan McDonald Co-Director
Bali Bailey PA to the Chairman
Michael Kitt Compliance

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES:
05646315 Kishens Limited  www.kishens.co.uk
(previously known as Goldshield Business Solutions Limited)

ASSOCIATED PHONE NUMBERS:
Telecoms carrier: Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd 04287779:
01280730030 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01280730030

Carrier: Global Crossing (UK) Tellecommunications Limited 02495998:
02085889525 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02085889525

Telecoms carrier: DRD Communications Ltd 03545257:
02086190070 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190070
02086190071 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190071
02086190072 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190072
02086190073 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190073
02086190074 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190074
02086190075 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190075
02086190745 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190745
02086190746 https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190746


ASSOCIATED SANDA WEBSITES:
www.ajitpatel.com  email via http://whois.domaintools.com/ajitpatel.com
www.one-everyday.com
www.sandaexcellence.com
www.sandaholdings.com
www.sandahotels.com
www.sandawellness.com
www.sandawellbeing.com email via: http://whois.domaintools.com/sandawellbeing.com
www.savvyoflondon.com
www.teamfactor.com
www.thebeachhousegoa.com
www.yourwellness.net email via: http://whois.domaintools.com/yourwellness.net

BRANDS / TRADING NAMES:
The Health Centre
Sanda Wellness
Sanda Wellwise
Wellwise
Wellness
The Wellness Centre
The Well Woman Centre
The WellWoman Centre

PRODUCTS:
Rosex

DISTRIBUTION OFFICE & STOCK & ADMIN:
30 - 34 Ball Moor
Celtic Court
Buckingham Industrial Estate
Buckingham
Buckinghamshire
MK18 1RQ

ASSOCIATED  DISTRIBUTION COMPANY NAMES & COMPANIES HOUSE NUMBERS:
03585003 Direct Mail Group Ltd   (Dissolved)
04669333 My Group Direct Limited  :
06760919 Meerkat Distribution Limited
07172895 EU Mailers Limited

DISTRIBUTORS WEBSITES & INFO:
www.meerkatdistribution.com
www.robtex.com/dns/meerkatdistribution.com.html
www.mygroupdirect.com
www.robtex.com/dns/mygroupdirect.com.html

PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE ABOVE COMPANIES:
http://www.mygroupdirect.com/people-bob.php

---HELP SECTION--

TRADING STANDARDS:
A) for Bucks warehouse address:
Buckinghamshire County Council
Trading Standards
County Hall
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 1UP

Email: tsd@buckscc.gov.uk
Tel: 08454 040506

B) for Bexley accomodation address:
Bexley Heath Trading Standards Office:
2a Hadlow Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4AF

Email: ts.duty@bexley.gov.uk
Tel: 0208-303-7777

NHS DOCTOR'S SCAM ALERTS:
www.queencamelmedicalcentre.co.uk
www.erypct.nhs.uk/templates/Page.aspx?id=2156
www.npmc.nhs.uk/
www.mysurgerywebsite.co.uk/new-patients.aspx?p=l83102
www.vinesurgery.co.uk/pdfs/newsletter.pdf
www.stjamesmedicalcentre.co.uk

ACTION FRAUD:
http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/fraud-az-health-scams

BBC WARNINGS ON CALL CENTRE FRAUD IN INDIA:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7953401.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rghv1

UK Companies Investigation Branch Reporting Form:
http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/complaintformcib.htm

CRIMESTOPPERS UK:
https://secure.crimestoppers-uk.org/ams.form.anonymous.asp

CONSUMER DIRECT ADVICE ON HEALTH SCAMS:
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/Commonscams/miracle-cures/
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/Co ... ures/glucobate/

MHRA ADVICE FOR CONSUMERS:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Gene ... umers/index.htm
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Gene ... cines/index.htm

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/Search.asp?EC=1
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/data_protection.aspx

http://insolvency.presscentre.com/Press-Relea ... nies-65662.aspx

Twenty-seven companies involved in the mis-selling of health supplements have been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Service.

The investigation found that all of the companies (see list below) had their registered offices in the County Durham area but traded internationally, mainly from locations in Barcelona and Malta by placing "Free Trial Offers" for health supplements on numerous websites.

Customers responding to a "Free Trial Offer" supplied their payment card details believing that only a small charge to cover postage and packaging (typically £3.95) was required.  However, if the customer  failed to cancel the “Free Trial Offer” within the cancellation period (usually 15 days) they were deemed to have agreed to an ongoing supply of the product from the companies, at a cost of around £70 to £80 each month.

Commenting on the case, Stephen Speed, Chief Executive of The Insolvency Service said;
"The Insolvency Service is determined to come down hard on companies who seek to rip off the public by mis-selling products.  I urge all consumers to be vigilant when it comes to ‘free trial offers’, and remember if it looks to good to be true, it often is."

Analysis of the available records for just seven of the companies found that they had turnover in excess of $19 million in the period August 2009 to March 2010 which was processed through merchant accounts based in Germany.

The products offered by the companies included Acai Berry Detox, Acai Power, Effective Acai, Acai Detox, Absolute Acai, Colon Cleanse Fresh, Colon Purify, Life Cleanse, Resveratrol, Resvmax, Miraculous Teeth Whitening, PureClean Teeth, Dermasensation and Dermainfuse.

The investigation found that there was a serious lack of transparency as to who controlled the companies with the named directors being otherwise unconnected individuals residing in the Consett area of County Durham. Those spoken to by the investigators said they knew nothing about the affairs of the company of which they were the only director and said their only  task was to forward any post received for the companies to a local formation agent, Brinken Merchant Incorporations Limited. Each had been approached to act as a director by Brinken who paid them around £150 a year.

However, the Court heard that 25 of the companies were found to be under the common control of Local Billing Solutions Limited ("Local Billing"), a company registered in Malta. Local Billing maintained throughout the inquiry that it acted only as a payment processor and that the beneficial interest in the companies belonged to Canonizado International, a company said to be registered in Panama, of which the investigators could find no trace. On the documents available, the investigation established that the beneficiaries of the companies’ trading were most likely to be Local Billing and its principal Clayton Douglass.

Grounds for winding up the companies included,

·   The websites used by the companies misled customers into believing that the trial offer was risk free and limited in nature,

·    The terms and conditions of the offer were designed to confuse the customer and were not provided in any durable medium,

·   The length of the trial offer was not made clear.  Customers were provided with a 30-day supply of the product, but had, typically, only 12 days from receipt of the product in which to cancel any future supply,

·        The companies abused the privilege of trading through a limited company by effectively continuing the same method of operating as that used by Trading Planet Limited, Viv3lab Limited and Vivera Limited.

Those three companies having previously been wound up by the Court in the public interest.
The winding up orders were all made on 26 August 2010.

Winding up petitions were presented on 21 June 2010 against:-
LB Belvedere Limited, LB Cygnus Media Limited, LB Deluxepass Limited, LB Eridanus Entertainment Limited, LB Evil Angel Limited, LB Friendfinder Limited, LB Global Web Solutions Limited, LB Internet Media Productions Limited, LB Ilogic Solutions Limited

Winding up petitions were presented on 22 June 2010 against:-
LB LFP Internet Limited, LB Lyra Entertainment Limited, LB Nomad Media Limited, LB Pegasus Media Limited, LB Price Communications Limited, LB RSC Limited, LB Southint Prop Limited, LB Watt Media Limited

Winding up petitions against the following companies were presented on 23 June 2010 and on 25 June 2010 the Official Receiver was appointed as Provisional Liquidator of the companies:-

LB Carsed Marketing Limited, LB Nakedsword Limited, LB Cassiopeia Media Limited, LB Cybernet Entertainment Limited, LB RHS Limited, LB Pride Studios Limited, Intercontinental Consignment Logistics Limited and Gillmap Limited Petitions to wind up Fyso-UK Limited and H5-UK Limited were presented on

13 July 2010.
Ends
Notes to Editors

1   A full list of the companies, their dates of incorporation and registered office addresses may be obtained by contacting the Insolvency Service Press Office (details below)

2   The Insolvency Service administers the insolvency regime, investigating all compulsory liquidations and individual insolvencies (bankruptcies) through the Official Receiver to establish why they became insolvent. The Service also authorises and regulates the insolvency profession; deals with disqualification of directors in corporate failures; assesses and pays statutory entitlement to redundancy payments when an employer cannot or will not pay employees; provides banking and investment services for bankruptcy and liquidation estate funds; and advises ministers and other government departments on insolvency law and practice.  Further information about the work of The Insolvency Service is available from http://www.insolvency.gov.uk

3   All public enquiries concerning the affairs of the companies should be made to: The Official Receiver, Public Interest Unit, 2nd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, London Road, Manchester, M1 3BN. Tel: 0161 234 8531 Email: piu.north@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk

4   Media enquiries should be directed to: -
Denise Rawls           Press Office Manager             020 7634 6910
Ade Daramy             Press Officer                         020 7596 6187
Contact Information

Name Ade Daramy
Job Title Mr
Division Insolvency Service
Phone 020 7596 6187
Email ade.daramy@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk

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Reporting and complaining about similar companies to the Insolvency Service to investigate:

http://www.bis.gov.uk/insolvency/Companies/investigations-hotline

Our Investigations Hotline number is – 0845 601 3546. This is a 24 hour answer phone facility which allows you to leave your contact details so we can acknowledge your contact and send you the appropriate questionnaire. You should note that we do not routinely return calls.

Use our Complaint Form to report any conduct in companies currently trading which you feel is either fraudulent or against the public interest. When you have completed the form, click on the submit button. The following will happen automatically: -

We will instantly receive a copy of your complaint.

You will receive immediate confirmation that the complaint has been received.

You will receive an acknowledgement by e-mail together with a copy of the completed complaint form and a unique reference number.

Complaint Form:
http://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/complaintformcib.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r9wcl http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rg1gk

Cold calls for health supplements, 50 years of Beeching and fare dodging
Duration: 55 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 25 March 2013
Consumer affairs with Julian Worricker. Today: the company that sends health supplements to the elderly, charging hundreds of pounds, whether they want them or not. Fifty years of Beeching's cuts to the railways - we'll be hearing what the impact of those cuts was and how many of the lines that were closed are reopening, and the protestors who advocate fare dodging on public transport.

LISTEN NOW :-) Ajit Patel's listening

Dear All,

Due to an internal review of processes that has been spanning the past 3 months and the broadcast on Radio 4 today we have terminated the Head of Sales, Mahesh Matta, with immediate effect.

Mahesh Matta was autonomous and solely responsible for the call centre operations and we believe that his removal will allow us to move forward positively.

Despite what may be believed on here we are a reputable company with a significant amount of satisfied customers.

We look forward to ringing in these changes with a fresh start.  Don’t forget, the easiest route for dispute resolution is to email complaints@sandawellbeing.com

Kind regards

Bali Bailey
PA to Chairman

Old pill scam and after your data to sell onto other criminals who disregard the law. Just hang up. Good reporting them to the ICO. You don't even need to know their name, just their number. The criminal fraudsters like Anthony Simister who run scams like TAPA like to plant stooges on these forums to discourage honest folk from contacting the ICO or Ofcom. Ignore them. Data criminals don't want the hassle, bad publicity or fines, and have big payoffs to make to stay in business. Pay them back with hassle.  I've bookmarked the ICO complaint form and report each and every call now via the form on www.ico.gov.uk : https://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=134674895144

Here's the latest fine for a dodgy company caught with its trousers down and breaking the law:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/latest_news/2013.aspx

News release: 20 March 2013

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served a monetary penalty of £90,000 to a company that has blighted the public with thousands of unwanted marketing calls.

DM Design, based in Glasgow, has been the subject of nearly 2,000 complaints to the ICO and the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). The company consistently failed to check whether individuals had opted out of receiving marketing calls – in clear breach of the law - and responded to just a handful of the complaints received.

In one instance an employee refused to remove a complainant’s details from the company’s system and instead threatened to “continue to call at more inconvenient times like Sunday lunchtime”.

The monetary penalty is the first the ICO has issued for a serious breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) relating to live marketing calls. This latest penalty comes after the joint owners of a company, which was responsible for sending hundreds of thousands of spam texts, received penalties totalling £440,000 in November last year.

The ICO has informed two more companies that it is intending to impose significant penalties over breaches of the law, with a final decision likely in the coming weeks. A further ten companies are subject to ongoing investigation for cold-calling and sending spam text messages.

Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said:

“Today’s action sends out a clear message to the marketing industry that this menace will not be tolerated. This company showed a clear disregard for the law and a lamentable attitude toward the people whose day they were disturbing. This is not good enough.

“This fine will not be an isolated penalty. We know other companies are showing a similar disregard for the law and we’ve every intention of taking further enforcement action against companies that continue to bombard people with unlawful marketing texts and calls.

“All of this work has been made possible thanks to the information we are receiving from the public, which has assisted our investigation team in identifying the companies making these calls.”

View a copy of the DM Design monetary penalty notice

The ICO and OFCOM, who are responsible for regulating silent calls, work closely together and will be publishing an open letter to the marketing industry reminding companies that they must comply with the legal and regulatory measures in place. Failure to do so will lead to enforcement action, with the ICO able to issue penalties of up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the PECR, and OFCOM having the power to issue penalties of up to £2,000,000 over breaches of rules linked to abandoned and silent calls.

The ICO has setup a online reporting tool which people can use to send us the details of any unwanted marketing texts and calls. View the reporting tool, which has already received nearly 140,000 responses since it was setup in March last year.



Notes to Editors

1. The Information Commissioner’s Office upholds information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

2. The ICO has specific responsibilities set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.

3. The ICO is on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and produces a monthly e-newsletter.

4. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 support the Data Protection Act by regulating the use of electronic communications, including live and automated marketing calls and marketing text messages. The ICO has the power to issue monetary penalties up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the regulations.

5. OFCOM is responsible for regulating abandoned and silent calls under the Communications Act 2003. OFCOM has the power to serve persistent offenders with financial penalties up to £2,000,000 pounds.

Hey all
Now Sanda wellness/wellbeing is now operating by the name of Yourlifestyle products.they sell Pomy and Rose X to vunerable OAP and seem to be Operating from Mumbai in india. they gave us their Licencing number as 07934646 and telephone number 02086190021. i was astonished to come across an article in Coventry Telegraph with the headline - Rugby OAP, 89, sold £10,000 worth of health supplements by dodgy telesales firm. the director Ajit Ramanlal Patel paid compensation costs of £41,500 to the victim and went free. be aware of such calls.god bless

http://yourlifestyle.com/active-lifestyle-buynow.html

scam!