02086190071

received a call from an asian sounding female this morning asking for me by name. wanting to know present health problems. I asked where she was calling from, she said 'sanda wellness'. After telling her I had never heard of her company I asked for a number that I'd call her back on and the company registration number. the telephone number was 02086190075 and the company number 6377623 she said they were registered in the UK. My number has always been ex directory. The number the call came from was 02071862247

Was involved in long conversation about my health and was recommended a product to help ease arthritis costing £14. 95 For a months supply.

they are selling pomy pills for blood pressure and said

This company is an absolute scam!  They should be ashamed of he selves and have foned my grandmother every month pestering her I buy there products!!! She gave them her bank details  and they have taken money out every month for the past few months until she admitted i me today that he had been stupid and given them her details cause they wouldn't say no! The bloke on he fone was an absolute idiot who tried to say that they were a bargain and she needed them!! A load of rubbish!!! Stay away from them!!!!!!

Please, please, don't just report this scum on here.  Report them to Action Fraud and Trading Standards. Unless everyone does this they will cay on stealing money from the elderly for their quack remedies. They don't know, and don't care to know, whether their rubbish will cause a reaction with medication the victim is taking.  They don't care if this makes the victim ill.  They just want to steal their money.  They are the lowest form of human life and need stopping.

Only found out on Thursday that Sanda Wellbeing had been bullying my elderly Mother-in-Law into buying medication to help with "old age" problems five items in just over a year totalling £2600, the last two invoices in Oct and Nov are for £499 each for 17 boxes of tablets. I have now started the process of getting some of the money back. Just hang up if these con-men ring up and whatever you do don't give them your debit/credit card details.

“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
― Adolf Hitler

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
― Adolf Hitler

The NHS in Nottingham subsequently issued warnings about Sanda in 2010:

http://www.lpc-online.org.uk/nottinghamshire_lpc/?news_id=2592

Bogus call to Nottingham City patient instructing them to stop taking their prescription medication

Message received from GP practice in Clifton :-
A company from India under the name Sanda Wellbeing who apparently ‘phone the patient up and advise the patient to stop taking their medication.

If patient's raise similar concerns practices / pharmacies should ask patients to report this to the local police.

The PCT should be informed if further incidents do occur.

Posted Tuesday August 17th 2010

http://shepwaylibdems.org.uk/en/article/2010/ ... ls-just-hang-up

Bogus NHS Credit Cards Calls: Just Hang Up

April 30, 2010 1:57 PM

Kent Trading Standards have received reports of bogus callers telephoning consumers pretending to be from a local GP surgery.

The caller gives the impression they are from the NHS and asks what medication the consumer is taking. In one incident the caller persuaded the consumer they would benefit from taking Pomegranate tablets, they took credit card details and debited £179.50 from the account.

A victim's son traced the call back to a company based in India. No NHS health professional would ever ask for a patient's credit card details over the phone.

Kent Trading Standards are warning consumers to be very wary of anyone cold calling and requesting credit or debit card details. If you are in any doubt at all end the call. In your home, on your phone, you are in control - hang up.

Please contact Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 or go to www.consumerdirect.gov.uk if you need further advice on your consumer rights, or you want to report any businesses or incidents you have concerns about.

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
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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: -

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The director of Sanda Wellbeing Ltd (now known as Natural Wellness Products Ltd), Ajit Patel, also has a magazine called "Your Wellness" (print and digital here: http://issuu.com/yourwellness ), published by Yourwellness Publishing Ltd and if you have a subscription for it they may have used the details you gave them to call you.

https://www.duedil.com/company/06377623/natural-wellness-products-limited

https://www.duedil.com/company/07491120/yourwellness-publishing-ltd

http://whois.domaintools.com/yourwellness.com

http://whois.domaintools.com/yourwellness.net

https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02071860083

http://www.salesprorecruitment.co.uk/company/6844/Yourwellness-Publishing-Ltd

"Company Description

Yourwellness Publishing Ltd is part of the International Sanda Group with offices in the UK, Mumbai, Dubai & Goa and employs over 1000 staff globally.

The publishing arm was established in 2011 with our office based in Gatwick. Currently the Gatwick office comprises of around 14 staff from Office Manager, Marketing Manager to Project Manager and Graphic Designers along with a successful Sales Team.

We publish the first comprehensive local wellness magazine that covers all 8 areas of a person's wellbeing edited by the award winning Dr Sarah Brewer.

http://www.sussexenterprise.co.uk/business-di ... publishing-ltd/

Website:www.yourwellness.com
Telephone:+44(0)02085889553
Address:Suite 010 The Beehive
Beehive Ring Road, Nr Gatwick Airport
Gatwick, West Sussex
RH6 0PA, United Kingdom

Yourwellness Publishing is not on the ICO's register
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/search.asp

my father of 85yrs and suffering dementia was called and sold a product for arthritis. £399.00 was debited from his account. when I contacted Sanda Wellness and actually spoke to the sales person called Elaine, she told me my father was told three times of the cost. she also told me how her mother was 92yrs and suffered dementia, this certainly didn't give her any compasion to my problem and she refused to addmit the  conversation with my father would had been some what confusing for him. I explained I would be returning the product and expect to see the money refunded to my fathers account. she said she had no details of that and I couldn't have a refund. I plan to send a letter with the returned goods asking for a cheque and report the company to the police and get legal advice.

my father of 85yrs and suffering dementia was called and sold a product for arthritis. £399.00 was debited from his account. when I contacted Sanda Wellness and actually spoke to the sales person called Elaine, she told me my father was told three times of the cost. she also told me how her mother was 92yrs and suffered dementia, this certainly didn't give her any compasion to my problem and she refused to addmit the  conversation with my father would had been some what confusing for him. I explained I would be returning the product and expect to see the money refunded to my fathers account. she said she had no details of that and I couldn't have a refund. I plan to send a letter with the returned goods asking for a cheque and report the company to the police and get legal advice.

Ring Action Fraud and Trading Standards, both are well aware of this scum.  Don't pay to send their rubbish back.  Send them a Registered letter demanding the money back and a prepaid returns label.  Give them 14 days to refund the money or you will take legal action.  They don't care about the health of the people they are 'phoning.  Let's face it, selling their rubbish to someone with dementia is just about as low as you can get.

My mother has dementia and was conned in the same way - I emailed Sandawell Complaints - told them that they needed to send a prepaid label for return of unwanted goods and my mother should have money refunded - they agreed to this but nothing has happened yet - they are criminals they do not care.
Report to Action Fraud and Trading Standards - the more reports the better - and warn Health Professionals - the more people are aware of this scam the better.

HI HAVE ALSO BOUGHT ROSEHIPS AND WEIGHT LOSS TABS FROM SANDA WELLNESS AND THEY REALY WRK AND R GOOD.......... THEY CALL THATS TRUE AND TRY SELLING OVER THE PHONE BUT ITS A REGISTERED COMPANY AND THEY PRODUTS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE EXPENSIVE COMPAIRED TO THE MARKET OR ANY WEBSITE THEY R REALLY GOOD.......... AND ROSEHIPS HAS REALLY WORKED FOR MY DAD....... I SHOULD SAY ALL THANKS TO SANDA WELLNES IF ULL DONT KNOW EXACTLY ABOUT SO ALTEAST DO NOT SAY WRG ABOT THINGS.....

I BOUGHT THESE EXPENSIVE PILLS AND THEY TURNED ME FROM A DAHLIT INTO A HIGHER CASTE

I have had the same happen to me, and I do not know what to do for the best, I thought just learn a very expensive lesson the hard way and trust no one on the phone, or computer.  And here I am writing to you.  We need to trust someone, We fot to really calculate the risk, and be careful.  I'm not even using my right name. thank you for this information, I suspected, but was not certain, now I'm certain, feel a bit better, but am very angry that with all these complaints they are still practicing and duping people!    Jane

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