08000901740

I received a phone cal from a withheld number which I didnt answer.  A message was left asking me to call re my mortgage they left the number 08000901740 and a reference number.  I called back several times and continuously was put through to a messaging service to leave a message.  All attempts to find owners of the number failed.  They said in the message that they were Credit Claims Specialist.  I canr find this anywhere.  Who are they and how did they get my details, including my mortgage company?  Im rather suspicious.

my mother recieved the same call and foolishly gave them her bank details she has heard nothing and they have taken out 199 pounds from her account and we cant get back in touch with them please ignore the call or report it

I have located the people behind this scam and they are called Rideon James and Gamal Rahman
Their mobile numbers are 07922278015 or 07861639137 or 07506295092.

The registered company is called Claims Recovery Ld. They are based in cardiff and the directors home address is 26 The Wheate Close, Rhoose, CF62 3HH (outskirts of cardiff).

Catch them before the number chaned as i have taken weeks to locate them.

They have been using other legitimate companies details/forms to diguise themselves and have no interest apart from taking £200 from you. They are not MOJ registered and they get their data from Unique Prospects based somewhere up north so speak to Unique about how they have got hold of all your data!

I would recommend sending some 'heavies' to teach these guys a lesson or two about morals!!

A year on and Unique Prospects Ltd & the chief data crime master Mark Turnball are still at it. This time they sold your data to an equally unsavoury PPI claims company called Redress Claims. You can read about these two rogues and see their company details here:
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01274663293

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/feb/03/redress-claims-never-saw-cash

Redress Claims customers who never saw their cash

Customers who paid Redress Claims to get PPI money find they are out of pocket

Anna Tims

The Observer, Sunday 3 February 2013

The letters are depressingly similar:

London RT of London was cold called by a company called Redress Claims which promised to reclaim mis-sold payment protection insurance for her on a no-win no-fee basis. "I paid £450 for them to look into potential claims on each credit card and was told I'd get the money back if the claim was unsuccessful. I've never received any claim money, or a refund."

AB of Humberside paid Redress Claims £1,700 in 2011 after being cold called. "We trusted them, as we are desperate financially. They did obtain £958 for mis-sold PPI on a mortgage for which they charged an additional fee of £287. And £1,419, £608 of which they pocketed despite the promise in their terms and conditions that they would deduct no more than 25%."

SG from Coventry found that £3,855 had been removed from her credit card after a cold caller from Redress Claims gave her a hard-sell in April 2011. "I never received any bill or acknowledgement of this payment and they've since demanded further payments," she says.

PR of Southport, Merseyside paid a similar upfront fee which he was told was refundable if his six claims were unsuccessful. One claim was won but he was told to pay an extra £149 per claim to a company called Credit Clear Services to have the outstanding five resolved.

R E-H found £3,245 removed from his account, £590 of it for invalid claims. "I made more than 20 attempts to get the £590 back but none of my messages was replied to. They managed to get me £120 back from one credit card issuer and £32 on another and charged me £100 fee for each. Now I've had a letter from Credit Clear Services telling me my contract has passed to them and I must pay £99 for them to proceed."

After a long overdue investigation by the Ministry of Justice, Redress Claims's licence to trade was suspended last month due to breaches of the code of conduct. "We will take further action if breaches are not corrected," says an MoJ spokesman.

Given that a suspension can be lifted after three months if a company gets its act together, and given that Redress Claims will have made a consoling profit in the 18 months it has been allowed to operate, this is unlikely to pain its director, Naman Hussain.

Suspension does not stop companies dealing with refund requests from customers whose cases are pending, and the MoJ recommends they write asking for one.

Simon Helliwell, director of Credit Clear Services, which provided "auditing and legal services" for the company, declares that Hussain will be pursuing "other interests" and would not seek to reinstate the licence when the three months is up.

"We've agreed to take the thousands of unresolved Redress Claims' cases off them for no extra charge and will proceed on a no-win no-fee basis," says Helliwell, who insisted that "in comparison with many in the market Redress Claims was not that bad".

He was vague, however, about what percentage of any claim would be deducted in fees. "We'll abide by Redress Claims's terms and conditions," he says and admitted he didn't know what percentage these specified.

As compensation claims for mis-sold PPI can be made for free with a form provided by the Financial Ombudsman Service http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumerinformation/pro ... /claim-back-ppi , anyone who paid Redress Claims by credit card should consider applying for a refund from their card issuer, which is held jointly liable under section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act. Some debit card companies also offer chargeback if a company is in breach of contract.

Sadly, though, many are likely to be left out of pocket and will have learnt NEVER to hand bank details to a company that COLD CALLS.

Anna Tims writes your wrongs. Got a problem you want Anna to look into? Send your dilemmas to your.problems@observer.co.uk