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Avril replies to Billy

14 Oct 2012
Has anyone heard of DBF Law Uk, they have written and e mailed me on the Sunday of August Bank holiday weekend and threatened to have a debt collector on my door within 10 minutes,.  They say they are the largest debt recovery agency in England but I have reason to believe that they are part of Studio 31 who have scammed hundreds of pounds out of me this year.  We paid what they said we owed and then I registered with TAPA and they told us to claim it back as it was a con.  They have now contacted me and said they are taking me to court and the amount has doubled.  The man  who spoke to me is called John Roberts.  Am now in contact with an investigative programme on Sunday evenings on Radio 5 live.  Who are investigating the whole company scamming and Tapa.  Will be broadcast next Sunday 21st October.

Help replies to Avril

43 min ago
There is a company that uses that name www.dbf-law.co.uk but they cannot send bailiffs to your address without a CCJ against you which they don't have at this stage.

If they phone again they will ask you a series of questions at the beginning of the call such as date of birth etc. Just refuse to answer those questions and then they cannot talk to you any more because they can't identify you under the DPA.

Of course, they may sue but they will not get any more than the sum of the contract plus court costs. They won't be allowed to add their debt collection costs in the way they are attempting to do.

Each time this thread has another post added it becomes more of a farce! Tapa tell people random info gets posted just to bulk up the threads in the hope people see how many pages there are rather than read each thread and yet again prove their worth as the evidence is all on just this thread alone, let alone the other threads that seemingly link tapa to any number that ever dials out! Crazy!

Have you read their notice board and press releases? There is some interesting info on there about companies they have had complaints about and investigated then handed over to the relevent authority, be it police or government that then the insolvency service or police release their info months later saying they have shut them down or made arrests.

It kind of puts to rest the accusations of them being behind the initial scam if they not only help get money back but then also instigate the closure. You can check their claims of helping trading standards and the police by calling them so no need to take tapa's word for it! After reading the filth on here I understand I'm wasting my time on advising that course, but, hey ho!

It's quite amazing Mr North you seem to repost old info. After finding and reading this old thread it's clear tapa are a victim of the same fraudsters as the business owners, possibly even now after so much nonsense though less people will fall foul of this type of bogus thread.

1. https://www.duedil.com/company/08165252/nuisance-call-services-ltd

Nuisance Call Services Ltd
Company Number: 08165252
Company Type: Private limited with Share Capital
SIC Code: —
Inc. Date: 02 Aug 2012
Annual Returns: Unknown
Annual Accounts: Unknown

Registered Address
27 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3XX

Director: Michael Bourne

2. http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2 ... ADJ_172523.aspx

The Advertising Protection Agency
27 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3AX

Not realy is it?!

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Tesco Stores Ltd
Tesco House
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
Date:
15 September 2010
Media:
Television
Sector:
Retail
Number of complaints:
1
Complaint Ref:
120207
Ad

A TV ad for Tesco stated “ Right now at Tesco this succulent leg of lamb is only £6 per Kg. These packs of fresh vegetables are only £1 each. And these delicious pizzas are only half price. These are just three of hundreds of special offers in store each week, to help you spend less each week. And when we compared prices with Asda’s on Saturday the 30th of January, shopping was cheaper for over 1.1 million Tesco customers. Tesco. Every little helps”. Tesco baskets were then shown alongside Asda baskets with the statement “1,150,000 cheaper” and “940,000 cheaper” The footnote stated “Equivalent products compared, covering over half our customers’ purchases, includes promotions. Excludes multibuys, non-matches, Express, selected Metro. To verify contact Tesco Price EN8 9SL or www.tesco.com ”.
Issue

ASDA challenged whether Tesco offered an appropriate means of verification for the basket of goods comparison.

BCAP TV Code
1.15.4.6
Response

Tesco explained that the ad offered two means for obtaining verification for the price comparison claims: directly from Tesco by writing to a postal address; or by visiting the Tesco website. Tesco said the website contained an explanation of the methodology they used and a summary of the top line figures. They said the website also stated that Tescos head office could be contacted for further verification data. When ASDA requested verification information, Tesco said they sent them a copy of the methodology they used, a list of matched lines and a list of 380 baskets they selected at random, showing the contents of each basket.

Tesco stated that the data for the advertised comparison was sizeable and no individual was likely to have the software capable of handling it. They therefore made a statistically significant random selection that featured all of the lines found most frequently in customers baskets. However, Tesco said it would not necessarily contain every matched item. Tesco argued that the 380 sample size was a statistically significant representation of the total number of baskets. They said they applied the appropriate mathematical formulae to the data and were confident that a random sample of 380 baskets was sufficient to provide a representative number of the total two million transactions at a confidence level of 95 per cent. Tesco explained that the data was held in a statistical analysis software package, which allocated each transaction an identification number. They said there was no manual intervention in the random selection process and they believed the robustness of the method had been proven in the multiple random tests they had carried out. Tesco sent us a copy of a letter from their chief mathematician to support their assertions.

Tesco believed that ASDA had previously accepted that this method allowed them to adequately verify the comparison. Because the sample data was representative of the whole, Tesco believed that consumers and competitors could be confident that the comparison was properly conducted.

Tesco understood that the European Court of Justice judgement in Lidl v Colruyt in 2006 indicated that a comparison should be verifiable. They noted that the judgement itself did not explicitly state that all data would need to be supplied, and merely indicated that comparative claims should be capable of verification and that the consumer should be able to access that data to satisfy themselves of the accuracy of the claim. They said most consumers were satisfied with a description of the methodology they used and reiterated that it was available on their website. They confirmed that no consumer had ever requested the sample verification data.

Clearcast said they had been assured by Tesco that the full data set for the comparison would be available to consumers if they so wished. They said the ad gave a website and postal address for verification purposes and, although the full data set was not available on Tescos website due to size limitations, they noted that a consumer was able to request the full set of information from Tescos head office. They therefore believed that the ad satisfied the requirements for comparative advertising.

Assessment

Upheld

The ASA noted that Tesco supplied competitors and consumers with a sample of their total number of baskets and understood that they believed this was a statistically significant representation of the total number of baskets. However, we considered that in order for a competitor to verify the claim, Tesco should have disclosed the full data for the total number of baskets on request so that the competitor could then interrogate the data and ascertain for themselves whether the comparison was accurate. Because Tesco only supplied a sample of the baskets they had compared, we concluded that the basket of goods comparison was not verifiable.

The ad breached CAP (Broadcast) TV Advertising Standards Code rules 1.1 (Complying with the law) and 5.4.6 (Comparative advertising).

Action

The ad must not be broadcast again in its current form. We told Tesco that in future they should provide consumers and competitors with the full data set for comparative claims for the purposes of verification.

Adjudication of the ASA Council (Broadcast)


It is obvious that the more clients or customers you have the more likely you are to have people that are intent on moaning because they do not understand something. Should Tesco be shut down?

Tesco.. shut down? No! Where would all the pony lovers shop?

However I have never seen a warning about Tesco like this:

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/news1.html

Bogus TPS Calls
The Telephone Preference Service is completely free to consumers.

TPS will not call a subscriber of the service to ask for personal details or payment to complete a registration.

If you have registered via the web and have received an e-mail confirmation and clicked on the attached link, that's it! Your number will be registered for FREE with TPS.

We will not contact you again in relation to your registration (unless you have number(s) registered with the Corporate TPS, where we will contact you annually by email to renew your subscription - this is still a free service).

If you do receive a call from someone claiming to be from the TPS or a similar sounding organisation, asking for personal information or charging you for this service, our advice is to not pay or give them any personal details, it is most likely a scam.

We are aware of a number of organisations that call from overseas, possibly India claiming to be TPS or affiliated with TPS or BT. They ask for your credit card details to complete a registration to stop unwanted calls. They often claim that you previously gave your permission for this call. This is a scam. Never give out your credit card details over the phone.

The names of some of these organisations, given to us by consumers are:

Alien Touch
SAIS Corp Ltd
Icon Global Services
IG Services
ITC
Biztek (or Bisdek) Telecomms
Consumer Advice Bureau

- our advice is NOT to pay them.

Beware of Unregulated Companies Charging For Their Service!


There are other companies that are not necessarily scams but they are not TPS. They usually claim to offer a similar or even an enhanced service to TPS.

They make exaggerated claims about the effectiveness of their service and may even suggest that TPS does not work.

Some of these companies are listed below:

CPR Global (previously known as the Call Prevention Registry)
http://www.callpreventionregistry.co.uk

Opt Out UK
http://www.optoutuk.com/index.asp

Anti Marketing Group
http://www.nomoremarketing.co.uk

The Advertising Protection Agency (TAPA)
https://www.theadvertisingprotectionagency.co.uk

Stop Unwanted Calls
http://www.stopunwantedcalls.net

No More Marketing
http://www.nomoremarketing.co.uk

The Nuisance Call Registry
http://www.nuisancecallregistry.co.uk/

IPC Intelligent Protection For Consumers
http://www.davisonandson.co.uk/#

TPS-Register.org.uk
http://tpsregister.org.uk/


All of the above are commercial organisations, all of which charge consumers for a service that is unregulated.

TPS is the only official Opt Out service that companies are required to abide by under the UK law and that is regulated by Ofcom and enforced by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).

If you have any information on these types of companies (phone number, web address), please send details to john.mitchison@dma.org.uk

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke

My point was that complaints happen. Tesco blatantly charge over the odds for the majority of their stock (refer to recent tv commercials where asda is far far cheaper), is that not exploitation of customers that may not be able to travel to a cheaper alternative? No, It's competition with other providers of a similar / same service.

If the TPS atually worked then there would be no arena for companies to set up and claim to do what the TPS has not managed (stop the unwanted calls). I have 1st hand experience of both TPS and tapa and tps stopped a few calls but not con merchant ad companies, not 'market research', not Indians wanting to access my computer, not the AA wanting to 'ask a few questions' . . . . the list goes on. Tapa has not stopped the AA calling, nor has it stopped the overseas calls but they stopped the con artists in their tracks and not once can I see where they claim to be tps nor have I been given that impression.

On a final note, research how many fines have been issued as a result of the tps since it began all those years ago and ask them why it's so few. The tps is simply an office that handles complaints then passes them to the ICO or OFT. To make a complaint to tps you need more information than you most times will ever get thus rendering it useless. Personal experience has made sure that I never bothered the second year. My advice is to call your phone service provider and block witheld numbers coming through.

Oh, if you think I'm an isolated case just google it. Tps stop cold calls which means if you have ever filled in a form, called a company with an enquiry or initiated any form of communication you are 'allowed' to be called back. Great!! Some are happy with tps without a doubt but if a sales company pays no attention to tps, blocks its number and is vague with details how do you report them?? Plus, if I get a claim filed against me by a rogue publisher will tps help me with a defence? will they stand in court with me? Unlikely. Tapa will and have for other people. No, there is no hidden cost for that either. Whats your experience with tapa btw? You are aware tapa on their website direct people to tps if they have not tried them yet? Not the best at pretending to be them if they in the 1st line on their website explain they are not them!

"Plus, if I get a claim filed against me by a rogue publisher will tps help me with a defence?"

No. You should report your concerns to the Companies Investigation Branch about any such company and your local trading standards office who will investigate and take them to court if they are found to be working against the public interest.

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If you have information about misconduct in a company or by an individual please contact the Hotline to help us to protect creditors and the public, and ensure markets work to the benefit of business, investors, employees and customers.

Our Investigations Hotline is a contact point where you can report possible misconduct to the Insolvency Service. We can then consider whether to use our investigatory and enforcement powers. We prefer you to send complaints in writing (online, by email or by post). However, if you are unable to do so for any reason, please leave a message explaining this on our telephone Hotline.

Note – the following information relates to the investigation of companies that are actively trading, or which have ceased trading without entering into insolvency proceedings, using powers of investigation under the Companies Acts.  For information on investigations into companies which have entered into formal insolvency proceedings see our pages on Insolvent Companies.

There must be reasonable grounds to suspect fraud, serious misconduct, material wrong-doing or significant irregularity in a company's affairs for us to investigate.The Insolvency Service does not only investigate the affairs of companies that are subject to insolvency proceedings. It can also investigate companies that are actively trading, or which have ceased trading without entering into insolvency proceedings, using powers of investigation under the Companies Acts.

Please note – ‘company’ can also refer to a Limited Liability Partnership. There must be reasonable grounds to suspect fraud, serious misconduct, material wrong-doing or significant irregularity in a company's affairs for an investigation to take place. The Service can investigate:

Limited companies and limited liability partnerships that are active and have a business address in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, including overseas registered companies which are operating within the UK. Companies that are actively trading, or which have ceased trading without going into compulsory insolvency proceedings.

Investigations are fact finding in nature.  They are not criminal investigations, although they may address conduct which could amount to criminal behaviour.  Our approach is to take a proportionate and realistic view of issues brought to our attention, and to investigate aspects of corporate behaviour which might harm both the business community and the public generally. With this in mind we wish to know about the activities of any company which appears to be causing significant harm to consumers, trade suppliers, service providers, investors etc., who have had dealings with it.  Also where there is any strong indication of serious misconduct in the management or affairs of a company.

Such activities would include companies that:

Are set up for an illegal or improper purpose (‘Sham’ companies);

Engage in, mainly consumer targeted, ‘scams’ where there is little or no intention of supplying or providing the ‘products’ promised;

Promote, advertise or otherwise participate in bogus investment schemes or other ‘get rich quick’ opportunities;

Engage in asset stripping operations;

Target vulnerable groups using high pressure selling techniques;

Take fees, deposits or other advance payments, in circumstances where there is little or no reasonable prospect of providing the goods or services offered;

Falsely claim to ‘ring fence’ or otherwise protect customer or client monies/funds in their possession;

Falsely claim to honour guarantee or warranty obligations;

Falsely claim official status, approval, authorisation, bonding, licensing etc., from or by a government or other official body;

Falsely represent, or otherwise abuse charitable, educational or religious status;

Falsify their accounts, documents of contract or account, or security or references etc. In order to present their affairs more favourably;

Improperly (and successfully) evade debt and/or transfer assets at under value to the detriment of third parties who have dealt in good faith;

Are managed or controlled by persons who are prohibited, by law, from participating in the control or management of a company’s affairs;

Are improperly managed such that reputational damage to the UK corporate regime is likely to result.
You can lodge a complaint or provide information of undesirable activity or behaviour in a variety of ways.

See the section about "How to complain about a company".

Companies>Investigations Hotline>Contacting our investigations hotline

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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:
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Remember...

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

Edmund Burke

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Are you aware how long these scams have been going? I have little faith in making a complaint. CIB also would not help me file a defence or go with me to court. Tapa are ther instantly when I have a problem and have been to court for others.

I pay tax which goes towards public services including the police. I still also pay ADT for an alarm as crime is rife! Are you saying adt are milking me as the police should do what they do, i.e. prevent crime?

You seem to be under the impression the best way is the free way (if there's such a thing?!). Theres a reason these companies exist you know, because the free way does not work. If tapa have thousands that have been to trading standards or the police etc etc etc and still have the problem yet tapa have helped them why is that bad?

You HAVE to respond to a court claim genuine or not and making a complaint will not change that. I blame the government, but where does that get us? I know you titled yourself as help but deterring people away from an extremely helpful company seem's as much irresponsible as anything else. I read the oldest comments with interest that tapas this and taps that and the police are investigating as are trading standards. If they were genuine ask yourself why they still let them trade. Surely they would have concluded their investigation? I also read in other places they have already been shut down and so on. Seems there is a reason behind these bigus posts and tapa says its the rogue traders stopping victims getting help. Kind of adds up now. Even the government and police shut down the rogue traders faster than that so one must accept they are doing something right. They had an ajudication as they set a service up and rightly or wrongly were not clear so they stopped that service. If they were that bad then why not just carry on?

1. The only TAPA court case I can find is where Anthony Simister who runs TAPA was found guilty:

http://high-court-justice.vlex.co.uk/vid/-52636657

2. He is now a disqualified director and thus banned from managing a company or partnership

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//dirsec

Disqualified Directors Details

Addresses displayed are supplied by the court or other disqualifying authority when notifying the disqualification

Name :     ANTHONY MICHAEL SIMISTER
Address :    HIGHFIELD HOUSE CONGLETON ROAD
SCHOLAR GREEN
STOKE 0N TRENT
Postcode :    ST7 3SY
Date of Birth :    23/09/1980
Nationality :    BRITISH
Number of disqualification orders : 1

Disqualified From: 22/03/2006 To: 21/03/2015
Company No:
Reason : CDDA 1986 S8

                      8: Disqualification after investigation of company, under companies and other legislation.

The Secretary of State may accept an undertaking from a company director under sections 7 or 8 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

3. Address Match to the above:

On www.nuisancecalls.org.uk

The Nuisance Calls Forum
Highfield House
Congleton Road
Stoke On Trent
ST7 3SY

enquiries@nuisancecalls.org.uk


4. The Nuisance Calls Forum links to TAPA on its front page:

On www.nuisancecalls.org.uk

Useful Resources

Stop Sponsorship Advertising Sales Calls to Your Business www.tapa.co.uk


5. TAPA links to The Nuisance Calls Forum on its front page:

On www.tapa.co.uk

Bottom left TNCF panel:
www.nuisancecalls.org.uk


6. Previous www.nuisancecalls.org.uk Address:

http://web.archive.org/web/20121207000803/http://nuisancecalls.org.uk/

www.nuisancecalls.org.uk

The Nuisance Calls Forum
27 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3AX

enquiries@nuisancecalls.org.uk

7. The same address as TAPA:

https://www.tapa.co.uk/disclaimer.php
TAPA is a Partnership firm. The Partners can be contacted by way of writing to;
The Partners, TAPA,
27 Old Gloucester Street,
London,
WC1N 3AX.

Why are you so intent on supporting crime?

It's a weak but interesting link. I only say weak in the sense that there are an awful lot of websites with direct links to others yet are only connected by that link. On the other hand if it is true then at least both sites are informative, helpful and clear in their intentions. 1 pretty much tells you what sales company has called and connects people with problems, much like this one yet seems far less agressive in it's content (no charge either so free information). The other had problems which were sorted and by the governments own admission (trading standards) they have no problems with tapa and have received numerous reports about bogus ad companies.

I strongly urge you to contact Merseyside police who they have assisted by giving them evidence and reports, 1 of which resulted in a prison sentence for the person they reported and the other that looks likely to go the same way as is being looked in to now.

I do not 'support crime' neither do I intentionally set out to try and ruin a company that helps people.

Last question, why are you so against them? Have they not worked for you? Do you run a firm they are looking in to? Are you a relative of somebody that is in prison because of tapa? I have stated several times my position but seemingly the posts from yourself under different pseudonyms never seem to indicate you have actual 1st hand experience of their service.

https://www.tapa.co.uk/notice-board.php?id=27

https://www.tapa.co.uk/notice-board.php?id=29

I have called the courts a while back and they confirmed this information about tapa going to help these people. Can you argue with HMCS now and say they too are wrong?

If this so called ex-con does run them then ok, not ideal but I'm sure you are aware there are far worse people that have done much naughtier things that have turned their life around and become successful and actually celebrated members of society. You may remember a very popular film a few years back called Catch me if you can based on the life of Frank Abagnale. Duncan Bannatyne did a spot of military and civilian jail time and the list goes on.

I would be reluctant to believe that an alleged king pin as this site would have us believe is in direct contact with government offices, the police, national newspapers and the courts. Especially when all sources confirm they have indeed not only had stuff from them but also visited their offices, seems a little far fetched doesn't it?

1. Unsurprising that both TAPA and TNCR, both a great nuisance to legitimate businesses in the UK, get hauled up before the ASA for attempting to deceive and mislead users. So complaining to the authorities and regulatory bodies such as the ASA certainly does pay off.

TAPA Jan 2012
http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications.aspx?SearchTerms=nuisance#1

TNCR Jan 2013
http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications.aspx?SearchTerms=nuisance#2

Informally Resolved Cases (2)
After consideration by the ASA of complaints received, the following companies and organisations agreed to amend or withdraw advertising without the need for a formal investigation:

Advertiser     Date     Number of Complaints     Media     Sector
Nuisance Call Services Ltd t/a Nuisance Call Registry 23 January 2013 1 Internet (on own site) Business

2. Simister & Bourne are old associates, so don't be fleeced, avoid TAPA and TNCR, it will only fund further deception and scam artistry.

3. TAPA are still reluctant to publish the name of the "Partnership" that represent this shadowy and secretive consortium of proven scam artists:

https://www.tapa.co.uk/disclaimer.php

"TAPA is not a legal practice and does not act in any legal capacity or is qualified legally. TAPA is a profit-making private firm and does not work under contractual agreement or is licensed by any government department to carry out its day-to-day practice duties. TAPA is not an advertising regulatory body or marketing watchdog. TAPA is not associated and does not work in partnership with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Company Investigations, Trading Standards, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the Office of Communications (OFCOM), Citizens Advice or the Charity Commission."

"TAPA is not a limited company. TAPA is not a charity and has no association, link, partnership or involvement with any charity and does not donate any money to any charity. TAPA is a Partnership firm. The Partners can be contacted by way of writing to; The Partners, TAPA, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX."

However, Companies House regulations clearly state that partnerships must do so on their website:

http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/promotional/busStationery.shtml

Changes to business stationery rules

As from 1st January 2007 the following applies to –

Business Stationery

Whether in hard copy, electronic or any other form:

A company must state its name, in legible lettering, on the following -

all the company's business letters, order forms;
all its notices and other official publications;
all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by, or on behalf of, the company;
all its bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters of credit
on all its websites
On all of its business letters, order forms or any of the company’s web sites, the company must show in legible lettering –

its place of registration
registered number
its registered office address
and if it is being wound up, that fact,

Whenever an email is used where its paper equivalent would be caught by the stationery requirements then that email is also subject to the requirements. The above also applies to Limited Liability Partnerships.

4. So I have just emailed fraud@companieshouse.gov.uk to alert them to TAPA's non-compliance and suggest you all do the same.

After all, to whom would you serve legal papers without knowing the registered partnership name and its registered number? Conduct due-diligence if you were stupid enough to be minded to "instruct TAPA".

5. TAPA Scam Complaints Threads:
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07595273452
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07525770328
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07525770378
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07715104931
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08432896037
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08443573311
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08443574411

Did you call the courts, police, trading standards, or ico? The info about the ruling has been repeated that many times it's just nonsensical. Only in the sense that 4 complaints were made and in the ruling the asa actually say although the info was on the site because it was still posible for someone to miss it they upheld the 4 complaints. I still use talk talk even though for 3 or 4 years they were the most complained about service provider, a mantle recently taken by orange (yes, the mobile phone giant) but I'm sure they will still have customers for many years.

If you ask trading standards about them not putting a name on the site they pretty much say they are aware and alow it. Speaks volumes.

Report them to OFT for it as companies house have no power as it is (or most certainly seems to be) an unlimited partnership not an LLP. It seems that like your own and many posters before you on this very thread have been "reporting" them for years, are you not puzzled as to why they are still allowed to do what they do? Is it maybe because the powers that be let them for very OBVIOUS  reasons ;-) . . . . . . They actually help!

Anyway, final point, is a complaints procedure not ther when people are not happy with a service not to go to and say, "I saw a bogus post from a total stranger telling me I should complain, so i am, yet i do not have a problem with them?

it seems a bit too personal on here when posters that don't come on with a grievence but just regurgitate very very old posts and almost demand people make complaints but seem uninterested if people actualy have any reason to. It's almost as if the reason is because tapa is having a very negative impact on that person. Now, if tapa is helping people that have been conned, I ask who possibly could want them shut down so very badly?haha!#transparent!

"Report them to OFT for it as companies house have no power as it is (or most certainly seems to be) an unlimited partnership not an LLP."

1. So TAPA, The Advertising Protection Agency, is an "unlimited partnership", defined within the BIS document http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business ... or-business.pdf , as a Partnership and thus an unincorporated legal form, the distinguishing feature of unincorporated forms being that they no separate legal personality.

Partnership

A Partnership is a relatively simple way for two or more legal persons to set up and run a business together with a view to profit. A partnership can arise, without any formal agreement, when people carry on a business in common, but typically there is agreement to trade as a partnership. Partners will usually draw up a legally binding partnership agreement, setting out such matters as the amount of capital contributed by each partner and the way in which they will share the profits (and losses) of the business.  
Again the Partnership has no separate legal personality. Partners share the risks, costs and responsibilities of being in business. Because partners generally bear the consequences of each other’s decisions, partners usually manage the business themselves, though they can hire employees. Partners usually raise money for the business out of their own assets, and / or with loans, although again being unincorporated limits borrowing in practice, and not being a company with a share capital prevents the
business itself from raising equity finance by issuing shares.

Each partner is self-employed and pays tax on this basis on their share of the profits: The partnership itself and each individual partner must make annual self-assessment returns to HMRC, and the Partnership must keep records showing business income and expenses. Legal persons other than individuals – such as Limited Companies or Limited Liability Partnerships – can also be partners in a partnership. They are treated like any other partner except that they have additional tax and reporting obligations – for example
companies must pay corporation tax rather than income tax on their profits from the partnership.

2. And that TAPA is not a:

i) Limited Partnership

Not to be confused with a Limited Liability Partnership (see below) – a Limited Partnership has two sorts of partner: general partners and limited partners. The form is similar to a Partnership, with the main differences being that the limited partners may not be involved in the management of the business and their liability is limited to the amount that they have invested in the partnership. Note that limited partners are different from ‘sleeping’ partners in a Partnership or Limited Partnership, who do not take part in running the business but remain fully liable for its debts.  Limited partnerships must register at Companies House, and do not come into existence until they are registered.  Changes to the partnership must also be registered

ii) Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

A Limited Liability Partnership is a body corporate with a separate legal personality similar to a company. Unlike in a normal partnership, the members of an LLP enjoy limited liability as the name suggests liability is limited to the amount of money they have invested in the business and to any personal guarantees they have given to raise finance. Each member takes an equal share of the profits, unless the members' agreement specifies otherwise.  

Much like a Partnership, each non-corporate member of an LLP needs to register as selfemployed with HMRC, and both the LLP itself and each individual member must make annual self-assessment returns HMRC. Non-corporate members of an LLP pay income tax and national insurance contributions on their share of the profits. Additionally, LLPs must register and file accounts and annual returns at Companies House. At least two members must be “designated members” who hold additional responsibilities – it is they who appoint auditors and sign off and file the accounts at Companies House.

Limited Liability Partnerships have much more freedom than companies over arranging their internal affairs, for example in the way in which decisions are made, and the way in which profits are distributed to members.

iii) Nor a Sole Trader, Unincorporated Association, or any type of incorporated legal form such as a Limited Company.  

2) Given the above, and that the The Business Names Act 1985 ( http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/7 ) requires the disclosure of the names of current partners where the firm (in this case TAPA) has a place of business (which in TAPA's case is 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX) and carries on business in Great Britain under a business name (TAPA) and which does not consist exclusively of the surnames of all of the partners, why are the partners so reluctant to comply with the The Business Names Act 1985 and not publish their names?

3) Given that TAPA by definition has no separate legal personality...

i) when an individual or company instruct TAPA, who exactly are they entering into a contract with?

ii) How can a third party conduct due-diligence if the partners are unknown?

iii) Bring legal proceedings for e.g. breach of contract if the partners are unknown?

1. Marsden Gibson & Co

2. Would abbreviate to MG & Co

3. www.thomsonlocal.com/BusinessFinder.aspx?phrase=Accountants&where=ST7+3SY

MG & Co
01782 788300
Get directions
Highfield House / Congleton Rd, Scholar Green, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 3SY

4. Teaser Question - which entities' address is this identical to?

1. Another verifiable and confirmed TAPA connected person is a John Peterson

2. http://whois.domaintools.com/theadvertisingprotectionagency.info

www.THEADVERTISINGPROTECTIONAGENCY.INFO
Domain ID:D44397768-LRMS
Domain Name:THEADVERTISINGPROTECTIONAGENCY.INFO
Created On:06-Dec-2011 13:30:40 UTC
Last Updated On:16-Jan-2013 08:29:39 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Dec-2013 13:30:40 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R139-LRMS)
Status:PENDING DELETE RESTORABLE
Status:HOLD
Status:REDEMPTIONPERIOD
Registrant ID:tuPTeerk3G7WHjgW
Registrant Name: John Peterson
Registrant Organization: John Peterson
Registrant Street1: 609
Registrant Street2: Corporation Road
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City: Birkenhead
Registrant State/Province: Wirral
Registrant Postal Code: CH41 8DZ
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+44.7407678342  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:
Admin ID:tuHR7udDHCXoiAoy
Admin Name:John Peterson
Admin Organization:John Peterson
Admin Street1:609
Admin Street2:Corporation Road
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Birkenhead
Admin State/Province:Wirral
Admin Postal Code:CH418DZ
Admin Country:GB
Admin Phone:+44.7407678342  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:

3. http://whois.domaintools.com/theadvertisingprotectionagency.biz

Domain Name:                                 THEADVERTISINGPROTECTIONAGENCY.BIZ
Domain ID:                                   D48064124-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar:                        TUCOWS.COM CO.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID:                69
Registrar URL (registration services):       whois.opensrs.org
Domain Status:                               pendingDelete
Registrant ID:                               TUDMJO97KIBDDQOY
Registrant Name:                             John Peterson
Registrant Organization:                     John Peterson
Registrant Address1:                         609
Registrant Address2:                         Corporation Road
Registrant City:                             Birkenhead
Registrant State/Province:                   Wirral
Registrant Postal Code:                      CH41 8DZ
Registrant Country:                          UNITED KINGDOM
Registrant Country Code:                     GB
Registrant Phone Number:                     +44.7407678342
Registrant Email:                            
Administrative Contact ID:                   TURNFXBXM2XARIEJ
Administrative Contact Name:                 John Peterson
Administrative Contact Organization:         John Peterson
Administrative Contact Address1:             609
Administrative Contact Address2:             Corporation Road
Administrative Contact City:                 Birkenhead
Administrative Contact State/Province:       Wirral
Administrative Contact Postal Code:          CH41 8DZ
Administrative Contact Country:              UNITED KINGDOM
Administrative Contact Country Code:         GB
Administrative Contact Phone Number:         +44.7407678342
Administrative Contact Email:                

4. See www.whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07407678342 for more on John Peterson

5. See www.whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08454672425 for more on John Peterson

From: https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08432896037/4

Eastway
1 Feb 2013

So did you call trading standards etc . . . You know, just to ask why they allow tapa to be exempt. They have a good explanation you know!

Any reason you have not yet? It's easy. Mostly better than trying to scare off victims of fraud from getting help. Copying and pasting law is easy but doesn't help in this case does it?!

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Facts replies to Eastway
2 Feb 2013
"So did you call trading standards etc"
Should I?
Is there anything else you would like to disclose?
etc being?

"You know, just to ask why they allow tapa to be exempt."
Exempt from what?

"They have a good explanation you know!"
Which is?

"Any reason you have not yet?"
Contacts for Staffordshire, Cheshire, City of London and Manchester Trading Standards collected
Still ascertaining which others may need to be simultaneously contacted.

"It's easy. Mostly better than trying to scare off victims of fraud from getting help."
- The "victims of fraud" you refer to are defrauded by support publishing firms.
- These "victims of fraud" are then in turn contacted by TAPA to 'protect' and the fraud continues
- TAPA is run by Anthony Simister (and Partners). Simister was convicted of running a support publishing firm and defrauding companies http://high-court-justice.vlex.co.uk/vid/-52636657
- I do hope that the verifiable evidence does scare them off from using TAPA and providing TAPA with their card details and being threatened by debt collection calls when the victims realise they have been conned twice
- The above amounts to running a protection racket - see below *
- Fraud victims should contact www.actionfraud.police.uk and not the TAPA protection racket

Does promoting fraud not concern you?
Do you support protection rackets?

"Copying and pasting law is easy but doesn't help in this case does it?!"
Indeed it does and I do so because linking to the facts and legislation helps to...
-  neatly highlight why TAPA are so reluctant to disclose who the Partners really are.
-  that TAPA pay scant regard to normal business practice and legislation
-  permits those defrauded or not to conduct due-diligence, risk assessment and come to an informed decision about the true risks of engaging with TAPA and the benefits of avoiding a protection racket that has no legal identity, which is headed by a convicted fraudster, Anthony Simister, or of being deceived by any number of its own and affiliated websites such as e,g. www.theadvertisingprotectionagency.co.uk **

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
 Domain Name: THETELEMARKETINGCALLSFORUM.COM
    Created on: 29-Aug-12
    Expires on: 29-Aug-14
    Last Updated on: 02-Sep-12

 Registrant:
 Anthony Simister
 Grosvenor House
 3 Chapel Street
 Congleton, Cheshire CW12 4AB
 United Kingdom

 Administrative Contact:
    Simister, Anthony  enquiries@theadvertisingprotectionagency.co.uk **
    Grosvenor House
    3 Chapel Street
    Congleton, Cheshire CW12 4AB
    United Kingdom
    07872841055

 Technical Contact:
    Simister, Anthony  enquiries@theadvertisingprotectionagency.co.uk **
    Grosvenor House
    3 Chapel Street
    Congleton, Cheshire CW12 4AB
    United Kingdom
    07872841055

 Domain servers in listed order:
    NS19.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
    NS20.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

* Protection Racket as defined by e.g. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket

"A protection racket is an extortion scheme whereby a criminal group or individual coerces a victim (usually a business) to pay money, supposedly for protection services against violence or property damage. Racketeers coerce reticent potential victims into buying "protection" by demonstrating what will happen if they don't—they damage the victims' property. In most cases, the racketeers do not actually protect their client from anything but the racketeers themselves, and their "protection" is merely extortion. However, if their victim is seriously threatened by a third party, sometimes gangsters will protect their source of revenue."

"Legitimate businesses are not the only victims of protection racketeers. Other criminals are also targeted, since they cannot ask police to stop the extortion. However, for that same reason, criminals sometimes actively seek to buy this "protection". Paradoxically, in a parasitic relationship, the parasite both damages the host and prefers that the host remain healthy. Thus, when criminals are cheated or abused (e.g., a cocaine dealer is swindled by his supplier) they cannot turn to the police and instead rely on powerful gangsters to protect the gangsters' income."

"The person who periodically visits the victim to collect protection payments is called a "bag man"."

** The Advertising Protection Agency aka TAPA

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/nuisance-call-services
https://www.duedil.com/company/08165252/nuisance-call-services-ltd

Nuisance Call Services Ltd
Company Number: 08165252
Company Type: Private limited with Share Capital
SIC Code: —
Inc. Date: 02 Aug 2012
Annual Returns: Unknown
Annual Accounts: Unknown

Registered Address
27 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3XX

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/director/3864442/michael-bourne

MR MICHAEL BOURNE
»Home»NUISANCE CALL SERVICES LTD»Michael Bourne
Address
21 TURNERS MEAD
CHIDDINGFOLD
GODALMING
UNITED KINGDOM
GU8 4UD
Information
Date Of Birth:Jul-1975
Age:37 Years
Nationality:BRITISH
Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM
Occupation:OWNER <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ????

http://www.192.com/atoz/people/simister/anthony/st7/3554136252/

Anthony M Simister in Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 3SY

Highfield House
Scholar Green
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST7 3SY

This was sourced from Electoral Roll records from 2012-13.