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Tesco is not run by a criminal. TAPA is. Tesco is not a protection racket. TAPA is.
Give me verifiable substantiated facts to the contrary. I do. Why can't you?

Last post now I promise (it's quite addictive)

I have said I do not have an argument to that point. I do not know if you are right or not. I know that they are there, they work and help. If it is that the people/person in charge did wrong 10years ago and now helps people then good on him. It's unusual the justice system works.

You say protection racket but I can cancel as anybody can after 12 months with 30days notice. I was not forced to deal with tapa nor did my calls come from them or payments go to them but I sure know their advice helped me stop the calls and get the money back so financially am better off, mentally am better off and am satisfied if the police and trading standards have been to tapa and are happy then i can assure you that you will not change my mind. It's not ideal if he is who you say but as I posted a while back, my neighbours sons advisor is an ex addict yet society and government deems him fit to help others as he has 1st hand experience of the problems. Seems if this guy is in charge it's no wonder he can work the miracles he does. At the 1st point I even sense a scam, I stop my card, report the crooks and cease all communication (use tapas advice on tapa basically) but I have not yet and the signs are I will not.

Wot exactly is your argument to my (and others on their list if you just make a few short phone calls) satisfaction? You seem hell bent on saying what is written on here and other forums must be true? I have seen business only forums where the business must register all their details that are then public at all times (makes it easy to check the poster then doesn't it?!) that go a lot further than my posts in praise, I do not however see as much ferocity as here. Must be a reason I'm sure! Also, as one would expect, there are posts that say they failed to return a call, failed to get money back or failed to stop all calls, but overall much more trustworthy as at least you can see they have all had experiences of their ownto base their opinions unlike yourself Mr or Mrs FACTS!

If I like Italian food I will eat it regardless of who tells me it's disgusting.

You say Tesco is not run by a crook? Maybe, I'm with HSBC and they sure are yet my account is still open! You say you are not yet try to spread as much hatred about a company you have never used?

Final, final, final point. I come to this thread now and again just out of interest (last time I will post though as I am dead against cyber bullies and will now stop entertaining them) and see that you seem to constantly be watching it. I s that incase a positive comment is posted that you must bury with your cut and paste info? No crime I know as seemingly is all FACTS(haha!) but it's a bit obsessive is it not? Especially for somebody that just wanted to get it out there? Just make the calls and you will see my comments are true, verifiable and founded also. I know you have your cut and paste but I have my experience, conversations with trustworthy sources at the police and trading standards and others that have joined tapa and had the scams inflicted upon them. Say you have scared me off(??), say you have won) even say I'm full of it, I have given the public my knowledge (or lack of as you may have everybody believe) so back to life now.

I have now cancelled with Tapa because Im buggered if I am going to support a bunch of gangsters. I knew there was something wrong when the calls stopped so suddenly and because one of the Tapa blokes sounded exactly like the blokes who had been hassling me. reading this blog confirmed my suspicions. Stuff em all

Aaaaarrrrghhh! Just couldn't help it Dale!

That is the most insane thing I've read!! The service was that good you cancelled?hahahahahahahaha!!!!

I don't think you understood his post

I agree. Eastwood does not appear to be very bright - his consistent misuse of the language and inability to substantiate any of his claims indicate that he probably has a low IQ.

Dale's post points to TAPA being a protection racket. TAPA call the support publishers on and off as they please. Pay and you are spared the calls. Don't pay and the scammers are let loose on the phones.

Of course all you have to do his slam the phone down and bin the threats and nothing will happen. Which is exactly what Dale should do if Simister's TAPA threatens him.

Eastwood this reads like your angry. Did you talk to Dale as a support publisher and then as TAPA?

Were you the same "bloke" Eastwood ?

Dale do you have any recordings?

They should all be rounded up and locked up! Common conmen!

Last time I will tell you where to check what I am saying (and I'm thick?). I have said on almost every post now so it's evidently intentionally ignored, but, in hope intelligence prevails:

1) Call Trading Standards North West
2) Ask if tapa sends them their investigation findings from the complaints they get
3) Repeat 1) but call the Merseyside police and then repeat 2.
4) call random people on the list (maybe even me if youre lucky) and see if they are grateful for tapa's help or not.

I think trying to belittle me because of my obvious dyslexia is evidently humorous to various posters on here but that's life i suppose.

Btw FACTS, its EASTWAY, not EASTWOOD you fool.

I quite expect the next comments to ask me to back up my comments or tell you where i get my info (despite it being on almost every post) and am happy that after my extended absense from this thread that its evident for readers to see that i have given this info and you have not checked.

Dale, I asked tapa about your post and they stated they would be happy to put in writing to me that they have nobody by the name of dale that has cancelled in the past year so im interested to find this comment on here. Also goes back to the usual conundrum......if they are the scammers why help get money back where possible? If like me people have difficulties with spelling and grammer they actually offer to do the whole process and just ask we read what they write before submitting to make sure its all ok. Yeah, youre right, must be dodgy.

I will admit im a mug if you get the police and trading standards to admit they have lied to me and others and they are actually investigating them or closing them down.

I know i said before "last post" but its infuriating to see peoples inability to have a discussion and when it goes anything other than their way they resort to personal insults, that shows great maturity. What it also shows is the same methods employed by the scam companies, they dont get their money and they too start the abuse. I think true colors are starting to show.

Contrary to your pleadings, I thought you might be back Eastway, you never seem to keep your word on here. Rather like Anthony Simister the fraudster who runs TAPA The Advertising Protection Agency protection racket scam.

Yet another reply of unsubstantiated claims to wade through:

"1) Call Trading Standards North West"

Is there any point? TAPA state they do not work with Trading Standards:

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."

A) OK just to humour you, whom should I ask for? Telephone number?

B) It would be useful to have the name of the officer whom you have been in contact with.

C) I have looked at numerous trading standards websites but not a single one mentions TAPA.

D) None of the officers contacted have been willing to say anything positive about TAPA.

"2) Ask if tapa sends them their investigation findings from the complaints they get"

With pleasure but is there any point beacuse TAPA state that they do not work with Trading Standards:

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."

In any case, I suspect that if details are passed on, they are of scam support publishers that TAPA colludes with and which TAPA knows the authorities are already investigating and that the game is up and that TAPA may as well get some mileage out of it to mislead its website readers

Do you remember Abingdon House, Municipal Press Office Ltd, Espress Ltd, Windows Media Ltd, Emergency Services Press Ltd and Sponsored Press Ltd etc? Like Simister the directors were disqualified for fraud and the investigation was led by the Insolvency Service.

Curiously none of the companies were on TAPA's ledger until the game was almost up even though the complaints had been up on www.whocallsme.com for years in some cases. One would have thought that the self-appointed TAPA protection racket would have included them as scammers simply because fraudster Anthony Simister has such an extensive knowledge of this scam industry.

"3) Repeat 1) but call the Merseyside police and then repeat 2."

Perversely this makes sense because the police and courts are familiar with Simister and...

A) But whom should I ask for? Telephone Number?

B) It would be useful to have the name of the officer whom you have been in contact with.

C) I have looked at numerous trading standards websites but not a single one mentions TAPA.

D) None of the officers contacted have been willing to say anything positive about TAPA.

"4) call random people on the list (maybe even me if youre lucky) and see if they are grateful for tapa's help or not"

Which list?

"I think trying to belittle me because of my obvious dyslexia is evidently humorous to various posters on here but that's life i suppose."

Playing the pity card is something criminals frequently do. have you read the court transcripts for Simister? http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2004/523.html Strikingly similar language and attitude. But you are not a criminal because you previously stated on here that you are an honest builder.

"Btw FACTS, its EASTWAY, not EASTWOOD you fool."

I thought you might enjoy that one. You have stated that you were an honest builder and I had just read
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/cgi-bin/mt425/mt-se ... search=eastwood
I am delighted that you objected so articulately.

"I quite expect the next comments to ask me to back up my comments or tell you where i get my info (despite it being on almost every post) and am happy that after my extended absense from this thread that its evident for readers to see that i have given this info and you have not checked."

Indeed where are the facts Eastway? Can you provide any www links to substantiate anything you assert?

Random telephone calls are hearsay and do not carry the weight of written evidence.

I can, have and do. But to date you have not provided a single link outside of the TAPA scamming site.

"Dale, I asked tapa about your post and they stated they would be happy to put in writing to me that they have nobody by the name of dale that has cancelled in the past year so im interested to find this comment on here."

A) Eastway, whom are you in contact with at TAPA?

B) Eastway, can you ask TAPA to publish a statement on here or on their www.tapa.co.uk scam site?

C) Dale, is Dale your moniker on here or your real name? If it is your moniker then TAPA will be able to find your name. In any case, take everything you have to the police and obtain a crime number if they contact, intimidate or harass you. Try not to touch any of the documents but bag them up in case they are required for forensic analysis. Please post any mobile-numbers and names TAPA use.

"Also goes back to the usual conundrum......if they are the scammers why help get money back where possible?"

A) As you know Eastway, TAPA is a protection racket business. Businesses charge. The TAPA scam agency is no different and clearly state 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."

B) Criminals who make their money from scams and fraud do so for profit. Look at Simister's houses and ask his accountant Peter Marsden who has now registered his office at Simister's house https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01782788300 and https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01782788400. The criminal support publishing scam industry is an enormous employer for the low-educated and the profits are enormous. Unlike ethical industry sectors they pay little or no tax so are a net drain on the economy, a conduit for money-laundering and other criminal activities.

C) Eastwood, why should TAPA the self-appointed Support Publishing industry protection-racket body be any different and not benefit from the proceeds of crime and thus make a profit by "helping" people get their money back for an annual protection racket subscription? Either way they lose, and both payment streams support the same criminals but if they do not wish to involve the police it is a mugs solution to an easily avoidable problem: never engage with a cold caller, just hang up.

D) If they are not scammed by the advertiser for profit they are by TAPA for profit. The proven fraudster and TAPA doyen Anthony Simister understands this perfectly. Why are you feigning the converse, Eastwood?

I am laughing too much to continue. However please don't run off for too long again, Eastway. It always brightens my day when you post and it is always an absolute pleasure to engage with you. See you soon.

Paul, your name appears to be familiar to me. Can't think why though.

Have just seen your post of 20th Feb.  I think the only person being selectively blind is you.  I have checked back on the 0843 number.  The first post said the number was TAPA.  This was followed by several other posts all complaining about TAPA and my post pointing them in the direction of this number to find out more about the way TAPA works.  When I realised that they had stopped conning individuals and were concentrating on conning businesses, it no longer concerned me.  I have also warned people on other numbers about going with TAPA  or other companies which charge for the same service, rather than TPS.  You seem to be hitting out at everyone in sight in an effort to detract from TAPAs activities.

"Last post now I promise (it's quite addictive)"
You broke your promise = untrustworthy witness.

"At the 1st point I even sense a scam, I stop my card, report the crooks and cease all communication (use tapas advice on tapa basically) but I have not yet and the signs are I will not."
Wrong. This is Action Frauds' advice. Simister the fraudster and his TAPA scam artists simply copied it.

"Wot exactly is your argument to my (and others on their list if you just make a few short phone calls) "
What list? TAPA state that they do not work with any official body so what is the point?

The mugs signed up with TAPA will bray "yes TAPA helped me stop the calls" because nobody wants to look like the donkey that has been duped twice. It is human nature.

And TAPA control the calls so again what is the point Eastway? We all know that TAPA is a criminal run protection racket working in league with criminals running support publishing firms. They are so inept and disorganised that the trail of common numbers, names and website registrants is littered all over the public domain.

" I do not however see as much ferocity as here. Must be a reason I'm sure!"
That's because this is an open forum. Look at who owns freeindex and the other local one. Any surprises? No. Full of TAPA apologists, deniers and promoters.

I simply enjoy posting facts and then baiting and winding up the scam artists when they come out to dispute the facts. There is nothing like watching them incriminate themselves. They are masters at it. You're no different which is what makes it so entertaining.

"cyber bullies" You have bullied your intelligence into submission by being unable to substantiate anything you have claimed about TAPA, Eastwood. You won that game and provided the TAPA football to kick. I am a mere catalyst and this website a platform for the theater we provide.

But most importantly it is a useful single depository for those who struggle to exchange and collate the factual information they variously hold, all neatly catalogued and indexed by phone numbers. It is incredible how much evidence and factual data can be found in one place and how many individuals and bodies have benefited from this ;-)

All good points, Nan! Thank you :-)

Ermm, slightly swerving the subject matter. I have seen your comments on threads for advertising companies that unless you are a business would know nothing of. Point 2, on these threads you are commonly the 1st to mention tapa so how on earth is that as the thread would not show from a google search related to tapa.

FACTS, still not made the calls then? Also, now you say that free index is something to do with tapa? You mean the forum where you have to register, can be checked out by all that see your comments and if you read the many threads with many many businesses that are Ltd and sole traders you suggest they too are "in on it"? Wow, your mother realy hurt you!

I also fail to see the open debate. You have a  very simplistic mind set that states you must be right and all that do not comply and agree must therefore be a scammer themselves? Even to the point that you now accuse many business owners of not knowing their own mind? I stand by the last comment in my post above!!

"FACTS, still not made the calls then?"
No Eastway, and predictably you continually fail to provide me with the contacts to call at Trading Stands or the police despite my requests: https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08443573311/42

And what is the point, TAPA say they do NOT work with Trading Standards:
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."

Says it all really, Eastway :-)

I am struggling to understand your post.  Of the hundreds or, probably, thousands of numbers on this website how do you know which are advertising companies?  To give you a chance, as Facts keeps doing, to make a valid point perhaps you could post the numbers you are referring to and I will check them out.  I really do  not understand the phrase "unless you are a business would know nothing of".  It looks like gibberish.

"I also fail to see the open debate."

I see lots of open debate; the ethical side provides substantiated data, evidence and facts, the TAPA scammers unsubstantiated protests devoid of either. Long may it continue.

"You have a  very simplistic mind set that states you must be right and all that do not comply and agree must therefore be a scammer themselves?"

Let the facts be the arbiter and the readers the jury.

"Even to the point that you now accuse many business owners of not knowing their own mind? "

The TAPA duped and mislead will be enlightened when they come across the evidence.

"I stand by the last comment in my post above!!"
A predictable emotional response for one who has been unable to substantiate anything he has claimed.

Please return, TAPA Eastway. These exchanges are always such a pleasure.

I love engaging with Eastway, Nan, he is the perfect example of the bungling scammer, always dodging the facts and incriminating himself. Long may it continue!