Spam text message firm Help Direct UK fined £200,000

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 27th October 2015 12:33
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Insolvency Service closes £4.5m credit scam

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd June 2015 14:55.

A company that ran a £4.5m scam by fraudulently obtaining credit to provide text message services has been forced out of business. Mosellic, a...

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Excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong section but I really don't know where to start

Basically, my 18 year old son had his Halifax Visa Debit card stolen and, in the four and a half hours between last seeing it and realising it was missing, someone managed to get a Wonga loan paid onto...

Hi,

Looking for some advice on behalf of my daughter.

A supposed 'good friend' took out a Studio Cards account by phone using my daughter's name and details, only informing my daughter after the event. This was just before Christmas to purchase Christmas presents for the friend's...

Tenants 'ripped off' by letting agents keeping deposits

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th February 2014 10:26.

Some letting agents are fraudulently taking thousands of pounds from tenants as a holding deposit, not letting them move in and keeping the money,...

I had a 3 mobile phone on a contract which I 'thought' I had upgraded early. This was in October 2012. It eventually comes to light that they had not upgraded me but sold me a new contract. I know that it was my fault that I didn't notice this error straight away but that is another story. I cancelled...

Letter dated 3rd December 2013.

This letter is notification that Marlin Europe 11 Limited has had assigned to it all right, title and interest in the debt due in relation to the above account, previously owed to Lloyds TSB on 28th November 2013.
This means that MARLIN EUROPE 11 LIMITED...

A debt advice charity has reported that calls concerning telephone debts have soared 261% since 2007, when the first iPhone was launched.

Telephone debts on the rise

Hey, a friend of mine has managed to get herself into a right pickle.

When she was 17 she applied for accounts with Littlewoods and Orange and changed her age by a year to qualify.

She now has 4 outstanding debts totalling ~£2000 and she is on a DMP which is unaffordable,...

Hello everyone, I was referred here bya member of MoneySavingExpert as they said people here might be able to help me.

Basically I've been having some ongoing issues obtaining a basic bank account. I'm in about 5,000-6,000 worth of debt through Pay Day Loan companies, bank overdrafts...

Ok, just got off the phone, and cant say I am too happy.

Couple weeks ago, got email off Paypal saying account suspended. Try to log in and cant. Reset password and find someone has addwed an address (in America) and attempted to transfer money from my bank account to paypal - paypal...

I recently got ripped off by these thieves. I have now started to get my own back by making as many people as possible aware of their activities. The start was a complain to Dorset Trading Standards. See the PDF file.

I urge anyone who has fallen victim to these con artists to start the...

BARCLAYS BANK admits blunder that led to account holder being blamed when £1,150 was stolen from her account
Bank refused to return cash to Rachel Addison
She was told the missing money must be her own fault
By TARA EVANS
PUBLISHED: 18:35, 22 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:37,...

OFT imposes requirements on Wonga...

Half a million people are set to lose their disability benefits under government plans.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said he was determined to introduce radical reforms to disability allowances which could slash the annual cost by £2.24bn.

Around 500,000...