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Hi all,

Ive received a letter through the post, claiming to be from Regal
Credit Consultants in Bagshot, Surrey. It reads:

IMPORTANT
Please contact Mrs King on
regarding a very important matter.
Please quote reference .
Thank you.

The and are real, and there is a Regal Credit in
Bagshot, but a few things are making me suspicious:

- Its addressed to the occupier, not me
- It looks a bit amateurish
- There are no real details of what they want to talk about
- the website in the letterhead is www.regal-credit.co.uk , rather than
www.regalcredit.co.uk, which appears to be the official one. They look
similar, but not quite the same...
- The phone number they want me to call is not listed on the real
website
- The address on the letterhead is a PO box.
- AFAIK, I dont owe anybody!

A quick Google for Regal Credit Scam hasnt thrown anything up. I
guess the solution is to phone the number that I know to be associated
with the genuine company and have a word with them. The genuine company
MUST be OK because theyre listed as a local business on Surrey Heath
Councils website. Just wondered if anyone else has had one of these
letters, or heard of a scam...

TIA
Tarby

Tarby777 wrote in message
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Is it an 090 number? Thats the usual scam. And the fact that its on Surrey
Heaths website means squat.

Ali

Alison Hopkins wrote:

Hi Ali,

On what I *believe* to be the kosher site, its an 01276 number. On
what I believe to be the dodgy site, its an 08717. In the letter Ive
received. Its an 0800.

Cheers,
Tarby

Tarby777 wrote in message
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Hm. Not the 090 scam then. Id call the kosher company and ask them, if I
were you. And document all conversations. :)

Ali

Tarby777 wrote:

Just rip it up and bin it.

Normally I only pay attention to something that is
1. Addressed to me
2. From a company I *know* and deal with
3. Is in connection with something I *know about*

Unless youre interested in these things from the viewpoint of
protecting your fellow citizens. In that case I dont know who you would
contact, police maybe, or trading standards.

I think I can recommend The Real Hustle on digital BBC, I reckon its
the best bit of TV recently. Although it concentrates on face to face
scams, Im sure the psychology behind them is similar.

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Donald
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Tarby777 wrote in
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IMV its either a direct marketing device or more likely a debt recovery
agent attempting to trace someone that lived at your address. Have you
moved in recently, say within the last 2 years: this seemed to be the time
that creditors took to get the message that debtors no longer lived at my
old student house.

Either way, bin/recycle it. Its nothing to concern you. If they were
persuing a debt that was allegedly yours then they would have your full
contact details and state the name of the creditor.


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Donald wrote in message .

I have had a few pints using some of the scam probability bets they have
shown, but only off mates. I am quite surprised the detail they go into.
Although interesting, there must be scrotes watching who will be given all
the knowledge they need to con, thieve and rip people off.

Bill

co10 wrote:


I dunno if The Real Hustle showed it, but the bet that two people in a
crowded room will share the same birthday has worked for me, many times.



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