Wyndham Destinations Expand and Renovates Orlando Resort

Friday 19th April 2024

Wyndham Destinations is planning a multi-million dollar expansion of WorldMark Orlando Kingstown Reef. The resort is scheduled to open its doors in 2020, bringing the total number of Wyndham vacation club resort suites to more than 2,200 in Orlando alone.
The resort is part of Orlando based Wyndham Destinations, one of the largest […]

Company Fined £90,000 For Nuisance Marketing Calls

Friday 19th April 2024

The Information Commissioners Office has fined a home security company £90,000 for making thousands of nuisance marketing calls.
Smart Home Protection Ltd based in Staffordshire was behind 118,000 unlawful marketing calls between January 2017 and September 2018, the calls were made to people registered with the TPS. It is against the law to […]

Fraudsters Using Royal Baby to Scam Facebook Users

Friday 19th April 2024

Fraudsters are taking full advantage of the interest surrounding the Royal Baby to target Facebook users. 
The scam appears as a link on Facebook, similar to something one of your friends might share on their timeline, promising “exclusive footage” of the new-born. However, for those who do click the link, they are told […]

Another warning over TV Licensing Scam

Friday 19th April 2024

Action Fraud are again issuing fresh warnings over an ongoing TV Licensing phishing scam. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau are continuing to receive high numbers of complaints through their reporting service.
Fraudsters are sending members of the public fake TV Licensing emails, which are designed to steal personal and financial information. Action Fraud has […]

Puppy Farming Fraudsters Jailed

Friday 19th April 2024

Two people who ran a puppy farming scam have been jailed for selling sickly and diseased puppies, claiming they were bred in a family environment.
The two appeared in Norwich Crown Court and admitted conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation between June 1, 2016 and June 18, 2018. The court heard how […]

Couple paid Tui £46,000 for disaster wedding!

Friday 19th April 2024

Couple who booked dream wedding through Tui discover they are not actually legally married after a series of blunders.
Andy Helsdon and Heidi Brown planned and saved for 18 months to make their dream of a Caribbean wedding come true. They enlisted the wedding experts at Tui to organise their special day in […]

EuroMillions Winners targeted by scammers

Friday 19th April 2024

Scammers posing as EuroMillions winners Fred and Lesley Higgins have been offering victims a share of their jackpot. The couple were horrified to learn that they were being used as pawns by fraudsters after they won £58 million. The scammers have been sending emails to people across the UK claiming they have been […]

Another Successful Claim

Friday 19th April 2024

Mercantile Claims are one of the UK’s leading timeshare termination and claims management specialists. We have successfully helped thousands of clients reclaim money for timeshares and holiday products that were mis-sold to them.
We are delighted to share with our readers, yet another successful claim for one of our clients who have received a settlement […]

Police Issue Warning Over Doorstep Timeshare Scam

Friday 19th April 2024

Police in Cheshire have issued a warning to residents after they received a report involving a male who entered an elderly persons home demanding money.
The fraudster claimed to be a senior consultant for a timeshare company, he claimed that the elderly victim owed the timeshare company £6000. Fortunately for the elderly resident, […]

Timeshare Industry Targets Millennials

Friday 19th April 2024

Timeshares have earned a reputation as popular among the baby boom generation. However, with the constant bad publicity the industry faces, some of the bigger timeshare resorts are turning their attention to a younger audience in an attempt to keep the failing industry from dying out.
Mike Flaskey Diamond Resorts CEO has been […]