The Mobile Phone Scam
02, EE and Vodafone customers are being warned that their bank accounts are at risk from being cleared out by fraudsters. A BBC investigation has discovered that three of the biggest mobile phone providers are handing out replacement SIM cards without running the proper ID checks. The scam involves […]
If horror films get you thrilled, if you love dressing up for Halloween, or get carried away with the ghost stories, here are some great ways to spend Halloween:
You can watch a spooky film: This year there have been some truly horrifying scary movies released, here are our top picks: –
A Quiet […]
A retired couple from Maine, USA say they spent thousands on a timeshare they have not been able to use.
It’s the same old story, an unsuspecting family spend their hard earned money in the hope of enjoying wonderful holidays promised to them by unscrupulous sales reps. By the time the ink is […]
If you have ever experienced any of the delights Mexico has to offer, you can understand why the prospect of owning a piece of this holiday heaven can be a dream come true. The Mexican sea is known as the ‘aquarium of the world’, there are more Mayan ruins than you can […]
As a member of the team here at Mercantile, I thought it useful to share a recent experience myself and my family had whilst holidaying in Florida. This August we rented a private villa in Kissimmee and, having had a lot of experience working with dissatisfied Timeshare owners, had no intention of […]
Over 5,500 employees of supermarket giant Morrisons could all claim compensation after they had their personal data published online.
A former employee of the supermarket chain posted details of staff addresses and bank account details in 2014. He was jailed for 8 years for this and, for the first time, the employer is […]
Thousands of homeowners thought they had been saved during the financial crisis, as the government agreed to step in and take over their mortgages. Despite this, some ten years later, thousands of former Northern Rock customers are still stuck with high interest mortgages. These mortgages were taken over by a private equity […]
A group of timeshare owners have joined in class action against their resorts, to end their timeshare contracts, claiming they are too difficult to use. The owners have filed a complaint in a Californian court against Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Silverleaf Resorts INC, Orange Lake Resorts and Orange Lake Country Club, alleging […]
A real estate company in the US is warning consumers and real estate brokers about a spurt of recent timeshare scams. The scammers are cold-calling timeshare owners claiming to be from a legitimate real estate agency and offering timeshare sales and exit services for timeshares owners.
The scammers have been falsely representing themselves […]
Ritz Carlton Timeshare Club members are bringing a mass action claim to a federal judge. The claim alleges Marriott Vacations caused the value of Ritz-Carlton Club members’ deeded units to decline and, in some cases, owners lost up to 90% in the value of their timeshares at the resort. Owners claim that […]
You are able to pursue a claim yourself to the Financial Ombudsman Service without incurring a fee
