Cash Prize Conformations

[enaid]

This is run by McIntyre & Dodd Marketing Ltd Ross-on-Wye

Found this at my dads ages ago and because of his health he can not comprehend that this is a scam.
In the past he has had word puzzles and has done them and phoned up for his prize not knowing that he was being billed almost £10 on his phone. I put a stop to that hopefully and I thought I had with this I followed the instructions on their website to take off dads address.
I found another one yesterday and obviously they took no notice of my first request, I followed the same procedure and also emailed them saying if my dad was to receive any more post from them I would take further action.
My question is what further action can be taken ?

Thanks Enaid x

[michael]

Re: Cash Prize Conformations

They have previous form:

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2010/02-10

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigat...-creative.html

[enaid]

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Thanks for that Michael,

Feb 2011

Yesterday the court said it will issue enforcement orders against the 53-year-old from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, and associates Wendy Ruck, Catherine Cummings (pictured above with Williams) and Peter Jude Henry.Orders banning the rip-offs will also be slapped on five companies: Purely Creative, Strike Lucky Games, McIntyre & Dodd Marketing, The Winners Club and Dodd Marketing.

Fat lot of use that was then

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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Enaid,

is he ringing them from a landline or a mobile?

If it is a mobile, contact the supplier and ask them to add a premium bar to his account, this means he simply will not be allowed to dial 08/09 numbers from the handset, im not sure if a landline supplier can do this, but the might if he is.. confused.

Also.. it might be worth reporting them to the OFT for continuing to operate in this way.. im looking for any info that will bring them to a stop..

if I can help with the phone side of it, count me in.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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please accept this website, its for the Mail Preference Service, they might be able to stop the letters arriving,

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/what/

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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Sorry for the multiple posts, but im posting as I find.

http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/typ...arketing-fraud
report them with this link, hopefully they will have a nice little holiday at Her Majesty's Pleasure in Holloway for the ladies and Pentonville for the "gentleman"

Vulnerable victims and the Victims' Code

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Action Fraud exists to ensure that victims of fraud have a central place to go to in order to report crime and get advice and support. We are committed to providing the best service possible to victims of fraud and those who need advice.
Our partnership with the charity Victim Support is central to this commitment and this is why everyone who reports a fraud to us has the option to receive support from the charity afterwards.
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If you want to contact Action Fraud on behalf of a vulnerable victim, we will provide an enhanced service to help. Please make it clear that you are contacting us on behalf of a vulnerable victim.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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Action Fraud is an organisation run by the National Fraud Authority, a government agency, which provides information about various scams and a 24-hour facility where you can get advice and report fraud. If you feel that you have received scam mail you should report it to Action Fraud. The police may then arrange to recover this mail and assess it to see if it is fraudulent. If it is, they will take the appropriate action.

[shell]

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You can also get your call provider (landline) to bar premium rate phone calls.

[CleverClogs]

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Feb 2011

Yesterday the court said it will issue enforcement orders against the 53-year-old from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, and associates Wendy Ruck, Catherine Cummings (pictured above with Williams) and Peter Jude Henry.Orders banning the rip-offs will also be slapped on five companies: Purely Creative, Strike Lucky Games, McIntyre & Dodd Marketing, The Winners Club and Dodd Marketing.

Fat lot of use that was then

The orders are of little/no use by themselves, as they are only effective if they are enforced.

Unfortunately, the Office of Faffing and Twaddling seems not to like to enforce such orders; they appear to prefer to seek agreement and to avoid such unpleasantness.

They are all the use of an ice-cream coffee pot.

[CleverClogs]

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Action Fraud is an organisation run by the National Fraud Authority, a government agency, which provides information about various scams and a 24-hour facility where you can get advice and report fraud. If you feel that you have received scam mail you should report it to Action Fraud. The police may then arrange to recover this mail and assess it to see if it is fraudulent. If it is, they will take the appropriate action.

They won't, as there is no current penalty in English Law whereby a crook may be confined to the public pillory and to be affixed thereto by nailing through his/her ears.