Another reader has sent information on a call they have received from a Mr Fletcher of Financial Services & Co, with the address:
Along with the Company Registration Number LP003793, with no company directors being shown but plenty of documents showing change of partners and addresses. (See link below)
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/LP003793
The call was regarding his dealings with Regency Shores Marketing (EZE Group), according to the call (which has been recorded), there has been a successful outcome against them in recent court proceedings.
This was all confirmed in an email from Andrea Ward with the email address awfinancialservicesco@gmail.com yet another gmail address not linked to any website.
Apparently there has been a substantial amount awarded which will be sent by personal cheque or bank transfer, but there is a processing fee to be paid which is around 10% of the awarded amount. This is paid to a third party, and will be held in an Escrow Account, once these fees have been paid to the “Trustee” Financial Services & Co will finalise the claim and all the money will be settled within 5 working days.
The email also goes on to say “We are now giving you not only our company guarantee but that too of our contractual and fiscal arrangements with the Bank of Spain, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and the High Court of Madrid. This means that all Business is backed and covered by these three entities and ourselves.”
All too good to be true I hear you say!
Now, there is a website called AW Financial Services:
http://www.awfinancialservices.com
This is actually the trading name of Mortgages Just4U, registered at Company house with the Company Registration Number 06329975 and the registered address:
18 The Cheveralls, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3NH
Telephone: 01582 898216
Mobile: 07903 268208
Email: angie@awfinancialservices.com which is linked to the website and differs from the one given by Andrea Ward.
On their website they also state they are an appointed representative of Personal Touch Financial Services Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Company number 03406454 with the address:
2nd Floor Gateway 2 Holgate Park Drive, York, England, YO26 4GB
and have been registered since 21 July 1997. They are also in the FCA register as authorised with the FCA Reference number: 187834.
So what do we have so far, a company registered at company house with no details apart from in the filing history showing several changes of address and partners, using a name for their email address similar to another registered company and using a gmail account, with no website of their own.
Contacting clients who have dealt with Regency Shores Marketing (EZE Group), with details of membership numbers, what they purchased, for how much and when, all very very suspicious indeed.
Inside Timeshare is not aware of any recent court proceedings against Regency Shores Marketing in Spain or the UK, we are however aware of the case against the directors of EZE Group Dominic O’Reilly and his daughter Stephanie O’Reilly, but that has not yet been resolved.
So from what we know this does have all the hallmarks of another very elaborate scam, fairly well put together and pretty convincing. Although from the recording the caller Mr Fletcher is not that convincing, skirting over all the questions and repeating himself constantly with all “the scam companies are operating out of Spain and Portugal”. Well that is not quite how we see it, they are also operating out of the UK under dubious companies registered at Company House for a small fee, or just taking over another companies name.
This is the recording of the call our reader sent in, it has been edited to remove our readers personal details.
This really does go to show how careful you have to be, if our reader had not been a regular to Inside Timeshare, he may have just been taken in.
Remember
THE GOLDEN RULE
CHECK, CHECK AND CHECK AGAIN, DO YOUR HOMEWORK
If you need help in doing this then contact Inside Timeshare, we will be more than happy to help.
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