It’s 100% that company, pal. It’s a shell company — if you look at their filings, they’ve never had any turnover or assets. So realistically, that business has no genuine operations, no creditors, and no assets.
That means the money people are sending them is clearly being routed through a dormant company to hide the real nature of the transactions. Their latest accounts (even though they’re about a year old) confirm they don’t trade in any legitimate capacity, so how can they be legitimately requesting payments from individuals? It just doesn’t add up.
If you haven’t already, raise a formal complaint with your bank and ask why they’re refusing to look into it further — especially if company is dormant.
If you don’t get anywhere with that, then take it to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) — 100%. They’ll review whether the bank handled it properly and whether it should be treated negligent from them
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