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It has come to our attention that scam emails containing malicious links and attachments are circulating . These scam emails can be difficult to spot and are often using sophisticated methods to mimic respected businesses.
KwikChex CEO, Chris Emmins has been quoted in a recent Sunday Times article highlighting the dangers of fake restaurant reviews, the impact they have on business owners, and just how easy it is for would-be scammers to get started. ‘If you know where to look on the dark web, there are online training courses for [&hell
The July edition of Which? magazine features a report on the millions lost by people investing in an unlawful timeshare scheme uncovered by KwikChex. Please click the images below (and double click within to enlarge) to read the Which? article. The renowned consumer organisation Which? has followed up on initial report
Losses to fraud and misrepresentations cost businesses and consumers billions every year. Despite years of advice from authorities and online reviews, the losses have risen exponentially over the last decade – and are set to rise further because of the availability to scammers of increasingly effective tools, including
KwikChex is seeking assistance from loan providers, advisors and authorities after uncovering a multimillion-pound fraud enabled by equity release. KwikChex is helping consumers who fell prey to a purported real estate and holiday club investment scheme. Many of those affected were persuaded to remortgage their homes t
A new website has been set up by KwikChex to provide further help to people that paid monies for purported investments in the Global Great Hotels and Restotel schemes https://globalgreathotels.help/ And a new Public Facebook page is also available to provide additional information https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?i
KwikChex, an expert on online reviews, and a renowned verification, investigation and resolutions business has carried out an evaluation of the debate on online reviews for solicitors. Since 2021, the SRA has been actively encouraging solicitors to engage with online reviews resources. In June, they produced a report w
The Helsingborgs Dagblad newspaper recently published a warning about the UK-registered company, Gravamen Consultants Ltd. The article calls attention to the plight of Swedish couple Ingrid and Lars-Göran Ljunggren, who paid Gravamen Consultants to help exit their timeshare contract and recover monies. Journalist Mikae
Trustpilot uses the slogan “Find companies you can trust” – referring to those that have achieved a high ‘Trustscore’ on its platform – but these ratings can lead people relying on supposed trustworthiness into very unsafe situations. Here are some facts about businesses with these trusted ratings and the reviewers tha
Following the latest analysis of content on the Trustpilot reviews website, KwikChex is commencing a series of actions to tackle serious misinformation and fraud. The case against Trustpilot Trustpilot uses the slogan “Find companies you can trust”. This is intended to persuade consumers that businesses with a high rat
After an investigation by KwikChex and an article in The Mirror, Trustpilot has removed over 20,000 reviews from one business profile. The KwikChex investigation revealed how crypto business Nova Wallet has rocketed to the top of Trustpilot’s UK Banking and Money category, with 23,000 reviews. The investigation then fo
Fraud prevention and investigations business KwikChex and renowned solicitor firm Lincoln Green are providing a unique service that will help consumers to reliably check on whether they have been misled and are in danger of losing monies to businesses that have exaggerated, potentially deceived or failed to deliver pro
