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Further to recent general warnings and advice from KwikChex about increased activities by scammers, we are now receiving specific reports of attempts at defrauding timeshare owners. The latest attempts at scamming timeshare owners involve phone callers falsely telling Hilton Grand Vacations owners in the UK that the bu
KwikChex seeing rapidly increasing online threats to consumers and businesses connected to coronavirus Fraudsters delight in exploiting ‘fear factors’ and the coronavirus crisis is demonstrating how they are using it in attempts to scam consumers. This situation particularly suits scammers as so many people are staying
Regulators and consumer organisations have already exposed significant problems with Online Travel Agents (OTAs) – and one small business has already successfully claimed compensation for losses caused by Booking.com Online Travel Agents or OTAs as they are often better known dominate accommodation booking. Hotels and
KwikChex sees an increase in reports from consumers concerned about being caught out by cold-calling rogues offering to get their monies back after losing monies in initial scams. An increasing number of consumers are approaching KwikChex with stories of being contacted by people saying they can get monies back for the
Absolutely brilliant service. Always returned emails and happy to answer any questions I had. So grateful I found them as they gave me so much help and support. Highly recommend them. Thank you so very much for everything you have done to help me 🙂 (Reviewed February 2020)
Winning battles against tech giants is difficult even for the biggest companies with the deepest pockets. But in November 2011, KwikChex took on a case and did precisely that – less than a year after our business was founded.
The law is catching up with those involved in ‘Leisure Credits’ and Bogus Holiday Club scams, with arrests, prison sentences and heavy financial penalties taking place. Way back in 2013, the UK European Consumer Centre warned of a new holiday product that was set up to intentionally avoid the legislation that protects
The challenges KwikChex made against fake reviews got us noticed in the first few months of launching our services when we were invited to appear on BBC TV’s flagship technology programme ‘Click’. Spencer Kelly, host of the ‘Click’ programme visited our offices in Bournemouth and KwikChex director and founder Chris Emm
I have received excellent advice via emails from KwikChex over a period of six years. At last, resulting from their advice, I have achieved a good result to my problem.
Absolutely brilliant service. Always returned emails and happy to answer any questions I had. So grateful I found them as they gave me so much help and support. Highly recommend them. Thank you so very much for everything you have done to help me 🙂
2020 marks the tenth anniversary year for KwikChex and we will be celebrating by looking back on the highlights of what we have achieved. At the outset in 2010, we wanted to focus on providing accurate and reliable online content that would benefit consumers. It was a time when we could already see that misinformation
June was very informed and enjoys a calm confidence which certainly helped. (Reviewed January 2020)
