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Review of the Are You Owed Money, Debt Collection:

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Being scammed?

Two years ago I had a problem with a tenant not paying her rent. Long story short she ended up owing me around £1250. In trying to find a solution I came across Are You Owed Money and after a very helpful phone call signed up with the promise that if they recovered my money they'd also tag on the fee to the debtor so I wouldn't be out of pocket there either. Fast forward some months and they eventually got the debtor to pay up with a payment scheme. And that's where my problems started. I thought - mistakenly - that I'd simply get paid when they did. However they needed to go beyond a claw back period to ensure AYOM didn't pay me only for the debtor to claim it back. Fair enough. But then because the debtor was paying by card that could be around 180 days. Okayyyy. So I waited patiently for the instalments to start coming in. And I waited. And waited. Despite many phone calls and emails around 7 months from the first instalment I have received £0. Whilst AYOM confirmed they'd received £2k (they obviously bump the amount up significantly to cover their costs) they have yet to remit a penny. I've got no indication when or even if they will ever pay me my own money back. It's an ingenious scam it appears. You provide the debtor, you pay them to recoup the money, they get it back and keep it. Please don't fall for it. Reviewed on: 9th January 2025

Reply from Are You Owed Money Good morning. Thank you for your review. Please could you email [email protected] with your client ID, contact email and telephone number so our team can investigate your case. We are unfortunately unable to identify your case by your Smart Money People username alone. Kind regards, the AYOM team. Response date: 4th February 2025

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