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Falsely cancelled policy

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I took out a car insurance policy with more than smart wheels as it was the cheapest quote at the time and at the age of 18 you want to get on the road ASAP for work travel, etc. When I first rang to start my policy they said I needed to pay £845 basically just for them to say yeah we’ll insure you and then went on to paying a further £145 a month which as an apprentice is way too much but I managed. Then after about a month and a half I received an email saying I had been speeding and they were threatening to cancel my insurance, then not even 3 months after taking my policy out with them they send me another email falsely accusing me of speeding a second time and then said they were going to cancel my insurance altogether so I rang up and asked if there was anything I could do to which they said no as it had been confirmed with some team they’ve got who apparently assess the data the telematics box emits and say whether it’s right or wrong but after reading all the reviews from other young drivers who have gone with them it’s clearly a bullshit scam to rip off young drivers, make a load of money out of them then cancel their policy so they struggle to get insurance anywhere else and end up penny less for no apparent reason. Now I have received a from them saying I owe £28.12 with no explaination as to why I owe that amount and the letter even said they’d previously asked me for the amount when I’ve only even heard about it once on the “second” letter they had sent me regarding this payment. I rang up about it and they said if I don’t then it will affect my credit rating or some random crap they thought of at the time so I put in a complaint about it. 2 days later I got a phone call from them about this money I apparently owe and they said they’re willing to drop it if I remove my complaint however if I change my mind I can complain about it again in the next 6 months. Basically them admitting they were wrong to try and charge me this money and saying they’d write it off so they didn’t have to deal with the complaint. Everything they do and say it fake, stay away from these people, all they want is your money and to rip you off, as shown by WatchDog they are a con artists who’s black boxes show fake data which they use to penalise young drivers. STAY AWAY FROM MORE THAN! It’s a massive scam for any young driver! Reviewed on: 15th February 2018