SCAMMER: New Zealand Council of Bank Reclaim Experts Names: Steve Thomas, Jennifer, Vinod Kumar ph: 04 889 2813, New Zealand. Scam by phone & Post Office, upfront money transfer using Western Union. Apparent refund for overpaid tax charges on bank credit cards. Upfront in asking for the tax money to be paid first. Please be aware that they are currently calling within the Counties Area.
Gill says:
ReplyDeleteAugust 19, 2010 at 4:03 pm
‘Reclaim Experts’ are scammer trying to tell you that you have bank charges to be refunded. they will try to get you to send them around $300 for a refund of $3000. do not do it. chack out the other web results for these people in Australia.
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ReplyDeleteJenny says:
August 23, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Just had the scammers on the phone confirming my details so they can send me my refund!!!!! Whiich I know I’m not entitled to. Eric Brown, Department of Reclaim Expert, Ph 09 8894258, 147 Victoria St West, Auckland REF RE0782. Oh how professional!!!!. They don’t answer the phone when you call back.
HANG UP ON THEM & DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION
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ReplyDeleteMa-rea Unahi says:
September 23, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Reclaim Experts 09 889 4258, custom service person is named John Watson and Finance Manager – Mr Jim Dickson 147 Victoria Street West Auckland Central 1010 wanting to me to pay administration Tax of 10% before receiving the rest of your refund…. BE CAREFUL!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteJohn Finlayson says:
September 30, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Same here today but they were called Paul Hamilton and Frank Gammon, same number and address etc. Said they were a division of the Dept of Fair Trading (does NZ have such an entity?). Googling the address gives the impression it is a rental property and not a Govt Dept as well. I tried ringing back at a later time to check on their credentials and no reply but even better – no voice message! Scam, scam, scam.
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ReplyDeleteMaria says:
October 13, 2010 at 9:59 am
Received phone call today from Edward Qoulin (not Collin from Twilight as i asked him if he got his name from the movie) and the manager Frank Damon. Same story, same phone number (098894258) same instruction, same amount of 3600 dollars as reclaim from overcharging banks and tax amount of 264 before you can get the money. While i was talking to him (Frank Damon) I was reading these complaints on the net and told him about the scam, then i just ended the call.
Sue says:
ReplyDeleteOctober 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Phone call last night from Frank Damon, same phone number (098894258) said I was entitled to $3647 for bank overcharges on my accounts – seemed tooooo good to be true. How would I not know that all these charges had been made on my accounts Duh. He however did not mention having to pay up front before I could get the money – maybe my questioning him about who he was, what his company was, and how did he have all my details ended his attempt to scam money from me. He asked me to confirm my name and said would give me a call the next morning to arrange for a guy to bring round the cheque to my house, he had my address. I too called back the number to check on who they were but no reply. I then googled the name and bingo SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a bunch of loosers
lana says:
ReplyDeleteOctober 28, 2010 at 10:58 am
I have just been called and thort id check it out on the net. thank god i did.
it was Sam Jester who called me and said i had $3647. gave me an aproval code and told me to ring his manager Edward Collin on (09) 889 3169. and the address that he gave every one els
this isnt the first time that these ****** have tried to con me. earlyer on this year they did the same just different contact details were given.
GillyNZ says:
ReplyDeleteOctober 29, 2010 at 11:45 am
Im not a racist or anything like that, but how many people do you know with a name like Sam Jester or Edward Collin? these guys that run these call centres are bull**** artists. Absolute losers.
I called back “Edward Collin” a second time just to mess with him a little. I told him that my name is Sam Jester, and i want to re pay HIM $3647 in bank fees i went off my nut at him eventually and he told ME to stop calling haha.
Its time to get your own back people, call him back and let him have it! he didnt handle me taking the p*** out of him too well
Thank you to all of you who have posted, i probably would have gone through with the scam if your posts hadnt popped up
Cheers guys!
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ReplyDeleteVili says:
October 29, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I have just been called from Ricky Smith saying that i got money reclaim from over charge from the bank fee. He said that i had $3647. gave me an aproval code (RK0076) and told me to ring his manager Frank Damon on (09) 889 4278.
I rang him back and swear at him and he didnt like it. I said to him that i report it to the police and goodluck running from them. I hope that they will get caught and sent back home.. lol.. look out people and hope that you wouldnt fall to these loser that try to make a living out of good people’s life.
Matt Brady says:
ReplyDeleteNovember 2, 2010 at 4:10 pm
These guys have just targeted my 80 year old mother who was just about to send off everything these guys wanted.
Frank Damon, Bank Reclaim Experts 107 Victoria Street West, Ph 09 889 4278, Ref RK0076 – sound familiar !!
Matt
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ReplyDeleteShelley Henderson says:
November 2, 2010 at 9:27 pm
I too have been targeted today with a phone call from Sam Jester, refund of $3647.00 on bank charges over many years, given code TS0125 and phone number 098893169 of Senir Accounts Manager Edward Collin, toalso mention refund claim of $3647. For chq refund I would require form of I.D. I am in Northland NZ.. I too called Edward Collin who said he would call back in 5 minutes once he had verified my call. The return call never came, guess due to the direct questions I asked of specific requirements they needed from me. I told them that if they had a refund for me and already knew my Christian and surnames, then they would already know the details of information they were requesting. I suggested to them, that I also needed to ensure they were legitimate, who has heard of 2 Indian accented not well spoken English persons with such english names? Also, be aware of internet scam at present from “IRD” advising a tax debt is due and requesting all credit card details etc to pay immediately!
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ReplyDeleteMika says:
November 12, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Yeah Frank Damon was suppose to be the callers boss who was going to do the DC to my mums account?? hmmmmm hope they get caught soon
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ReplyDeleteMatt Brady says:
November 3, 2010 at 3:18 pm
A quick update – Telecom advise that the number being used is a “Skype” – Voice over internet so it could be anywhere in the world despite it appearing as a local Auckland number. They advise they can do nothing about it and suggested calling the Police. An article that appeared in the Otago Daily Times re this scan quoted the Police as saying the call itself was not a criminal offense so they could do nothing about it.
Mika says:
ReplyDeleteNovember 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm
My mother just called me to call, she got a call from a William Cook to call Frank Damon on 09 8894276 REF RK0076, advising she had a refund and to call and my mobile??
Address 147 Victoria Street
West AKL
Same time she asked me to do this I thought I’d google this so called “Department of Reclaim Expert” and surprise surprise look at what we have here, told my mum to ignore it.
Agnes says:
ReplyDeleteNovember 13, 2010 at 9:53 am
I just received a call from an Indian speaking man saying he is representing a Reclaim Expert for the Government and we will be transferring $3647.00 in 10-15mins, he gave some information how it works and asked a few questions which I answered honestly. However it did raise the back of my neck so I quickly jumped online to check and thank goodness it confirmed my suspicions. I won’t be going there and lucky I didn’t have my truck and my local PO is closed and the next one is just a bit far. Question, how do we inform the appropriate authorities to stop these scammers, the money would be great right now but I earn my money so have to save and wait like everyone else. We can’t let people do this do our whanau that need the money and then to be ripped off either.
Kia ora well they are at it again, Greg Johnson, ROger BRown and their boss believe it or not Edward Collins. 147 Victoria Street, Central Auck 1010, phone number 09 8893147.
ReplyDeleteSame senario $3647.00 blah, blah, blah. Thank god I googled and wallah, saw all your fellas comments.
Had a funny feeling when they had an accent then had the audacity to use english names. AUE, AUE.
i just had this phone call today...and yes EDWARD COLLIN i was trying to hold off laughing when he said this. maybe he's a twilight fan...who do we call to report this SCAM?
ReplyDeleteHad a call from "Jack Morrison" (a man with very poor English) from "Reclaim Experts" saying that the NZ Govt owes me $3647 in bank overcharges.
ReplyDeleteHe says his address is 147 Victoria Street West, auckland.
A quick google search shows that this looks like Tourism New Zealand address.
Dodgy!
Pam
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I have just had a call from Jacob Williams, from Reclaim Experts who are working for the Department of Fair Trading - yeh right!! Saying we had been overcharged by the magic number - yep $3647 by our bank. Just needed me to verify my details, Jacob - who sounded Mexican??? had my surname and initials and wanted my first names. When I asked for a government phone number so I could verify his authenticity - he just gave me the whole story again - he eventually cut me off.
I just got a call from this same scam. The phone number they asked be to ring back was 09 88 93723, and ask for Michael Snyder.
ReplyDeleteShe told me she was Kelly Jones, and that the department was "Reclaim Expert" [sic] Note that she didn't have an accent like someone who would be named "Kelly Jones" she persisted with the questions and I gave her some fake info.
So then I had the following dialogue, which gave her up as a scammer:
me "You said you are part of the New Zealand government?"
kelly "Yes, Reclaim Expert"
me "That's your department?"
kelly "Yes, Reclaim Expert is the department"
me "ok, what Ministry is that in?"
kelly "what do you mean? it's Reclaim Expert"
me "well, Reclaim Expert must be in some government Ministry, no?"
kelly "oh, yes, Ministry of Justice"
me "ok, so who is the Justice Minister?"
kelly "yes, Ministry of Justice"
me "yes, I got that... I'm just asking, out of curiosity, who is the current Minister of Justice"
kelly "I'm not sure I'm following you"
me "Your department is part of the Ministry of Justice, right?"
kelly "yes"
me "so, the head of your ministry is the Justice Minister. An MP"
kelly "you can call my boss, the account manager at the number and he can answer your queries" [begins to hang up]
me "wait wait, I have a question"
kelly "ok"
me "I'm just wondering who the Minister of Justice is. He is the head of your ministry, you should know who that is, right? What is his name?"
*click*
I guarantee I could call nearly anyone who works in the NZ government and they'd be able to cheerfully tell me who is currently heading the Ministry. When in doubt, think of a clever test question that anyone in NZ should know.
OMG! I was just had a call!Then and as the call went on I thought it was dodgy! He was an Asian sounding man,called James Henderson and was hard to understand said I was due a refund of $3647. Had my Name, address and Phone number, wanted Drivers licence, bank I bank with, etc. Said for me to call back and ask for the department manager Edward Collins 09 8893147. I rang and they hung up. Luckily I checked it out to see it was a scam! Dodgy People!!! Things like that are too good to be true, be wary!
ReplyDeleteMy Mum just got ripped off by these low lifes in the past couple of days. I've tried to warn her on previous occasions of scammers on the net and phone but I guess she had to be burned in order to learn her lesson. They told her all that has been mentioned above and she went to the PO and deposited her $300 in order to get her $3000. It wasn't until she told my sister-in-law that the scam was unveiled for her and she went to the police station to make a statement but what can they do, it's an offshore sleazy outfit! She calls herself stupid now but she, like many others out there, are not computer savvy and she comes from the era where there was always trust in the community and she can't understand how these crooks sound so official and "nice". As an unfortunate result of this awful scam, she will become very distrustful and as a result.
ReplyDelete29 december 2010 a person making out they were kelly jones from the express reclaims and telling my mum to ring kevin kumarcooper on 098892696 which was called the new zealand council bank reclaims company and then when they rang back after mum had talked to them i asked his full name and his company name and to talk to his boss above him and told him i do not want to be scamed so he tryed to make out it was not a scam so i called up telecom and asked them to run the number but they couldent them i asked them to run the address they gave my mum 157 victoria street west aucland city but it was not the right address for the company name and number and then when they rang back again i got my mum to tell them to tell them that her cell was dead and they had to ring the home phone and then i turned her phone off to make out that it was dead so that i could get the investigatiopn crew to trace the number and it belongs to a code that comes from a program on the computer called skype so you do not wear they are calling from or anywhere in the world and i rang the cops and they said it is not a criminal call or anything and they cnnot do anything about it and they said to do what u can and said goodbye. what lossers they are aye so if you can try and arrange a meetin gwith these guys and they go for it then you can get the cops involved or the f.b.i or the bearo of unvestigation and so on to get them busted.
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