CRS Chasing for payment after Photo Studio scam 2 years later

[BankFodder]

I'm afraid that we have heard of this kind of thing very often. I don't know if it's the same company going by different names or if it is different companies – but the story is always broadly the same. They take some money to get you to go along to the photo shoot. They then give you lots of encouraging comments and try to sell you the photos with other promises of contacts and contracts et cetera.

Maybe there are some people who succeed – but we certainly see lots of complaints here and around the Internet about people who walk out extremely disappointed and simply with a bunch of digital photographs.

I understand from you that they don't have your old address. They only have a street name. Normally we would encourage people to keep their address details up to date in order to prevent "back door" judgements – but if they are only communicating with you by SMS then for the moment I don't think you need to worry.

How much of your old address to they have? You said it was only the street name. Do they have the postcode as well?

As you have already been advised by my site team colleague @dx100uk CRS have no special powers and you shouldn't worry – but you should keep us updated as to any further communications.

 

[BankFodder]

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[BankFodder]

No, I would ignore them completely. I think the fact that they are relying on telephone calls this because they don't have your address.

How badly do you need that particular telephone number? Maybe it's time to move to a different provider but not put your telephone number over.

If you went to GiffGaff, you could get very good-contract – month by month – mobile phone service and with the new number. Afterwards if you wanted to move somewhere else then you could give one months notice and move elsewhere and take your new number with you

[BankFodder]

Please will you explain what 7726 is

[BankFodder]

Carry on ignoring them. Don't block any messages because you need to know what is going on. Keep us updated

[BankFodder]

14 minutes ago, simond1000 said:

Hi,

The same scam happened to me.  I ignored CRS texts now I am getting Pending Legal Action letters emailed and posted by a company called AJJB Law but I looked on Companies House web site and it has the same directors as CRS so I think its part of the scam. I phoned and told them they had to prove I owed the debt by sendiing the signed credit agreement etc. The action is now on hold while they send the documents. I hope I don't have to pay them as I know I won't get anything in return. 

 

Please will you start your own thread on this. It's the only way that people can advise you because otherwise if we get two stories intertwined, nobody has any idea of what is going on.

Please will you start a new thread and tell us your whole story

[BankFodder]

Just keep ignoring – or if you wanted to send a shot across their bows, you could tell them to bring it on, you'll see them in court and so will the press who are sniffing around already.

[BankFodder]

So you have been receiving more messages and threats??  This is what they do.

 

You are starting to feel nervous and worried??  That's why they do it.

 

Are you starting to think it might be better simply to pay???  Then it's job done.