This appeared in my pigeonhole at work today. I’m assuming it was put there because it mentions computers, and therefore is obviously my responsibility. Anyway, as is always the way with these things, it’s a scam.
The company, TLAC Ltd, at Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London EC1V 2NX (address included for the benefit of Googlers) appears to offer “thankyou prizes and awards”, not unlike Survey UK. As before, I hunted around on the internet, and found this message on The Guardian’s website.
To cut it short, you ring up a premium rate number to claim your “award”, spending more money on the call than the value of the “prize” you actually receive. Note the footnote for the digital camera (the cheapest of the “prizes”), which states “all electrical items require a payment of ¬¨¬£6.50 which includes insurance and delivery”, thus grabbing more of your cash for rubbish.
So it’s not a “prize” or and “award” – it’s a lottery. A rubbish one at that.
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Thank you for the information. I did receive an exact copy, having the same Despacth Code: TA00075.
It is indeed a money grabber.
I also got the exact same letter, and many like it within the last few months from this Amanda Fisher, all from different places/companies.
Biggest money grabber ever.
I got the same thing, sussed out that it would cost at least ¬£12.00 to get my ‘Award’ TA00075 same old despatch code
Lovely, thanks you saved me a small fortune!
I had letter with my catalogue statement. Also from TLAC but with a Banbury address sender Amanda Fisher. I am in Spalding.
I also received the same letter with the same DESPATCH CODE -TA00075! If i hadn’t of seen this information i probaly would of tryed to claim this rip off award!!!
Thanks for saving me from this CON.
DESPATCH CODE TA00075
I live in Guernsey C.I. and received a Home Shopping Direct Catalogue (unsolicited) with the wonderful news! and despatch code enclosed: Being a none UK citizen I actually went and bought UK 1st class stamp for my return envelope (to be unattached, WHY!!!) and then decided to Google – thank you folks you saved me a little fortune and unfortunately for Home Shopping Direct I will not use them ever as they agree to this scam!!!!
see above
thank you for saving me from this con, i was really tempted to call -especially when you re broke you can believe anything- but i just did one last cheque on google and i am glad i did.
correction: check
Same here. Just searched for TLAC and came here.
Funny……………I got TA00075 too!
Guess what? you got it TA00075, Amanda Fisher I too was going to send the stamp glad I checked google first. Thank you
Wish I had of checked this page out first. I recieved this along with Studio cat mailing. I have sent the despatch code to TlAC and have not heard anything back but guess what its despatch code TA00075. what a joke! thanks for publishing this!
Sharon:
Well, if you do win one of their “fabulous” prizes, do let us know!
thanks everyone for warning people of this nasty scam.have just recieved my order with a letter from tlac and guess wot ive won a fab prize!guess wot my despatch code is?……yep u guessed it TA00075!!!
Hai i got the same letter, with same despatch code along with a home shipping pack. and i searched through google about it. its a fraud, aware of this type cheatings.
why shipping companies are helping this types of scams,
and is there any laws against to this type of scams to the poor people!!!!!!
Thank you so much for information on this site i too got the same letter with yes you guessed it the same dispatch code, im in two minds as to contact the catologue company i recieved this from to ask why on earth they allow such scams to be mailed out with their goods.thanks again
thanks very much, mwah you save me going through that hastle,
I got this too in surrey, yep same dispatch (despatch!!) code TA00075. Guess either we are the unlucky ones or they are all the same. Would be interested to know if anyone has a different dispatch code and possibly be a winner.
You know what! i got a letter with the same code TA00075, lol, i think they are just money grabbers like BBC and ITV premium numbers. thanks for publishing on the net. googling is so useful, isn’t?
i got same.. very good way to make money.. nice but too old trick.. need some changes… thank u
<Thanks for the warning I was caught out the first time never thought to check it out it came in an order I had sent
the award was silver jewelry which I never received just had another one with my order from studio but had the sense to check it out this time same award number as all the above why can’t something be done by the law . After all it is a con.
I received this letter last August with my Kaleidoscope Catalogue, so I assumed it was genuine. I made the phone call and, guess what, I was told I had won a digital camera. I sent for it, but never received it.
Is there any official body I can complain to, as the phone call cost me nearly £10, and I was assured I had won the camera? Surely this must be fraud?
my grandma got one of these. it was included with a well known catalogue aimed at the eldery. shame on you daxons for including this with your catalogue. My grandma trusted it because of who sent it but fortuntaley she saved it for me to send before phoning them.
same same I just got exactly same letter and same as all of u decided to go online first glad I did now but mine came with studio cards my advice THROW THIS CON LETTER AWAY as soon as it arrives
I had the same letter this morning in with my studio order, my partner has been on to me all day to ring The loyality Awards Club, as it was too good an opportunity to miss.!!!! I thought i’d check it out on net first, so glad i did
I got this one with vertbaudet statement. all details same as above. dont bother its a con. they should be stopped, I bet the catalogues are geting paid for these mail junk items being sent out with their statements. it make me mad.
My wife recieved the same as all of you, and guess what same code. This was put in with the Studio catalogue these people should be stopped. They obviously prey on the needy and unsuspecting customer!!!!!!!!!!
As a customer of Simply Be and Studio Cards, I get one of these every time I receive a catalogue or statement. These catalogue companies should not allow these scammers to use them as their mailing agents. Although it says “independent promotion” at the top of the letter, a lot of people possibly don’t put two and two together, you’re right Clive, they prey on the needy and unsuspecting. How can we stop this??
I am very annoyed with Studio. I agree with last comment made about Studio. I beleive there are a lot of Studio customers using this promotion award scam. I think Studio should take some resposibility for the advertisements they send to there customers. I will be contacting Studio with this complaint.
Just received the voucher with Despatch Code TA00075. this was included in a parcel of goods from VERTBAUDET who put children first.
Needless to say we will not be making the call or using VERTBAUDET again.
Thanks for the warning.
Regards
B Armstrong.
I’ve received the same letter(same despatch code) with my VERTBAUDET order.Luckily I’ve checked your comments.What a rip off!!!!!I guess the world is getting mad if there is nothing that can be done about it.
Studio again!!!Yes same thing happened to me, same code TA00075 same prize digital camera. I was a mug and phoned the premium rate number. God knows how much that will cost???
I live in Weston-super-Mare, and thats where i have to send the reply too…..These catalogue companies should be held to account and made responsible for there customers misfortune.. Then there is a saying if it sounds to good to be true then it probably is, and you never get nothing for nothing..Everything has a price!!
I just wish i checked this site before being conned..!!
My letter was also from Studio. I would phone them to complain but you get put through to Bangalore or Delhi or Dhaka or somewhere similar so I hardly think I’d get any joy from “Albert” or whichever typical English named person I happen to speak to.
I am so glad you posted this and I thought to check before phoning.
Same despatch Code too TA00075
Same despatch code and also from Studio.
I will be contacting Studio with my thoughts!!
I imagine that they will lose a lot of custom with a stunt like this.
I got the same letter with my Freemans Catalogue. Did Google and found this so really glad I did. One big scam. Surprised that the mail order services are not aware of this.
I got same letter with same despatch code:TA00075 with my Freeman’s Catalogue.But first I thought that I need to check on internet first and I found your comments.Thanks guys, you saved my money,because I was really tempted to phone.
omg i got 1 of those mith my catalouge statement today and i was gonna reply to it i am so glad i didnt now lucky searching the internet first i hate these scams
I got the letter with the same code TA00075 today with my Vertbaudet order. Was rather suspicious and googled this. Thanks for highlighting this con!
Oh NO!!!! I just phoned, got the digital camera, and only came on line to see what sort of camera it was before i sent off my 6 quid for the ‘insurance’.. In the back of my head I was sure there was something odd going on!!!! What a mug I am! Redoute sent this one. Can we do anything to stop this?
mojokings: I have no idea, but if it does arrive, I’d love to hear about what you got!
Guess what I have a unique code of TA00055 what a surprise. Got it from Look Again
sorry made a mistake not unique it is of course TA00075
i have had many of these letters same Unique code! TA00075
What a load of Rubbish!
Hi. I had the same code TA00075 from Studio. I did not think checking on the net first and I ended up calling the premium rate number from which I revieved the claim number. Now that I have already used up nearly £10 I am just going to send the claim form.
As you all know, I have won the digital camera (obviously), but please can someone tell me whether I will have to send £6.50 (insurance and delivery charge) with the claim form now or once I recieve the item.
Has anyone even recieved the item they won. Thanks.
Hi, I received TA00075 and what is disappointing is that it came in an envelope amongst various other offers (genuine ones)from a reputable mail order company – it would be nice if they didn’t encourage this sort of thing wouldn’t it. Thank you everyone for posting to this site, my copy of the letter will now go into my re-cycling bin. 🙂
I too received the same letter, with same despatch code. I received it with other papers from La Redoute catalogue. Shame on them.
Can’t believe this. I thought it would be a scam to be honest, so decided to check on line but its shocking how many people have actually rang the line. I got mine with La Redoute catalogue too. It did cross my mind, what if it’s real but like some1 said earlied. You get nothing for nothing… these people must be stopped.
thankgod i googled this. I was gonna be a mug and ring that number. You saved me from the scammers. I got my letter today with my vertbaudet order. And yes i have the same dispatch code too TA00075
Same letter arrived within a package from Freemans…
Do these catalouges not realise what goes into the packages they send out….My wife showed the letter to me from the scammers it is the very same from the address to the signature even the dispatch code….
Thank you for the warning…..
Hehe, well if they can con us. We can con them.
I sent off for the claim, in an envelope without a stamp. Because they’re so desperate for my 6.50 they sent me back an envelope, with someones scruffy handwriting on. It had a slim piece of paper, which had my personal claim verification number as 55XY inside it. Obviously the TA00075 bit was the same and it said “= Digital Camera”
This slim piece of paper, was just printed off on a normal printer.
So ive decided to re-create it, slightly change the “TA00075 = Digital Camera” to “TA00093 = ¬£5000 Cash”
Then im going to send it off, with a stamp that costs me 36p. Because 36p, is well worth making that someone think oh s***!
And not only would i get a decent prize(its possible), but i wouldnt have to pay the £6.50 charge for insurance and delivery. Ha Ha Ha Ha (The letter says All Electrical Items require a payment of £6.50.
Mines not electrical, mines paper. Ner Ner.
I doubt it will work.
But hey, they pee us off, lets pee them off.
Peace Out Guys
Well I received 2 of these letters from La Redoute catalogue in the space of 2 days. You won’t be at all surprised that they both have the ‘LUCKY CODE’ ‘TA00075’. I’m so glad this link came up when I googled to check out the code.
Hi, got one of these today…what a load of rubbish. These people need locking up!
Thanks for the info. I got this letter with my La Redoute catalogue. I wonder if they are aware that it’s a scam ‘cos it makes them look dodgy too.
thank goodness for this site. just to let people know that they are at it again, i have just received the exact same letter with my Vertbadet statement. i always thought they were a reputable company, and would check out and direct mail that they would send out with their name behind it. obviousley not!!!
La Redoute is a hustler’s helper. Stop buying things from them. I recieved this paper from them as well. I cancelled my account and im not buying things from them anymore.
Thank you very much! I got the same with my clothes from LaRedoute and I believed in this crap! You saved me from being cheated and feeling a stupid dupe!
Received mine today through Vertbaudet..the scam was too good to be true.. Now am really interested in AZ’s experiment… Any more progress on it?
The Guardian published this in 2006.. maybe they have more info?
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints this week against The Winners Club.
It concluded the presentation of a prize award was “misleading”, with many people receiving awards that were “not significantly greater in value that the premium rate phone call”.
Capital Letters criticised a “prize offering” from The Loyalty Awards Club on July 8. Both TLAC and Winners are creations of stock market listed Invox.
¬? We welcome letters but cannot answer individually. Write to: Capital Letters, Money, The Guardian, 119 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3ER or email capital.letters@guardian.co.uk Do not send original documents but do enclose a daytime phone number. Information is general and offered without any legal responsibility. Always take professional advice if in doubt.
Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006
I have emailed Daxon about this scam which arrived with goods I had purchased from them. They have replied that I will not receive any further ‘offers’ from other companies but seemed to be unable to assure me that no-one else will receive this misleading literature. Unless they are able to do so, I will not be using them again or any of the other companies named on this site.
If the ‘Guardian’ reported on this in 2006, why has nothing been done about stopping it?
I have just recieved the letter along with verbaudet statement with the same code TA00075 to claim the prize and was too suspicious so i found this info. thank you people for saving me fortune.
Yep same old letter and code came my way. So glad I checked the internet first. Would love to know if anyone actually wins anything else other than the cheap old digital camera. I think its disgusting well established mail catalogue companies allow this sort of scam to be sent out with their goods.
I was so sure this was real, untill I looked up LTAC. thanks people…..oh I too got the same code (TA00075) talk about lazy…!!
same letter same dispatch code and came with sky magazine, WOT A CON
I got scammed so you dont have to:
TA00011=£5000
TA00063=£1000
TA00099=LCD TV
TA00075=Digital Camera (Most People)
TA00043=Laptop
TA00029=£200
TA000??=Nintendo Wii (Dont know number, I was not listening)
Mine came with my Sky monthly mag this morning.On the back was a form to send (‘with loose 1st class stamp’)in case I didn’t want to phone! And yes, the code was TA00075. Are they getting desperate?
Today, I too received my “prize letter”. Having had family members scammed in addition I was not aware of signing up to the TLAC, thought that I better research the company. My intuition was to disbelieve the offer – it seems that I was right. Thank you for this blog. It has saved me a small fortune.
By the way, this came through a reputable company magazine.
I also received this with my SKY magazine.
I have forwarded this to the BBC Watchdog team by post.
I too got one this morning with my SKY magazine. SHAME ON YOU SKY!!
I have emailed BBC Watchdog,if everyone does that maybe we can rid the world of these scammers and make the world a safer place (for your wallet!!)
23-3-09 recieved this as well today with sky mag what a con sky should stop sending this crap out with mag.
Yup, got one in my monthly (March 09) Sky Magazine of all places. Despatch Code: TA00075 from Amanda Fisher.
Got the same from Amanda Fisher – think it should really be Phisher! LOL
From Sky Mag, would have expected better from Sky
I see that the scam goes on. I got a letter like this with the same code yesterday included in my Sky Magazine. I am glad I thought of checking it with Google!
Same here, got one with my sky magazine march, TA00075
Got the same letter with sky magazine march. TA00075.
So now sky have made them there partners. Pathetic. When are we going to see an end to this. There are watchdogs such as Ofcom who monitor TV contents and so where are the ones who monitor scam competitions like this!!!
Every comment above since my last entry relates to a SKY mailing. Can I encourage you all to email BBC watchdog. Lets see what can be done about this?!
Got mine with ref TA00075 and came with my SKY magzine. So they can fiddle with anyone!!! Needless to say mine has been perfectly filed in my shredder
Same problem, letter from this apparent scaming company in with the Sky mag same Number TA00075.
As I wright this I am talking with Sky.
They will not, or can not do anything about this and will not discuss it. Have been with Sky over 10 years, there customer service is as always. S— ? Will drop Sky and transfer to Virgin 1. This threat made to them did not even cause a ripple. Suggest everybody do the same now that Sky are apparently allowing there name to support a bogus prize draw.
Same here, got this in the Sky mag pack. Sky should be held accountable for this!
Shocking!! so glad I googled first.
same code, letter came with VERTBAUDET from France.
Just received an order from Freemans catalogue.Inside parcel was a letter from Amanda Fisher & yes guess what my code was TA00075!! I think its a disgrace that Freemans are involving themslves with a scam like this.Was tempted to ring, thankgoodness I googled to check it out.
I r’cd an order from Vertbaudet today inside was the same letter. Why are these companies allowing this to happen and what can we do about it? I am going to contact verbaudet and make a complaint.
Really…glad I checked out them by google and so fed up that this stuff can be sent in with mail order parcels..perhaps those company’s get paid to put them in. Anyways just do not respond there shpould be a legistion law to stop these.
Sorry I didn’t check the web before as I normally do. This letter was different from the ones I’ve received before so thought it might possibly be genuine and figured if it was a decent camera it would be okay. I forgot to check the number of cameras first cause then my suspicions would have been confirmed that it was some cheap useless camera.
I like Az’s (Feb 5th posting)suggestion/prank! Would love to know if it’s borne any fruit yet. LOL! Go Az!
i just received one with freemans package same code as the rest of you TA00075, so glad i check out before i rang would be good to ban maybe we could get watchdog onto it!!!
Just received same code TA00075 with a Freemans order. I’m sending it back with no stamp on, and closing my account with Freemans. What wallies! But I wonder how many people are being taken in by this scam – warn all your contacts immediately.
I have also received this letter with a weekend magazine along with the Unclaimed Prize Register. I got 24 of my colleagues to claim and quess what both companies awarded all of us a ‘digital camera’ thats 48 cameras no decent prizes.
Isn’t the internet a wonderful thing? Thanks to all of you who posted before myself about this con. Mine came with a goods delivery from Freemans. You would think they would know better. I will be complaining to them. Cheers everyone!
Has anyone had any luck with their complaints. Please post the results.
Indeed! 🙂 “Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free!” John 8:32
I’ve just got one of these today, same code as everyone else. I was so tempted to ring it because we need a new tv badly, and I was sat there reading it over and over again thinking ‘what if?’. So glad I checked online, I’m disgusted with ace catalogue as this came with my order.
I too have received the very same number 75, the worrying thing about my letter as Jbeen said I too was tempted as it came within a parcel from Grattan so I shall be asking them why they are promoting such a scam.
For all of us who has realised this is just a con how many people actually make the phone call at ¬£1.50 per minute..Maximum 6 mins… Glad I checked first, thanks
OMG I ALMOST made the phone call but thought I’d Google it first…so glad I did. I got mine with Studio and was convinced it was real (dumb I know) as I didnt think a reputable company like Studio wouldn’t send out such scams. I’m gonna do what Az posted on the 5th Feb hahahahaha!!!
My mum received the standard TLAC letter – yes you guesssed, despatch code TA00075, with her Easy Life magazine luckily she mentioned this to me before she made the phone call.
Thanks for this. Googling makes it easy to find out where the rubbish is these days, doesn’t it? I got the code TA00075 too. Thing is, we’re all saying it’s a scam but sadly it is legally OK because they spell out that you are most likely to get the digital camera and they know that most people won’t bother claiming because they will know it’s a cheap rubbish camera by that time and not worth the P&P money they are being asked for. It is as someone earlier pointed out a lottery, as I’m sure one person out there will be allotted the 5k but the irony is that I bet 99% of these letters end up i the bin [where mine is going right now]and I bet that’s where teh 5k one has gone.
My wife fell for this scam a few months ago,I was not pleased.
I asked her why should anyone want to give us £5000 for nothing.
We had a small delivery from Freemans today,and,yes another invite to phone them up at premium rates.
Best leave this scam alone…Les
Oh! yes I must add my number is also TA00075…Les
My elderly Mum got this the other day; not sure where from, but thankfully she gave it to me – guess what TA00075! What if everyone sent the letter back + one more item of junk mail (sure everyone’s got enough of that) to the registered office EC1V 2NX. This looks like a paid mailbox, so hopefully this would cost Winners Club something extra. As an initial offer, I’m sending them some leaflets today for car insurance AND double glazing AND gym membership and will put 2nd class stamp on so it all gets delivered – worth it!
heya cheers for the info , was never going to ring this number up classic scam but was kind of mind boggling y i would get this in a order i recieved from a reputable catalouge company ? . anyway took me like 10 seconds to have my thoughts confirmed tx.
My wife received one of Amanda Fisher’s letters with a Daxon order and we made the phone call lo and behold the code was TA00075.Unfortunately we had not seen this blog, I phoned the “Customer Service” number and got an answering machine ‘leave your name and number we will call back’ needless to say no return call.I now have three of these letters and will be writing to Daxon informing them that they are party to a great big scam. All future award letters will be returned unstamped to the senders.
i also recived the same letter this morning it was in an order from grattan from the same person amanda fisher i have informed grattans of this and they are looking in this as they wasent a wair of this and reasured me that they will keep me informed of this
i also got the same despatch number TAOOO75
My husdand reseved the same letter today, but we have had them in the past but have niver replyed, and as i was on the internet asked me to look it up and guess what i found? your letters, its nice to know i was wright not to phone them but to check on line fiest and so i thankyou allfoe your input.
I have also recieved one of these letters and as it was my first I gave them a try out & sent it on 12/08/09 have still had no reply Purly Creative do the same with scratch cards and when you win they do not reply
what do you mean needs moderation
oh thank you guys i was almost calling, thanks god i googled first thank you very much for saving me my little coins xxxxxx
I received the same letter with an order received from ACE, thought i’d check glad i did. It seemed to good to be true, and it was
I have received exactly the same letter and same code TA00075, it was received in my parcel from Grattan, I am also going to ring them as this is absolutely disgraceful. Luckily I have the facility to google this type of thing however some people dont and are being sucked in!
Thank you everyone. I too received one of their letters with the code TA00075. Thank goodness I googled it as well. I will now go and bin it!
i also got winning no taooo75 with cataloge
I recieved a letter with my studio statement,from TLAC,sayin i had won one of the thank you prizes listed. My husband wasnt happy about me going to ring it at £1.50 per min,sayin it was a con.So i decided to google it instead. I could not believe it when i saw that everyone had the same despatch code as i had-TA00075. Iam so glad my hubby didnt want me to ring,we would of had a big phone bill and nothing to show for it.But when its nearly x-mas and you have 3 young children,the chance of winning a bit of cash is a dream. I cant believe how they can do that,wot a con and thanks to everyone who has spoke up about it.
Sooo glad i checked this online.. seems im not the only one with despatch code TA00075, i cant believe studio sends this out with their orders, they must get paid or something.
as studio is a reputable company i can see how people would think it was genuine.
its what they say.. if its too good to be true… it usually is… !
Im so GLAD i checked this web site before waisting my money on silly little scams like this .
i got the same code live everybody else who has put a comment on here . thank god for the internet . this piece of paper will be going threw the shredder .
My “award” came with the Easylife lifestyle solutions catalogue and I nearly fell for it. The code was 507705 this time.
I have also received a letter via the Easylife catalogue.
The award manager is still Amanda Fisher and like Patricia my wonderful prize was on code 507705. There is no such thing as a free lunch!!
same as Patricia @ John my ( award) came with easylife withaward code number – have a guess ?? what the same number 507705 – u never get something for nothing – thank god i checked this SCAM & GOOGLE – Amanda Fisher – shame on u
Same number, 507705, same scam, now operating from Ross-on Wye.
Leave well alone. Amanda Fisher, or whoever, you’re a disgrace.
My scam letter arrived today, with the easylife magazine, from Amanda Fisher, the award code is 507705.I will not be ordering anything from easylife magazine
my letter is the same as Patricia, John and Roger Рcan I also say that I bought something from the easylife catalogue,cost £12 +p&p РI returned for a refund as it was so tacky I worked out I could buy the materials for about £1.50 and make it myself
received the same letter today code TA00075 what a bloody con studio must be on a good little earner from this and should stop it now if they respect there customers.
£12 phone call for A 5 POUND CAMERA I WONDER !!!!!!!!
my award came with easy life catalouge scam now operating from ross-on-wye the award code is 507705 AMANDA FISHER ??? you are compleat waist of space. thanks to GOOGLE for all the info that saved me from the SCAM
have recieved a letter from the loyalty awards club, alarm bells rang as soon as i saw Ross on Wye as the address as this is where a lot of these scams eminate from
Does anyone know how to get these guys either on their website or by e-mail? It seems that my deceased father-in-law has won a major prize (ha ha!) and I am trying to stop all the junk mail being sent to his address (which is horrendous) to avoid being unable to enter the house due to the pile up of junk pushed through the letter box. If you do, pls mail me at jayne@kabelfoon.net
I thought it was my lucky day , a FREE camcorder!!!!!
My scam letter arrived today courtesy of my home shopping catalogue. Just popping round to the police station to offer them the opportunity to pick up my prize. Suggest others do same. Someone should be able to stop these leeches before they do much more damage to the naieve and vulnerable.
My letter from Amanda Fisher arrived with my order from Ambrose Wilson – am glad I checked this blog before I did something stupid.
I received a letter this morning with a catalogue from shopping direct. I must admit it did sound to good to be true. Someone giving things away for nothing! I am glad I checked first before going ahead. There should be some sort of body monitoring the distribution of things like this. Thanks for the information about this scam.
Scam !!!!!! Amanda Fisher Again , Award Code 507705.
REF: TLAC/AF/£25,000
They really do move around to different addresses !
TLAC
PO BOX 22
Ross-On-Wye
Herefordshire
HR9 9WU
I am sooooo angry with these stupid people i called the number gave them my award code 507705 said I had won 25,000 cash. So I decided to call 019897605454 as it is on the shit of paper and someone answered and told me to send two stamps.
something should be done. I dont know how much Bt is going to charge me
Yes once again I received the same no:TA00075, this firm is acctually in City Rd as stated as I used to live in the area, now I wish I had gone in there and found out what they are playing at, all our data keeps going to all these addresses so making it illegal and anyone can use our names and addresses.
I am surprised that the ‘big book’ catalogue companies still use these methods. I recall back in the mid to late 1990s that it was commonplace for the likes of Littlewoods and Freemans to use these recruitment mailings, but had always assumed that they had moved with the times and this sort of practice was no longer viable.
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I have received a letter with an Award Code 507705 enclosed with the magazine Home Shopping (www.hss.uk.net/hs1001w
Avoid buying from Home Shopping
This is a general thing- it is surprising that mail order catalogues do not weed the inserts they receive- it seems they do not read pages like this. My elderly mum seems to think these letters are genuine- I am always at pains to point out to her this is not the case. As always in these cases, it is the most vunerable in soceity who stand to lose most. There is only one thing to do with these flyers- bin it. Don’t even bother with trading standards- they will just give the same advice.
Thabkyou for the blog, I have received the letter this morning with a parcel from my catalogue company. I actually though it was direct from them. I then double checked the name on the letter and found this. Robbing bastards!
Ordered some knives from a cookery mag and received a nice letter from Amanda Fisher in Ross-on-Wye, Hereford (she certainly gets about a bit) with my order, reference 507705. I will no longer use that company. Thanks for the guidance.
HI, thanks for the tip but i was a too late i’v already made the call, is thier a way i can get my money back
I’ve been a victim of these people for both telephone calls and money sent to them for delivery and insurance £9.95 Is there a way a way to sue them ?
I’ve been a victim of these peopl in both telephone calls and money sent to them for delivery and insurance £ 9.95
Is there a way to sue them?
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT REPUTABLE COMPANIES INCLUDE THIS “OFFER” WITH THEIR MAILINGS AS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TODAY. I OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT BE CONTACTING THEM.
Just received a flyer for TLAC in a kitchen equipment mail order cataloque and fortunately, being suspicious, read the small print. This one was a phone call @ £1.50 per min for 6 mins plus £9.95 ‘insurance and delivery’ for electrical items, including the 10,000 MP3 players on offer. I’d ‘definitely won one of the prizes listed’ which was obviously going to be an MP3 player. So if we assume that the cost to them of the MP3 players is the £9.95 they are charging for ‘insurance’ (probably it’s less) that they have to pay the mail order company for placing the flyer (say £5K), that true 2nd class postage for the player is £1, if they had 100% takeup they’d make somewhere around £75K! Not bad! Even with only 25% takeup that would amount to around £19-20K and so still worth doing!
I then did a google search for information about this mob, came across you guys and was so taken by the sheer volume of comment that, though I normally don’t do so, on this occasion I would write something.
Unfortunately I suspect there’s little anyone can do as they are, technically, delivering what they claim in the flyer. The issue is one of morality; it’s up to us, the consumer, to deduce that, whilst free lunches do sometimes come around, you’ve generally first taken an action to expect some sort of reward (Scoop 6, Prizedraw, Lotto etc.). Anything else is probably just wishful thinking with a well concealed price tag!
By the way, they seem to like this code 507705 – mine was the same!
Just received a flyer for TLAC in a kitchen equipment mail order cataloque and fortunately read the small print. I then did a google search for information about this mob, came across you guys and was glad I’d not taken any action! Thanks!
Unfortunately I suspect there’s little anyone can do as they are, technically, delivering what they claim in the flyer; the issue is one of morality. I guess it’s down to us, the consumer, to deduce that, whilst free lunches do sometimes come around, generally an action has first been taken to expect some sort of reward (Scoop 6, Prizedraw, Lotto etc.). Anything else is probably just wishful thinking with a well concealed price tag!
Just received a flyer for TLAC in a kitchen equipment mail order cataloque and fortunately read the small print. I then did a google search for information about this mob, came across you guys and was glad I’d not taken any action! Thanks!
Just received one these letters from Amanda Fisher code 507705 addressed to my recently deceased father. They can’t even leave the dead alone in peace!
so glad i searched for tlac and found out this is a con
award num is 507705 hence will not be replying
I have today received 2 almost identical letters. one regarding a ficticious form I`m supposed to have submitted and the other enclosed with `Easylife` catalogue with same Claim No. Many thanks for publicising this scam
Amanda Fisher, code:507705
I’m unemployed and thought, ‘this looks good, but I’ll google it first’ and found you guys. And whatdya know….!
Cheers.
mum got 507705 code this morning with an ambrose wilson order. i told her it was a scam and immediatly phoned ambrose wilson and lied saying that my pensioner mother spent over £9 phoning this place, and they had a duty to protect thier customers etc etc….was told that they would take her off the third party mailing list. i said that wasnt good enough and expected them to refund the £9 odd phone call money….they said that they couldnt do a refund so i then said that i would take £9 off of the bill my mother owed and that no-one in my family will be buying anything from them again. Was then told that they would refund £5 (dont ask where they plucked that number from) i said this wasnt good enough….they then said i would have to send the phone bill if i wanted the whole £9 so i eventually backtracked and excepted the £5 refund as i could never produce the phone bill…..Maybe i m out of order, but i say serves them right.
GOT THE SAME LETTER TODAY FROM AMANDA FISHER WITH CODE NUMBER 507705 HOPE SHE READS ALL THESE REPLYS AND IS ASHAMED OF HER SELF
How can these people operate and get away with it? The likes of me and you couldn’t, so why are they “immune” ?
Hi, I also received a letter from Amanda Fisher, award no 507705. I have won £25,000, £250.00 Argos vouchers, MP3 player, New car, £750.00 cash or a TV. When will these people learn that we are not all gullable stupid people and stop wasting their time and ours. So Amanda Fisher you can keep your cheap MP 3 player if it ever existed and hang your head in shame.
I received the TLAC today from Amanda Fisher with my award Ref: TLAC/AF/£25.000
Confirmation of your Thankyou Award. I don’t really know this people. This is too good to be true. Thank God I Google, to find out more about TLAC scam.
Received the same letter with easy life catalogue. Its a shame that these people are allowed to scam. Same code 507705 and cash prizes etc. Very tempting, thank God I googled it first. Will be passing all this info to my Mum.
Beware everyone!
I received my ‘award’ letter with my Easylife catalogue. Thank God, I too, googled TLAC. I couldn’t sleep so got up to work on my computer – like you do! I started to fill the claim form in to get my award code, then googled TLAC. Guess what my award ‘code’ is! Yup 507705!!! Hey ho! Thanks for saving me the cost of the stamps – I refuse to use premium-rate phonelines. Will tell my friends and make the letter available to Trading Standards. As an older person I feel really stupid because I almost fell for the scam!
I received the above letter exactly the same today, luckily I nearly got caught with a BMW car scam the other day, so went straight to Google.
hi i have recieved this letter after buying a gift from stauer watches supprised a good company like this would allow this to happen award code 507705
also recieved same letter same code, the letter was inside an order from studio, hope they sleep well!!!!
I received exactly the same letter from TLAC this afternoon. I’m going to try to contact Martin Lewis as he would have a field day with this scam. Something seriously needs to be done about this.
Iam the 163 to write,received mine yesterday, guess what,binned it straight away. These scams have been about for over 4 years now. My immediate reaction is to boycott the company that allowed it as all of you should be doing.
I contacted The Office Of Fair Trading regarding the scam and they sent me a letter back saying that they would investigate. Heard nothing more from them.
I recieved the same letter today and of course alarm bells sounded, so went straight on the web to find out more and found all you folks!! Its disgusting that this scam is still going on after the first e.mail was put on this site (september 2008). I really hope more people try to find out info instead of lining the pockets of these crooks!!!
Hi Ihave received a letter saying I have won a25000, car, 750, 250 tv, and mp3, this Amanda asked me to call to see which one is my price. I was suspecious, so I used a land line which doesnt work. then I googled and find you guys thank you. But how they scam like that without any laws stopping them
Does anyone know where this con artist Amanda Fisher is Her name appears on lots of scams
I doubt Amanda Fisher is her real name. Reputable companies should not be allowing this to get to their loyal customers. What a load of croc! I couldn’t understand why she would be wanting to thank me by giving me £25 000 when I’d never heard of her, bought something from her or anything! There should be a place this can be reported to and stopped!
HI i also received a letter change of code thou 507705 seems same numbers just different order this came from studio cards so i am returning the order and will never use them again seems the only way to stop this Bitch Amanda Fisher.
I also have the 507705 Code. Going to return my goods and cancel. Thanks for sharing
I THINK YOURE LOCAL CONSUMER OFFICE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THESE CONS , MY CON LETTERS GO BACK TO SENDERS WITH NO STAMP ON . GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
same here received with studio catalogue award code 507705 when it sounds to good to be true it probably is…. how people sleep at night conning people like this is beyond me….
My wife recieved a package from studio cards,inside was a letter from TLCA “fantastic” said my wife,have a look at this,ok i thought and read it through,then the SMALL print,£9 phone call and £9.95 for postage an insurance £18.95 total, hold up a min roy, lets check this out, thanks everyone who have written in, after reading through a lot of your letters have torn my letter up,we will be letting studio cards know about this scam, lookout on facebook will let my friends know, once again thanks everyone
I myself have received a letter from TLAC, the award code 507705…. and a code printed in the bottom right of the letter TLACt4. I mean whats it all about…?
One more thing..Amanda Fisher…. Seems to be the Awards Allocation Manager…..!!
There still at it, my 507705 arrived with a stauer watch (I’d bought it not a free one).As others have asked why do reputable companies get involved with these con artists.
Hi folks when you see the name Amanda Fisher appear anywhere she is a bitch I worked in Derriford Hospital there with her as boss of the catering with a company called ISS MEDICLEAN( PLYMOUTH) she is horrable she cost me redundancy money from the hospital which I will be still looking to get back from her shes a con artist ok few people still want to catch up with her from Plymouth