Shore Claims scam: how to protect elderly relatives! - +44 300 303 4570 (0300 303 4570)

In January, my 91-year-old mother was called and likely shared her bank details, though she doesn't recall. Shore Claims took £65 from her account without her permission, as she hadn't returned their form. Hopefully, the bank can retrieve the funds.

Shore Claims contacted me, convincingly offering a council tax refund. They requested a £65 admin fee, but I recognised it as a scam and alerted my bank straight away.

These peoples are scammer's, targeting old folk, I'll be reporting them to the autorities

Jenna from Shore Claims Ltd contacted my elderly mother, claiming they could reduce her council tax band and retrieve up to £7,000. Despite being on the do-not-call list, they sent postal paperwork stating 400,000+ homes are in the wrong band. They charge £65 upfront and 20% of any refund, which seems like a rip-off since you can request an evaluation yourself. They also don’t explain what happens if the reevaluation increases the band.

Shore Claims contacted my 90-year-old mother, claiming she overpays council tax and offered a refund. Despite her pension credit exemption, she shared her card details due to confusion. £65 was deducted, and she informed her bank. It's appalling how they target the elderly. Who should I contact about this?

After speaking with Samantha and subsequently cancelling the payment and associated services, I received an email confirmation of the cancellation; prior to this, I had contacted the Ministry of Justice, which informed me that they do not support such companies

My 88 year old dad recieved a call telling him his council tax band was wrong, and they wanted him to pay a fee over the phone to correct it, whats a compleat scam.

Definitely a scam. They called my dad claiming he owed £68 for a council tax rebate as part of a government program. He asked for details by post, which they couldn’t provide. Legitimate companies should offer that. Also, no one answers when you try to call back.

My dad, who is 88, recieved a call claiming he was owed money on his council tax and requesting his long card number, fortunately, he didn't have his card details handy; I had to explain to him that he should never provide his card details, as no one would ever need the long card number unless they intended to take money from him - it's quite scary, and when I tried calling the number, it just kept ringing.

My 80-year-old mother received a call from this number, with the scammer demanding £65 to resolve a council tax rebate issue.

These callers are scammers and should be avoided.

A company contacted me requesting £65 admin fee to investigate overpayment of council tax, but after checking, I realised it's a spam, there is a company registered as shorelines LTD based in Chichester but with a diferent adress, Not the same company, what a clever scam!

A despicable scam targeting vulnerable individuals, including my Mother who has dementia, and swindling £65 under false Council tax pretenses.

A scammer attempted to extract my elderly mother's credit card information, pretending to be a local council officer. They deserve a serious wake-up call.

My elderly parents were contacted regarding a supposed council tax rebate, and unfortunately, they provided their bank details over the phone

They misled an 84-year-old into believing they were from the local council, asking for card details to refund council tax 'overpayments.' They took £65 and later claimed the tax was accurate! Beware!