{"id":83375,"date":"2018-03-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/scammed-and-the-bank-wont-pay-up-beware-the-section-75-get-out-clause\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T08:07:53","slug":"scammed-and-the-bank-wont-pay-up-beware-the-section-75-get-out-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/scammed-and-the-bank-wont-pay-up-beware-the-section-75-get-out-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammed and the bank won\u2019t pay up? Beware the Section 75 get-out clause"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe fell for a scam website but Santander wouldn\u2019t refund our money under the Consumer Credit ActI booked a villa holiday in Mallorca for \u00a31,624.76 with an online company called Balearic-Travel.com. The firm then stopped all contact. The night before our departure, I researched the company online and discovered it was a fraudulent website which had scammed others. I immediately contacted my bank, Santander, and made a claim for a refund under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act. But it says that, because I paid via TransferWise, I was not protected. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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