Have you gone on the Companies House website to check if they are registered as a going concern in the field they claim to be in?
I know it's not perfect, but one way of checking they are a registered company.
Thanks Nola, they're not a UK based company - I had a look anyway, but they're not on there.
the fact that your even asking answers your own question cherry
Well yeah, I know what you mean, Whiplash - but people must get paid this way...
I'll take them down for you.
lp
Try a whois search on the website using and then google the company, usually if someone has had issues there will be something.
Ask them if you can get paid via paypal or nochex or some other intermediate payment service
I didn't read your post. I just saw the title and now I'm saying "no" as a matter of course.
Lady M signed up to an offer for some health tabs and paid postage only of about £7. Since then the firm which has PO Box number in the UK and appears to be connected with Cyprus has taken two amounts of £75 out of our account. If the money is not refunded by the end of tomorrow we will be contacting the police as it is now theft.
Will let you know how we get on.
Smooth2
Cherry, can you give them your old bank account details and then speak to your bank to make sure no payments go out of that account. I'd just be concerned that they would try and take something and make you go overdrawn and incur the subsequent charges.
You can get accounts where it is impossible to go overdrawn. The bank simply won't release the funds.
You can't use it as Switch/Maestro in shops, you don't get a cheque book but you can get a card for the ATM. These can function as normal accounts for depositing income but neither you nor anyone else can make you overdrwan.
Then as soon as you get paid - whip the money out into a normal account. Keep it as near zero as possible most of the time.
