Action Fraud is the first place to report money lost to wedding fraud. You can report via their website or by phone. They are supposed to cascade the information to the local police force of the scammer involved but in practice, we have found this does not happen.
Inland Revenue
Occasionally traders may require a report to Inland Revenue. Inland Revenue have advised us that the Police and Trading Standards do not send them information about businesses who are being investigated for fraud. A separate report needs to be made direct to Inland Revenue.
Signs of an unregistered business that is not paying tax include:
- no proper invoices/ does not provide paperwork
- invoices/ receipts that don’t state an address for the trader
- trader does not display their address on their website/ quote/ invoice
- requests payment via Paypal “friends & family” saying it’s to avoid fees
Trading Standards
Telephone: 03454 04 05 06
Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Closed on bank holidays.
Online reporting form: https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.asp...
Money Claim Online aka “Small Claims Court”
The system is fairly easy, you start online here https://www.gov.uk/make-money-claim...
You will require the traders name and address.
DMCA Takedown
This is used when a trader is using stolen images on their Facebook page or profile to trick clients into booking them or buying from them. Facebook will usually take the stolen content down with 48 hours. Start a DMCA claim here by clicking the copyright button: https://www.facebook.com/help/conta...
Please note that the copyright holder must make the claim. That is usually the photographer who took the images.
Paula Brown from Ollievision Photography also has THIS ADVICE if you are considering Buying wedding services safely on Facebook or Online – a guide for couples who want to avoid being scammed!
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