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Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by davidcallan: 6:49pm On Mar 19, 2013 |
www.arikairinc.co.uk set up their website to look like the proper Arik Air site to fool UK customers into thinking that they are buying their tickets from Arik Air UK. Why would a legitimate business do this? My wife and I need to tell the world our story so that you don’t fall for the same scam that we fell for. The scam is simple. • They consistently quote really cheap deals on their web page. •You call them to book •You offer to pay by credit card, they bump the rate up by 40% •They ask you to pay into their account •Once you pay into their account, they start to tell you all sorts of stories about the airline increasing the rate. •You smell a rat and ask for a refund. •They start to stall you. •We have been trying to get a refund now for 13 weeks. We checked out the details of their URL on the web: Registrant: Cheap Flight Holidays Registrant's address: 242-D PAK ARAB HOUSING SOCIETY Lahore. Punjab 54000 Pakistan Registered on: 04-Sep-2012 They’re registered in Pakistan We checked out their details on the Companies House: CHEAP FLIGHT HOLIDAYS LTD 330 High Holborn, Suit 10 London WC1V 7QT We visited the address and discovered that it is just a holding address. A courier turns up once a week to collect their mails. Bank Account: TITLE : CHEAP FLIGHTS HOLIDAYS LIOYDS TSB BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER 17426760 SORT CODE 77-71-41 Ref Mex 0207-993-8111 Paid Balance=£150 Remaining Balance=£2218.44 Total Balance=£2368.44 Warm Regards Max Clint 020 7096 0298 We transferred £2,368.44 into their Lloyds Bank Account from our Barclays account in good faith. Sales Person email: max.clint@aol.com • The only way to contact them is via their phone number, 0208 150 3482 and 020 7096 0298 once we call, they just put us on hold. On our last call, we were on hold for 42 minutes and the phone cut off. • Barclays (our bank) say they cannot help get our money back without a court order • Lloyds (their bank) say they cannot help us without the account owners consent • We went to the Police, who asked us to log it with www.actionfraud.org • London. 18 Mar 2013 London 19 Mar 2013 Instead of refunding our money and saying sorry, you hack into our web page to knock it off. It's not a mistake, you are criminals... |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Dyt(f): 11:58pm On Mar 19, 2013 |
Oops!! Oh my |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by chelseabmw(m): 11:48am On Mar 20, 2013 |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Jiintu: 1:02pm On Mar 20, 2013 |
This happened to my friend March 19 2013. Nigerians should be aware of this scam emanating from Pakistan. He lost #1200 (pounds sterling) for 2 tickets to Lagos and this so-called Max fellow is now stalling in returning his money. |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by TableLeg(m): 1:06pm On Mar 20, 2013 |
Crazy ..... This is absolutely insane People need to be more careful and carry out a thorough research before handing over money! The only way to crush the bloody scammers is to do everything possible not to fall for one in the first instance! SMH |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by olsmade(m): 8:38pm On Mar 20, 2013 |
Just checked out the site - ts crazy. when i requested to book a flight, instead of giving me the availability and price, it returned this statement 'thanks for submit your request'. Mods, frontpage this ish |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by DisGuy: 10:07pm On Mar 20, 2013 |
got regular fraud updates from HQ and something similar was one of those highlighted also watched something similar on The One Show about this happening to amazon customers very bad |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by chelseabmw(m): 1:50am On Mar 21, 2013 |
FRONT PAGE PLS............................THIS INFO IS SO IMPORTANT................ 1 Like |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by chelseabmw(m): 8:18am On Mar 21, 2013 |
If its some tonto dikeh recent pics it will hit the front page 1 Like |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Dyt(f): 8:41am On Mar 21, 2013 |
^ don't b bad They are lukn into it I jst used my power It ll hit it soon |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Jiintu: 1:07pm On Mar 21, 2013 |
The strange thing is these fellows are using the same phone numbers as Arik, so it appears there's some collusion going on here. My friend spoke to Arik and they called the guys in Pakistan asking them to refund the money (he could hear the conversation) however, Pakistan refused saying he wants £600 more. Can you imagine? It's not about being careful. These are the same as Arik websit telephone numbers that they are using. |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Dyt(f): 1:10pm On Mar 21, 2013 |
Dey dia dey hide post o No recommend am for FP |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Jiintu: 1:12pm On Mar 21, 2013 |
The strange thing is these fellows are using the same phone numbers as Arik, so it appears there's some collusion going on here. My friend spoke to Arik and they called the guys in Pakistan asking them to refund the money (he could hear the conversation) however, Pakistan refused saying he wants £600 more. Can you imagine? It's not about being careful. These are the same as Arik website telephone numbers that they are using. |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by DisGuy: 2:58pm On Mar 21, 2013 |
We are retail agent for Arik Air based in UK. The website should not be considered a representation of the airline, rather a means to promote sales.from their website hmmm |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Nobody: 10:23pm On Mar 21, 2013 |
make sure whenever you book a flight it is ATOL protected - if it is you then go to the ATOL website to see if its actually registered with them (some companies have been known to fake the ATOL certificate on their website) 2 Likes |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by tellwisdom: 1:08am On Mar 22, 2013 |
Dyt: ^ don't b bad No go use ur power make money …dey there dey whine urself 3 Likes |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by davidcallan: 8:27pm On Mar 25, 2013 |
More updates on http://www.arikairscam.com/ |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Skywalker5(m): 1:45pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
omg this guys are real fruadsters. I just spoke to them on the phone. They quoted me £695, i told him i want to do bank transfer, the fool said no, he needs my credit card details. i told him i will call back and he told me he just got a new flight price of £640.Men na so person go gawk himself. The guys was angry that i told him i will call back. They cant even speak good English. Its sounds like they are in one big open space as i could hear other phones ringing in the backgroud. Arikair needs to do something about this o. Haba Mods, this na frontpage thing na |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Dyt(f): 1:52pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
And am so surprised this hasn't moved to FP I guess Arik has an agent here and its avoiding ridicule ARIK pay my money ooooooo |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Skywalker5(m): 2:00pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Its a shame that this scam has been on for a while an Arikair has not informed thier customers |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Skywalker5(m): 2:18pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Arikair directors are bastards. For real. People should not deal with them at all. .Any reputable company will inform thier customers of scams like this but they kept quiet. Look at the websites available for Arik air. A novice will definitely be scammed. How will a novice quickly know which is authentic? http://www.arik-air.com/ http://www.arikairinc.co.uk/ http://www.arik-airuk.com/arik_air.php http://www.arikair.com/ http://arikairtickets.com 2 Likes |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by igelomo(m): 3:18pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Sky-walker: Thank you. We will do our bit to get people informed. Welldone! @op |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Skywalker5(m): 1:14pm On Mar 27, 2013 |
igelomo: Will be nice if you give the company a call and record your conversation with them. Thats the prove you need. I understand supermods no wan spoil business for Arikair but the truth has to come out. Frontpage or not I dont understand how airline company will allow other websites to have name similar to theirs and offer similar service |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by asaajuomo1(m): 9:43pm On Mar 29, 2013 |
ARIK AIR!!!!!!! This company need to respond to this SCAM!!!! Either they are aware or NOT!!!!! |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by ManTiger(m): 2:19am On Mar 30, 2013 |
I knew stuffs like thins won't make it to front page but if its a toto that is decaying. 1 Like |
Re: Arik Air Ticket Agents Scam by Nobody: 10:37am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Why is this not on FrontPage? |
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