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  • 21-03-2017 10:38am
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    [Deleted User]
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    Has anyone heard of these people? Or had dealings with them?
    They're telling my friend, who is in arrears on her mortgage, all kinds of rubbish.
    Like the bank changed the contract before she did etc etc
    She believes everything because, obviously it suits her, she seems convinced that they will find some 'loophole' in her mortgage contract which is going to allow her stay indefinitely!
    I think she needs to take control here and not sit around thinking this shower are going to sort everything for her.
    So, anyone know of this crowd?


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    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Big thread in Legal Discussion called 'Freeman Megamerge'. Lot of stuff in the last dozen or so pages on them.


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    runawaybishop
    Registered Users Posts: 9,504 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    bubblypop wrote: »
    Has anyone heard of these people? Or had dealings with them?
    They're telling my friend, who is in arrears on her mortgage, all kinds of rubbish.
    Like the bank changed the contract before she did etc etc
    She believes everything because, obviously it suits her, she seems convinced that they will find some 'loophole' in her mortgage contract which is going to allow her stay indefinitely!
    I think she needs to take control here and not sit around thinking this shower are going to sort everything for her.
    So, anyone know of this crowd?

    Fraudsters of the highest order. Not a bit of the advice they give her will have any legal standing and could potentially cause her to end up in a bigger mess than she is already in.

    She needs to engage with her bank asap.


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    runawaybishop wrote: »
    She needs to engage with her bank asap.

    And MABS.


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,890 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Opportunists hoping for some breakthrough in the massive development debts they owe. They make every scenario worse for the poor people who believe them. She'll end up evicted with even more costs against her if she follows their "advice"


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    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    Here's a link to the massive thread that covers their exploits and those of their fellow travellers. A lot of these pseudo-legal groups tend to change their names at a drop of a hat but have common personnel.

    The motives of these groups are less than altruistic, usually it comes down to the fact that the prime movers owe huge amounts and want a willing supply of cannon fodder to preserve their own interests.

    Despite their claims of victories by the score, the best they ever achieve is mild delay, the thread details countless people who have lost their homes after following their advice.

    It's also worth pointing out that they failed to prevent themselves being chucked out of their own offices recently.


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    mel123
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    As a matter of interest (ive seen their ****e on facebook thats about it), how are they making money?
    All their posts say they are free blah blah, do they actually say they are free, then when the vulnerable person goes to them they actually have to pay?


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    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    mel123 wrote: »
    As a matter of interest (ive seen their ****e on facebook thats about it), how are they making money?
    All their posts say they are free blah blah, do they actually say they are free, then when the vulnerable person goes to them they actually have to pay?

    Can't speak for the Hub specifically, but I understand generally that some of these types of group will often ask for a voluntary donation of maybe a few hundred quid. Ben Gilroy, for example, only asks for the price of a pint or a tank of petrol to the courthouse, as opposed to solicitors who charge €25,000, apparently:

    http://peopleforeconomicjustice.com/page/10/


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