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I went to the Ibis first. She searched for my name on the PC. I wasn't on that but I was on a printed list. I was told to go the Novotel next door.
I checked in to the Novotel, she mentioned payment and I said I have already paid and she went to computer to complete check in. She did ask for a credit card if there is a tab or something. Never had to do that in a Hotel in the UK. I did check and not been charged anything.
From looking at the reviews for the Ibis, it does seem to be a common occurrence to move people to the Novtel. I wonder why, overbooked?
I checked in to the Novotel, she mentioned payment and I said I have already paid and she went to computer to complete check in. She did ask for a credit card if there is a tab or something. Never had to do that in a Hotel in the UK. I did check and not been charged anything.
From looking at the reviews for the Ibis, it does seem to be a common occurrence to move people to the Novtel. I wonder why, overbooked?
It's not that uncommon.
It's not, happened to me a few times. I think it depends on what services the hotel offer. TBH, its not happened to me in a while. Holiday Inn springs to mind.
First time for me. I tend to stay at Budget hotels.
That'll be why - budget hotels don't (generally) have any additional services that you might need to pay for at the end of your stay.
I've only had this once, via hotels.com when their rewards were better, in a hotel in Delhi. The staff were very friendly in sorting it out but the language barrier did cause it to take a little longer!
Peter Mugridge
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A letter from Case Matters has arrived confidently declaring that my wife is entitled to compensation under the vehicle finance scandal. If they had done their due diligence they would realise that she is a partly sighted epileptic with a learning difficulty and would therefore have never bought a car.
Has anyone had adverts appear on their phone and the screen starts flickering. The only way to remove it is to go back to your search and start again. Ladbrokes is the company which it happens.
And the betting companies say they aren't promoting gambling because the advert appears again with no flickering.
And the betting companies say they aren't promoting gambling because the advert appears again with no flickering.
I haven't no. But that sounds more likely a bug than a deliberate scam/fraud attempt.
Bevan Price
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Had a new type of email scam today - "My TV licence needs renewing - we could not process your payment". Typical poor spelling and dodgy sender address, and invitation to visit a presumably bad link".
Funny - I still get a paper licence and received a new one by post a few weeks ago.......
But beware if anyone tries this with you.
Funny - I still get a paper licence and received a new one by post a few weeks ago.......
But beware if anyone tries this with you.
Had a scan call on Friday, automated voice telling me I'd ignored a letter from HMRC and I was going to face legal proceedings, I was then immediately transferred to an actual person who asked why I called them, they hung up the second I asked how much I owe HMRC... 
I'd normally ignore these calls but it looked like it was from a UK mobile number and I was expecting a call from someone else.
I'd normally ignore these calls but it looked like it was from a UK mobile number and I was expecting a call from someone else.
Howardh
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I have to fill in a tax form every year, and a couple of years ago installed "the app" and I'm ashamed to say it works like a dream! After filling in my form on-line when I owe anything it lets me know, when to pay it and click a button and it's paid. Therefore no need for letters or scam calls/emails.
But - makes me wonder, are there any "scam" apps out there purporting to be from big businesses or government departments, that could be inadvertantly downloaded from, say Google Play?
Spamcan81
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I’ve had those from a Japanese domain name. Consigned to the trash can.
Google Play or the Apple App Store - generally no as they're pretty good at pulling fake apps down quickly. However what I don't like is that some companies make their legitimate apps available to sideload. This is opening things up for abuse.
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pokemonsuper9
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But sometimes direct downloads are the only way to get certain apps onto phones.
It's much better to have the ability to avoid the play stores if you want or need to than to always have to go via them, their fees, and their approval process.
We shouldn't be giving the ability for Google or Apple to have complete control over what is on our own devices.
I never said that sideloading should be completely prevented, but...
Consider the computer literacy of the average person. Half of the population are more easily fooled into installing malware than that.
317 forever
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I had one like that a few years ago. As I'd forgotten which months my quarterly payment was due, I checked with the bank.
As expected, my payments were all up to date.
Scam phone calls from mobile numbers are at epidemic levels, especially to my phone! Add to that the 20+ emails a day warning me that my McAfee subscription running out will wipe all my data, it's an absolute pain in the proverbial!
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I've never had McAfee in my life!
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I've never had McAfee in my life!
Maybe you should!
Aggressive marketing has the opposite effect on my buying.
If they try pushing it, I'm not buying it!
My theory is that if they need to market something aggressively then it's probably not a great item, a good item should sell itself.
How many Henry's have Numatic sold over the years with very little consumer orientated advertising?
Eyersey468
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I agree with you
But isn't the McAfee email a scam, and not from the real company?
The real McAfee are also pests. In January, I bought an HP laptop with a McAfee trial, which I promptly de-installed. Still getting 'Warning, expired' emails from McAfee.
d9009alycidon
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I have been absolutely pestered with emails like these, they are some variation in content and format and appear to come from legitimate email address, have tried replying with remove but they keep on coming, any suggestions how to get rid.
Hi There,
I'm reaching out to see if there are things you'd like to change or update on your site www.######.##.co.uk or if you'd like to build a new site completely.
I'm an excellent web developer capable of just about anything you can come up with and my fees are reasonable for nearly everyone.
Let me know if you are interested then I will share our past work details, references and company information etc.
Thanks
Lauren White
Not interested? No problem—just drop us a quick reply at with Remove, and we'll take you off our list.
Hi There,
I'm reaching out to see if there are things you'd like to change or update on your site www.######.##.co.uk or if you'd like to build a new site completely.
I'm an excellent web developer capable of just about anything you can come up with and my fees are reasonable for nearly everyone.
Let me know if you are interested then I will share our past work details, references and company information etc.
Thanks
Lauren White
Not interested? No problem—just drop us a quick reply at with Remove, and we'll take you off our list.
Kite159
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Stop replying as it just confirms the email address is real & gets read
Peter Mugridge
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Forward them as an attachment to report@phishing.gov.uk
Jon_jpwh
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Unusual phone call today which displayed as from a mobile number. When I answered there was a recorded message about a new direct debit on a Barclays bank account. I don't have a Barclays account. The message told me to press numbers if I wanted to challenge the direct debit and also if I didn't have a Barclays account and wished to stop the alerts. Obviously I didn't do anything except end the call. Presumably it is an attempt to get you to respond so they can obtain access to your bank details.