I have been following this thread as we were also caught out by this scam. My fault for signing but i was under a lot of time pressure at the time and "read between the lines" a lesson learnt !!
Has anyone got as far as the following received yesterday, like everyone else i have just ignored so far.
"Dear Sirs,
We have allowed suitable amount of time to resolve the matter in amicable fashion, morealso provided your business with sufficient evidence that our claim is legitimate based on proof of contract and service delivery by our client. Use the following link to view your business ongoing publication
as per contractual promise).
Hence, we hereby put your business on legal notice.
Your company’s account remains in arrears notwithstanding our attempts to contact your organisation and assist your company in clearing this commercial debt. Therefore, your company remains in serious breach of contract and the overdue account now amount to
GBP 2,753.20. Resolving this debt would clearly be beneficial for your organisation, as further procrastination will lead to additional legal measures being taken in accordance with the terms and conditions of your contract in Germany, resulting in additional statutory delayed interest and legal fees.
You are therefore to accept this letter as formal notice of our intention to proceed with immediate legal action.
We are acting in accordance with Directive 2000/35/EC, Recital 16 of which reads as follows:
“Late payment constitutes a breach of contract which has been made financially attractive to debtors in most Member States by low interest rates on late payments and / or slow procedures for redress. A decisive shift, including compensation of creditors for the costs incurred, is necessary to reverse this trend and to ensure that the consequences of late payments are such as to discourage late payment”.
In compliance with the above statement, we reserve the right to claim interest, compensation and reasonable costs under the UK Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, and late payment of commercial debts regulations 2002 and 2013. And it is agreed that the term implied by that Act shall apply after any judgment as well as before. Interest shall be payable on overdue amounts at 8% over the Bank of England Base Rate from time to time.(reference to
Thus, we're applying §§ 280, 286, 288 BGB [German Civil Code] to our claim, weare entitled to assert claims for damages and interest on default in the amount of 8,17% since the invoices were issued owing to your default of payment.
You would very much regret to experience this decision. Thus, In order to permanently discharge the contract and close this overdue account on a full and final basis, without judicial enforcement, we formally request that the amount of
GBP 2,753.20 be transferred to the bank details below, before or on
21.03.2018.
Please transfer settlement using the bank transfer details below and forward proof of payment:
Beneficiary : CCF Credit Collection Factoring s.r.o.
Settlement amount: GBP 2,753.20
Bank: FIO Banka
IBAN: CZ2120100000002501263342
BIC : FIOBCZPPXXX
BANK'S COUNTRY: CZECH REPUBLIC
Please forward a copy of the bank transfer confirmation to our attention confirming settlement of this account, to enable us close the account on a full and final basis.
Dr. James O. Clark
Head of Legal Department
Credit Collection Factoring s.r.o.
CZ 120 00, Prague 2, P.O.BOX 42
