Help, I've lost money to SEO company

[Cosimo]

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[Cuchulain]

Jesus people, read the OP, he paid using online banking.

 

[lcg]

I'm sorry to hear that you'd been had. Just looking at the site all the signs of it being illegitimate are there. I very much doubt you'll get your money back.

 

[Hank_Marvin]

Unlucky mate, hope you get it back.

Regarding the SEO - Good Content is KEY.

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

It's tempting to go up there and knock on the door, but the chances are it will be some old dorris that opens the door.

 

[Duke]

So many SEO and similar companies around, most of which produce so much BS (used to keep getting calls until I barred withheld numbers). Hope you get sorted - can you visit their office?

 

[PMKeates]

Here is No. 22 on that street:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...id=qTYO6uiFHf-BSwKTFDF8GQ&cbp=12,184.43,,0,10

 

[PapaLazaru]

Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 30/07/2010

lol

Hope you get your money back but I cannot see it happening......

 

[fidget]

According to a directors report that's not where the sole director female lives - hey, it's her 25th birthday on the 28th of this month

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

According to a directors report that's not where the sole director female lives - hey, it's her 25th birthday on the 28th of this month

I suspect I won't be getting an invite

 

[fidget]

I suspect I won't be getting an invite

YGM

 

[log1K]

I suspect I won't be getting an invite

I wouldn't say that, you've just paid for the party mate.

 

[Rroff]

Jesus people, read the OP, he paid using online banking.

I kinda switched off when I saw he'd paid a company that contacted him out the blue rather than deciding he needed such a service and looked around for the most reputable company offering such a service.

 

[BrightonBelle]

Never pay for something upfront! (easier said for somethings I know)

Just think yourself lucky it wasn't more than that that you lost.

BB x

 

[Energize]

I've spoken to my bank (was paid via online banking) and they said it's not fraud due to me sending the money to them and thus there is nothing they can do.

Bank don't know what they are talking about, there are about a million similar cases that have resulted in fraud convictions.

 

[jamief]

Bank don't know what they are talking about, there are about a million similar cases that have resulted in fraud convictions.

I think what the bank are referring to is that they cannot "undo" the transfer as it was sent willingly.

I think the best bet would be to contact CAB.

 

[Craig R]

Why on earth would you give money to a web design company who have a website that looks as amateurish as that?

 

[St0rmer66]

Small claims court summons to that address? They probably won't defend it.

 

[Dracata]

SEO ( Search Engine Optimisation ) is nothing to do with the redesigning your site, more to do with META tags etc that you won't see on the frontend.

Not really, SEO is a complex chain of a large number of different ways to optimise your site so that it is ranked highly by search engines.

META tags are a very basic and obvious starting point - but content/site design is crucial.