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company has gone under and all staff made redundant

without 2 months pay as yet!!

I’d been promised a refund since April looks like we’re all stitched up!! Definitely something dodgy about this busines!! Anyone got any details of this or of Dan Corby?

They have apparently gone into administration and Daniel corby the group CEO has no longer got any dealing with the company.

With regards to the apprentice winner, their was a winner but the Money that was supposed to be paid I am sure the person that won was less than impressed with the final amount

who owns the 0800 ? i bought and paid for mine, just wondering if i can contact someone to re-connect it and no doubt pay for it again ..michael

ifinda 0800 number sorry

I finda group been calling me at least 10 times a day to take me on board. i went for it and they took £100 down payment from me last month ( end of july) I had to cancel my bank card to prevent any other payments go trough. How can i get my money back? Any one any idea? thanks

hi all, IF YOU HAD A FREEPHONE NUMBER OFF IFINDA AND WANT TO RE-ACTIVATE IT, CALL GREYSTONE TELECOM WHO OWN THE NUMBERS THEY HAD ME UP AND RUNNING WITHIN A HOUR
CHRIS ON 0845 345 0500

Does anyone know who the Administrators are for this company? Thanks

hi all, IFINDA has taken £800.00 out my account this week for a freephone number that does not belong to me! I have now tried to contact them and all the numbers are dead,the website is dead too!
Clearly we have been ripped off, does anyone have any information or who to contact??
Thanks

ifinda took over £1100 from my account without my permission. Refunded £459, but am still fighting for the rest. Cancel your cards immediately, otherwise they just kep helping themselves! My bank advise me that if you gave them card details for one payment and they continue to use it, it’s reportable as fraud. Contact your bank’s retail fraud department. Also, report ifinda to information commisioner for breach of Data Protection Act for retaining information for longer than is necessary, and using it for purposes other than the purpose for what it was given.

Have also been waiting on a refund since early July. Any news on administrator?

ifindawedding website still works…….. try it!!!

I found out that the administrators are a company called Vantis, Redhead and French, and can be contacted on 01708 458211. I spoke to Emma Priest, who put me in contact with the manager in charge of ifinda case.

I can not praise them enough, for their help and advice. They have helped me recover monies taken in error this month, and provided a claim form for the rest. I suggest you all contact them. Their level of service, in contrast to ifinda’s is exceptional. Second to none!

Paula

i too was contacted up to 10 times a day each time was a different person calling all together they took £700 out of my account after i agreed to £100 deposit money even taken after administration trying to get it back from bank but not holding my breath.What a con can’t believe i was suckered into a scam like this but one lesson learned “never again”

being an ex employee i am also owed £1200 i was also sacked (made redundant)was not happy that they was providing the service they say they do.dan corby is a crook and should be arrested its only a matter of time before he sets another company up and rips people off again.

i also know his home address
contact me mernski_14@hotmail.co.uk

I was offered free advertising for my services. I did 130 chair covers for a wedding for Jamie McCarthey.

Now that money has been lost as there is no advertising, no sales generated for this deal, just a whole lot of time.

I am sorry to all those that actually shelled out money to this crooks.

How many of you were conned by the opening lines, “we have had a large advertiser withdraw from our @home phone book” ??
Like me!
This robbing git has took £800 plus from our account for a full page advert in the manchester edition of the @home magazine and we have received nothing.
This is when it was called 118 trades, now ifindagroup, I had been liasing with a young lady called Emily Paige who I thought was doing a good job, I received artwork drafts from them until approx 5/6 weeks ago when everything went quiet on the Ifinda front.
If you do know this blokes address post it on here for all to see.

We were conned too out of £250.00 (so not as bad as some of you)! I deal with advertisers everyday and can’t believe I was suckered in! There website is still up and running but emails are returned and like you say phone lines are dead or you keep going round in circles with an answermachine. I have contacted Watchdog about the gits!! Let us have this idiots address….

My friend worked for the company and left before it all went under! He is still owed money for the work he did!

He still has Dan’s number. If anyone is interested email me @ djmixmonkey@gmail.com

I also know Emily Page.

We got screwed too. Agreed to £50 deposit. Over £1900 taken by ifinda without permission. Also signed up with fido paid £600 and got no advertising. We are based in Colchester (20 mins down the A12 from Chelmsford). If anybody got location for Mr Corby, we’re quite looking forward to taking our money out of his ass.

Dan Corby the crook must now be a multi millionaire on the backs of mugs like me and hundreds of thousands of other people. I have complained to trading standards and so should every one else.

I contacted my bank, had to give details of what happened and send copies of my bank statement – I got 1/3 of the money back. So definately worth contacting your bank. I also contacted the administrators – vantis, who weren’t incredibly helpful but it was worth a try.

I receivced a full refund from Barclaycard (luckily I paid on it) Anyone paying on a credit card can do the same. I have a letter that I sent to them, which I took from the trading standards website,and they had to give a full refund.

Here is a link to the Administration Report for this company.

https://www.vantisplc.com/Vantis/Client/Ifinda.htm

Please note that the username is- Ifinda and the password is- Report.

It probably won’t surprise anyone that this is not the first business that Dan Corby has been involved in that has resulted in people losing money. I rented a flat via his Agency Rent Residential and was overcharged. In spite of my proving the overcharging via bank statements Dan denied that he had had the money and became abusive. My solicitor wrote to the registered address of the Company but the letter was returned marked not known at this address. The address used was the one from which he was running Trades 118. The guy is a conman.

To you Graham and Chris and any other guy/girl who has any contact details for this t*sser. How about sharing the info so steps can be taken to a/ get the money back and b/ put him out of business.

Ifindabusiness are now trading as mt media ither comapnines included are number 4 life and whats local

That lying thieving conniving man is doing it again.

I can confirm that he has had the following companies:-

118 trades
118 telecoms
118 gethitched
fidolocal
car auto
corby leisure
ifinder uk
wallwen ltd
mtmediaholdings.

As recent as last Wednesday (7 May) bailifs turned up to remove items from his current base of 3rd floor, rivers house, chelmsford, essex. Although Corby was not there he got the remaining staff to place stickers on all equipment. The stickers said “property of BFS Financial Services”. BFS Financial Services is owned by the silent partner Hugh Craen. The bailif left empty handed. 24 hours later the phone lines went down. The early part of this week Corby held a meeting with the remaining staff and lied to them. He said the phones would be up and running within 48 hours, but before he had told the staff that he could clearly be heard in a mobile phone conversation with BT pleading for the phones to be put back on.

I have seen an original copy of a grievence statement of a former worker. This statement was defaced by the Sales Director Paul Knott seeking dating agencies. I know of people who are owed in excess of £10k in wages earned in the first 4 months of this year and have already issued court papers. I am also aware of others who were hired this year but have never been payed, wage slips issued but no pay and payment agreements broken.

And just today I found out that staff were locked out of the office when all they wanted to do was hand in a grievence statement.

I’d thought I’d give you an update. Since my last update I have been made aware that (and it really isn’t a suprise)mtmediagroup is now in liquidation. Some (not all) of the remaining staff were told via a text message. They have no idea who the administrators are or how to apply to get some of their wages back.

Today I was told by a very reliable source that even though that text message went out, the company is STILL not declared as “under administration”. In fact on the 3rd April 2008 the company address had actually changed to Suite 54, 27 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2EW. According to companies house they have the Chelmsford office as the only address.

So who are we all dealing with? let me update you with a list of companies that Daniel Corby has, I think you will be amazed:-

118 CALL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 40 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 20/09/2006

118 CENTRAL SERVICES INVOICING LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 16/04/2006

118 CENTRAL SERVICES LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 09/01/2007

118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: JENNIFER CORBY
Appointment Date: 07/03/2006

118 GETHITCHED LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 15/11/2005

118 GLOBAL SOLUTIONS EUROPE LIMITED 60 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 15/08/2006

118 GROUP HOLDINGS PLC 50 0
Directors: HUGTH CRAEN , DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 18/11/2005

118 GROUP LIMITED 42 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 29/03/2005

118 GRP EBS LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries:
Appointment Date: 20/09/2006

118 GRP EXECUTIVE BENEFIT SCHEME LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 13/06/2005

118 GRP UK LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 23/08/2006

118 MOBILE LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 16/11/2005

118 SERVICES EUROPE LIMITED 60 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 23/08/2006

118 TELECOM LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 12/10/2005

118JOBFINDER LIMITED 52 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 19/04/2004

118TRADES CARD PAYMENTS LIMITED D N
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 29/01/2007

BEAUTY DIRECT UK LTD 50 0
Directors: JACKIE KNIGHT , DANIEL CORBY , SAM GOLD
Secretaries: DANIEL CORBY, STEPHEN JOSEPH COLFER
Appointment Date: 15/06/2006

CARAUTO LIMITED 60 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -, MARTIN HALL
Appointment Date: 05/01/1996

CORBY LEISURE LIMITED 76 GBP 1,100
Directors: BERNARD ALFRED JOHN CORBY , DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: DANIEL CORBY
Appointment Date: 30/08/2005

EAST COAST EQUITY CAPITAL LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: JENNIFER CORBY
Appointment Date: 07/11/2006

FIDO MEDIA LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 26/01/2004

INSPIRE RESOURCING LIMITED D N
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 03/10/2006

TASTY CARS LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 15/09/2006

TASTY GRP LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 25/09/2006

TASTY MOBILES LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 08/03/2006

THE UK WEDDING ASSOCIATION LIMITED 50 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Appointment Date: 21/02/2006

YOU TELL THE WORLD.COM LIMITED 59 GBP 0
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: 118 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED -
Directorships Held (Dissolved Companies)
Appointment Date: 30/03/2005

118 FIDO LIMITED Z N
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: MATTHEW JONES
Appointment Date: 01/03/2005

118 PAGES LIMITED Z N
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: JENNIFER CORBY
Appointment Date: 26/07/1999

MEDIA SCENE INTL LIMITED Z N
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: DANIEL CORBY
Appointment Date: 18/01/2000

TITANIUM DEBT RECOVERY LIMITED Z N
Directors: DANIEL CORBY
Secretaries: JAMES MCVOY
Resigned Directorships
Resignation Date: 03/12/2006

118 DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT LIMITED 52 0
Directors: PATRICK GORMAN
Secretaries: JENNIFER CORBY
Resignation Date: 29/03/2006

118 TELECOM SERVICES LIMITED 1 0
Directors: MATTHEW JONES
Secretaries: MATTHEW JONES
Resignation Date: 31/08/2006

DIR COLLECTIONS LIMITED W N
Directors: PADDY DAWSON
Secretaries: PADDY DAWSON
Resignation Date: 04/09/2006

EMPHASS LTD 50 0
Directors: AHMED PATEL , MARTIN JACOBS
Secretaries: MARTIN JACOBS
Resignation Date: 10/01/2005

ESSEX TRADES DOT COM LIMITED Z N
Directors:
Secretaries: PAUL JONES
Resignation Date: 07/01/2006

ETC INTERNET LIMITED D N
Directors: SANJAF PATEL
Secretaries: SANJAF PATEL
Resignation Date: 16/04/2006

THE 118 GRP LIMITED L N
Directors: PADDY DAWSON
Secretaries: PADDY DAWSON
Resignation Date: 31/10/2002

THE TANNING SHOP (RETAIL) LIMITED D N
Directors: ADAM LEO MOONEY , CIARAN JOHN MOONEY
Secretaries: ROBERT ANTHONY KIRBY
Resignation Date: 15/10/2006

VERIFICATION ASSOC LIMITED D N
Directors: PATRICK O’GORMAN
Secretaries: PATRICK O’GORMAN

This list came from Companies House, but they missed one, or is it because it’s not registered yet?

As I suspected Daniel Corby couldn’t wait for to “liquidate” MTMedia, in fact he opened a new venture a few weeks ago and is advertising for staff.

Motor Trades, Jubilee House, Warley Hill, Brentwood, CM13 3FR

Does anyone have a link to the letter referred to in Studley’s comment, number 26. As I’ve trawled through their site and still can’t find it. Any help would be appreciated as now skint!!! lol

HI GUYS,

I TO WAS TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY MT MEDIA / 118 TRADES AS WELL FOR £1000.

THROUGH CONTACTING OFCOM, I FOUND THAT GREYSTONE TELECOM (WWW.GREYSTONETELECOM.CO.UK) ARE THE PROVIDER OF THESE NUMBERS, AND 118 WERE RE-SELLING THEM TO THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS.

I CALLED GREYSTONE AND SPOKE TO ONE OF THEIR ACCOUNT MANAGERS, A GUY CALLED RAMON.

APPARENTLY GREYSTONE ARE NOT PROVIDING 118 WITH NUMBERS SINCE THEIR LIQUIDATION.

THIS GUY, WHO WAS REALLY HELPFUL, TOLD ME A FEW THINGS WHICH I THOUGHT YOU’D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW;

1. 08 NUMBERS NEVER BELONG TO THE END USER OR TELECOMS COMPANY, THEY ARE OWNED BY OFCOM, AND CAN BE RE-CALLED AT ANY POINT BY THEM.

2. THE 08 NUMBERS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED, AS 118 TRADES OBVIOUSLY AREN’T PAYING FOR THE PENCE PER MINUTE CHARGE.

HE SET MY NUMBER BACK UP WITHIN ABOUT 6 HOURS OF MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH HIM. THANKFULLY IT DIDN’T COST ME A SETUP CHARGE AGAIN, BUT THEY DO NOW CHARGE ME THE PENCE PER MINUTE COST, WHICH I THINK HE SAID WAS 2.5 PENCE PER MINUTE. HE EXPLAINED THE REASON’S WHY I HAD TO START PAYING FOR THE CALLS BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER ENTIRELY WHAT HE SAID.

IF ANYONE ELSE, LIKE ME, GOT DONE OVER BY THIS DAN CORBY GUY, THEN YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO GREYSTONE TELECOM 0845 365 0500 TO GET YOUR NUMBER WORKING. OFCOM WILL ADVISE YOU OF THIS AS WELL.

THE GUYS E-MAIL ADDRESS I SPOKE TO IS rahmon@greystonetelecom.co.uk

PAUL

Macca and all. I still have a copy of the letter I sent to Barclaycard. For obvious reasons I wont be posting my details on here but you can contact me via EMAIL via http://www.pro-pro.co.uk
If he’s gone into liquidation, surely he’s barred from being an owner or director for some time???????????

@Studley yes he is now working in brentwood warley hill under the name motortrades.co.uk with steven jakes and fred rudgley its a regus building

@not applicable
this company also traded under 118 trades

@NIKI
hi you can contact them through the regus building brentwood mr corby now part owns and runs a company called motortrades. hope this is of help