1ST LOCATE UK LIMITED Anmeldelser 

contacted me stating a debt had been incurred however i have already paid it, customer service operator was very rude. It seems like a scam. Beware. It was apparently on behalf of British gas but that has already been paid. The is an "interest charge" which is a little strange for a payment that has already been paid. Again scammy

Edit: I decided to contact British Gas as there was numerous red flags, 1. the reviews all saying the same thing that this company has tried to contact people regarding a debt that either doesn't exist or has already been paid. 2, a late interest charge??? that doesn't happen unless on a credit card/ loan 3, customer service operator said don't contact British gas you deal with us

Long story short, spoken to British Gas who have confirmed my balance on their account is 0. These people are just scammers and are trying to get money out of vulnerable people. Best reported to financial ombudsman. Dirty scumbags

I will now ignore the correspondence but keep it for the F.O (Yes I am reporting them)

They were employed by EDF to collect about £145 for a property and a period for which I had already paid EDF (in response to EDF's final bill). For some reason, EDF had given them a different account number so it looked like that account number had not been paid. I wrote to these people with a full explanation and about three weeks later they sent another demand, completely ignoring my email. Do they really think a customer is going to pay twice for the same amount of electricity?

Received multiple letters regarding the current and PAST flat I rented saying I owe money which I don't. I sent both tenancy agreements and they ask for information that I don't want to share like DOB and full name, mobile number, and current address, the information can be found in the tenancy agreement. After that, they still keep sending me threatening letters. I do not owe sh**t. Come and get it if you can. I won't answer your BS letters. In fact, I am waiting for you to take me to a court so I can show you everything and then take legal action against your accusations.

I still keep receiving email, text messages and letters from LCS asking me to pay. I have told them numerous times that I have already settled this with SSE directly but they don't seem to understand a simple fact. I spoke to them today and I was told that although I have paid £65 and SSE have confirmed that they have received final payment, I still owe them £20 for late payments. This is not a late payment. I informed SSE that my bill is incorrect due to a fault in the meter. My new provider had to reset the meter so that I could provide you the right meter readings. Your initial bill was incorrect and I was waiting for you to send me the correct bill. As soon I was notified of the outstanding amount, I made the payment.

When I spoke to LCS today, I was extorted by saying "If you want to take a risk, don't pay. But SSE might record a default on your credit report as partially settled". The customer service offered by SSE and LCS are appalling to say the least.

Today's been the first time I got in contact with lcsdr. And tell you what it was an absolute pleasure speaking to such a helpful and professional staff member. She was absolutely brilliant. The call time was very quick and crisp which lasted not more than 5 minutes. Payment options discussed,picked one of the options,card details done and job done. Fantastic. Top shot lads. Happy customer I am.

Why no option for 0 Stars?

Despite responding immediately to a letter demanding the immediate payment of an outstanding sum in kind, by recorded mail over a month ago, I received today in the post another demanding letter.

I rang this time and spoke to HILARY in HC1 - she wouldn't give her last name, nor would she speak to me until I'd jumped through all their security hoops.

I tried to tell her that I'd responded to Rebecca Carter's letter on the 27th Sept 2021 and that this "debt" was actually being paid (got the reference no, bank account no and sort code of where it was coming from too) but because I refused to give her my date of birth (what's that got to do with anything?) she refused to help me and hung up. I rang back and got her again 😳, jumped through all the hoops again, then got told that Rebecca Carter doesn't take phone calls. I've got a feeling I'll get a better result if I call using their normal landline (0113 297 7530 or 0113 297 7500) rather than the one advertised in their letter (0344 411 2354).

I've written a letter today to Rebecca Carter, Andrew Barclay and Darren Guest (Listed on Companies House) and cc'd it to Hilary. All in the hopes that ONE of them will get to the bottom of this. If I don't get a response within 7 days I'll escalate it to a Formal Complaint.

Sent me a letter claiming I had outstanding debt with EDF, they also addressed the letter to ‘The Legal Owner’ which just showed how little information they had about who owed this ‘debt’, nor did the letter mention a figure.
I immediately called EDF and they confirmed that I had NO outstanding debt, in fact, I received a refund from an over payment from EDF! When I tried to call LCS it would ring for a little while then offer me a call back or to leave a voicemail, I truly believe this is a scam and I will be reporting them

Repeatedly sends letters threatening to install a pre-payment meter, even after we have left countless voicemails explaining that I don't owe the money. They don't answer the phone whether in or out of office hours. Absolute shambles.

These people are crooks. Do not pay them any money. They are thiefs and pry on vulnerable people. LCS are a bunch of evil, wicked and rude individuals. Anyone working for this so called company should be ashamed of themselves.

Thanks for disconnecting the line deliberately Megan - I truly hope you have a love week working for LCS.

like everyone here, I've received a letter from lcs telling me I owe 100s of pounds to SSE.
I don't owe any debts to anyone in this world, In fact SSE owes me a refund!
absolutely terrible and frankly downright evil company. Don't fall for their scams.

This is one of the worst companies i ever had to communicate with. We keep receiving letters from them after "sorting out" the problem already with them on the phone twice! We sent to them the documentation needed and the still did not fix the issue. They disturb me by sending these letters and in first place the problem they need to fix is with the previous owner not with me. Totally and extremely unprofessional !

Total scam - do NOT pay or give any personal details to these scum of the earth!
They can make threats all they want but they have no legal power to enforce what they are saying, it wouldn't hold up in court. #StaySafe #Scammers #Fraudulent #Scumbags

Lcs I keep getting letters from these people ,I've now asked post man to forward them straight to the bin as he walks past it,I don't engage with them ,don't read there letters nothing ,sent them a prove it letter which I suppose thay are trying to work out what the words me as thay have no clue about anything else,lcs debt solicitors lol ,none of them are solicitors because believe me do you think a real solicitor would work for a debt collection agency ,I always say pursue me straight to court and tell them I wish to attend ,I've also told them I will ask the court to hold a deposit off them incase thay loose,thay haven't responded to a prove it letter but I have proff that the threading letter even using the crown as a threat to pay up is illegal lol ignore them don't engage with them,if these lcs solicitors keep phoning you and you have an andriod phone ,Google has a lovely feature which filters out suspected spam callers ,block unrecognised numbers and block withheld numbers ,a matter of seconds switch on lcs gone,if thay visit your address don't engage with them just shut door in there face,if thay fail to leave just phone the police and report thay are trespassing,don't confirm your name or anything with them ,ignore them thay are scammers with no legal power ,yes thay threaten to take you to court let them ,thay can only take you to smalls claims court just like the original creditor ,make sure if you get any abuse from these people just send a prove it letter but don't sign it as these sort of scammers with photo copy it and then use your signiture on there letter of proff ,look at their logo lcs with a picture of the world beside it thay only opperate in the uk lol,I do chuckle as the picture of the world thay use hadsnt even got a picture of the UK on it lol ,even tho thay only work in the uk,but thay are a company that are allowed to use about 10-15 names for one company,don't give your name or any information,you do not have to give them any information what's so ever not even your name thay arnt police officers or balliffs,if thay knock on your door thay need to confirm their identity soon as thay do shut the door DO NOT ENGAGE with them

Received a phishing e mail claiming a debt to EON energy, (please refer to my review of them) you will not be disappointed. I have placed their e mail in the spam box and fired off seven historic emails disproving their spurious claim. We must stop these fraudsters, there can be only one solution, contact the ombudsman and put these crooks out of business.I asked these fraudsters to reply to me via telephone, 10 days later they dared too,a very rewarding experience, as the opportunistic scammers got more than they bargained for,I informed them I was recording,my schedule of fees,they denied legal obligation but nevertheless when I assured them 'my time costs money' caved in like a sandcastle on the first wave. "Put that in our pipe and smoke it".

Probably legit debt collector - according to "If you do not pay your tax bill" at gov.uk (below), and scamadviser.com.

Debt collection agencies used by HMRC are:
1st Locate (trading as LCS)

Can pay on their website and print off a PDF copy.

They are a scam . Do not pay these people. Be careful. I told them I suspect them of being scammers on the phone (after having waited for a long time to get through.) They hung up the phone on me. Will forward to the ombudsman .

I couldn't give a 0 rating as there was no 0 option, Useless website, very hard to contact, they don't call you back, no email address, but the best of it I can prove I do not owe money, they are waisting their time :-)

i owe nothing to hmrc But this scammers keep lettering me LCSDR

SSE Selling Personal Data to Scammer Companies
I was working with another company but they transferred SSE. I have always paid my bill but SSE authorized a debt collector company lcsdr.com
Because I have already paid all my bill I confused and try to reach customer service for days and weeks send 3 complaint form to get any clearance.
Finally, I contacted LCSDR and told them I don't have any debt. They removed my name and today I had another letter from a different debt collector company which is threatening me. I hope you all burn in hell. I will change my gas supplier ASAP.

Glad I'm not the only person with these people hounding for money, I first received an email from these a few months ago after I paid my SSE debt, so I phoned the company and told them to stop calling and sending emails the woman responded with 'theres no proof you have paid this debt' baring in mind it was only 60 something but when these people emailed they told me it was £89 rewind to yesterday I've received another 3 emails stating that I haven't paid the money and I need to get into contact asap. I'm fairly young so I don't understand how these people get your information. NEVER GIVE THESE PEOPLE YOUR DETAILS!!! I nearly made the mistake of doing so last time then I searched on Google and found it was a load of ol' bull.