In October my father went to Spain to recuperate from a triple heart bypass operation. While he was there, he was pressured by the son of the friend who accompanied him into putting down a deposit of 6000 euros amounting to 4253.64 on a holiday apartment in Marbella. This man, Adrian Weinberg, was a rep for a property development company there. My father had no interest in buying a property in Marbella, but Mr Weinberg refused to give up and in the end my father reluctantly handed over his visa card, believing that he was protected by this. The deal was subject to 2 conditions: firstly, Mr Weinberg promised that the deposit was fully refundable within 10 days if my father changed his mind and wrote this on the contract; and secondly, the deal was subject to the approval of Peter Talbot, my father's Financial Advisor.
When my father returned to the UK 3 days later, he contacted Mr Talbot who advised him strongly against the deal. Mr Talbot e-mailed Mr Weinberg immediately to ask for a refund, but received no response and all further attempts to recoup the money from Mr Weinberg by Mr Talbot and ourselves failed.in addition, my father received no help from his bank, the Lloyds TSB, in retrieving the money.
In 2007 we approached CDI Credit Management for help. We were unsure whether to proceed, not wanting to face further financial loss, but we were put through to a man called Dave Scholey who was very convincing and persuasive. He told us that most of his clients got their money back within 30 days with considerable interest on top. The final figure he said we were entitled to and he could obtain for us was very enticing. My father was still cautious, but Mr Scholey called us several times, even did a background check on Mr Weinberg and said he had assets that we didn't know about. The administration fee was 300 including VAT, but Mr Scholey said that most of CDI's profits were in obtaining the lump sum we were owed, so the company had a vested interest in this as opposed to the admin fee. We were promised monthly update reports re the progress of our case. When we asked how CDI would get the money back for us, we were told they had numerous ways of doing this.
Eventually in December we decided to proceed with CDI's services. A contract was couriered to us, which my father had to sign and return with a cheque. And hey presto that was the last we heard of the up till then oh so persistent and keen Dave Scholey! He slithered away like a snake after that, never to be seen or heard from again.instead our case was passed to some incompetent girl called Natalie. CDI sent 1 letter to Adrian Weinberg and we got 1 progress report - and then nothing more. Further enquiries by us were met with confusion - at one point Natalie even said she had no record of our case! Then we were told that a further 80 was needed for court fees if we wanted to continue, otherwise there was apparently nothing further they could do for us. If we wanted to take Mr Weinberg to court, then we could have done that ourselves without paying CDI 300!
The final straw came when my father eventually chased CDI up and was told that the contract was only a year long and due to expire the next day!
CDI are a scam, a fraud and a ripoff, preying on innocent and vulnerable people who have already been scammed, defrauded and ripped off, and who are desperate to recoup their money. They simply take more money and yield no results. They are nothing more than a bunch of slimy rats!
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