Reporting Fake Volunteering Abroad
Hi,
I was wondering where I can report a fake volunteering company? I don't want to disclose the name just yet but they've been horrible. The experience is nothing like what was mentioned and I don't feel like I've helped at all and I feel like they've just mugged us of our money. I don't believe they took us to any of the mentioned projects either.
Apparently the company doesn't exist anymore yet theyre still taking on volunteers using the name (there aren't many of us and one girl I met at the "project" told us this company ended last year and makes sense cos theres no other volunteers!), its very unorganised and they're avoiding questions such as where the money is going etc. I believe they are a UK based company.
Any idea where I can get some help?
I was wondering where I can report a fake volunteering company? I don't want to disclose the name just yet but they've been horrible. The experience is nothing like what was mentioned and I don't feel like I've helped at all and I feel like they've just mugged us of our money. I don't believe they took us to any of the mentioned projects either.
Apparently the company doesn't exist anymore yet theyre still taking on volunteers using the name (there aren't many of us and one girl I met at the "project" told us this company ended last year and makes sense cos theres no other volunteers!), its very unorganised and they're avoiding questions such as where the money is going etc. I believe they are a UK based company.
Any idea where I can get some help?
As far as I know there's no "regulator" of these things so you can't formally "report" them to anybody but what you can do is:
And you might as well start by naming them here so as to warn off others!
•
post reviews of your experience on websites and Facebook groups
•
start a Wordpress or Blogspot blog detailing your experience and naming the company
•
tell the press (if the national press aren't interested talk to your local papers)
And you might as well start by naming them here so as to warn off others!
Original post by fluxyfloo
Can I not report them for fraud?
Its false advertising and how can they use a companies name to promote themselves even though that company has supposedly closed?
I just dont want them to get away with this
Its false advertising and how can they use a companies name to promote themselves even though that company has supposedly closed?
I just dont want them to get away with this
That's very complicated. They may have set up a very similarly-named company. The original company may still exist.
They probably haven't committed fraud but if you feel you have been provided with a shabby service then the people to talk to are the Trading Standards department of your local council. Give them a call in the morning and explain your situation.
You can use websites like www.duedil.com to search companies and see who their directors are, where they are registered, and whether they are trading/suspended/dissolved.
Nah, theyre using the same company but I don't really know whats going on, their Facebook is pretty amateur and not professional at all.
Apparently the volunteers before didnt do much either? They're literally shifting us from place to place and theres no-one from the organisation here and theyve left us with a different volunteering company called UVP.
I dont know what to do
Apparently the volunteers before didnt do much either? They're literally shifting us from place to place and theres no-one from the organisation here and theyve left us with a different volunteering company called UVP.
I dont know what to do
(edited 8 years ago)
Quick Reply
Related discussions
- 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀
- Volunteering Abroad
- Volunteering in my gap year
- gap year
- Gap year
- Does cardiff university have the opportunity for a work placement year?
- volunteering abroad - year 13 summer
- do college check fake doctor notes?
- Anyone taking a gap year, and has applied for uni in 2024?
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Don’t want to go to uni but still want the social aspect
- Being an exchange student
- Faking Bronze DofE
- IR/Politics Y10 WE
- Gap Year & Medicine
- Animal conservation volunteering
- Solo travel program recommendations?
- Volunteering/Extracurriculars
- UCAT disaster
- international students using agents
Latest
Trending
Last reply 5 days ago
My friend might be getting extra time and i hate it.Last reply 6 days ago
Just found out about UCL stat test but can't afford to sit itLast reply 6 days ago
I tried to apply to Disabled Student’s Allowance but…Last reply 1 week ago
For harrasment does someone get a warning first or no warningLast reply 1 week ago
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Work Experience - ACCOMODATION (harwell campus)Last reply 1 week ago
I think I’m decently pretty but I don’t get asked out …Last reply 3 weeks ago
Please help I accidentally ran a red and am terrifiedTrending
Last reply 5 days ago
My friend might be getting extra time and i hate it.Last reply 6 days ago
Just found out about UCL stat test but can't afford to sit itLast reply 6 days ago
I tried to apply to Disabled Student’s Allowance but…Last reply 1 week ago
For harrasment does someone get a warning first or no warningLast reply 1 week ago
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Work Experience - ACCOMODATION (harwell campus)Last reply 1 week ago
I think I’m decently pretty but I don’t get asked out …Last reply 3 weeks ago
Please help I accidentally ran a red and am terrified
