Consumers 'misled' by debt-repayment scam

By Mathew Little, Third Sector Online, 11 September 2007

Private companies marketing debt-repayment schemes have been caught masquerading as debt advice charity the Consumer Credit Counselling Service.

The charity says firms are buying sponsored links on search engines such as Google , which appear when members of the public search for the charity’s name. A report by Which? has confirmed that the practice is happening. A spokeswoman for the service said it had contacted one of the...

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