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I contacted this lot based on their no success, no fee advert on google. I made an enquiry and received a few responses. When I asked about their no success, no fee services, I received the following form the owner "paul mitchel:"
To [protected]@gbinvestigate.com rachel nicholson 9 nov at 3:18 pm
We can not guarantee your partner is having an affair. We do not never have worked for you. Go away your nuts!
Paul marshal
Title
Company
I am disgusted by this response and have reported them to trading standards and the asa. Avoid avoid avoid!
Mmm, looks like I wasn't the first or indeed the latest to get scammed by GB Investigate - interesting to see how they have now changed the name of their "business" to VM Investigate! I feel like such a fool for having anything to do with them in the first place but looks like I got of lightly compared to some of you. They really are a very nasty bunch and seemly well avoided. Keep the fight going people - these scammers and abusive people need to be stopped!
Im so glad that others have come forward to report vm investigate/gb investigate! They are a bunch of crooks clearly and it certainly looks as if the owner, graham has been on here using a few different names in order to try to make out that we are all making ups these complaints. Well graham, as you well know, these complaints are all genuine - you have scammed us and I am sure, many other people! All we ever wanted was a refund and we would have been "happy." however, instead of doing the right thing, you have tried to lie, tried to make out that gb investigate has been brought out - as you know gb investigate was not worth anything - I have checked this. All you did was change the name of the 'business" and website so that you could carry on misleading and scamming people!
Do not use this company. Crooks trying to hide behind false names and virtual addresses. They'll take your money and run. Nothing they claim on their website is true. I have reported them everywhere I can too complete with a full detailed report of their lies and misrepresentations.
Keep reporting and posting - these [censor] need to be stopped!
Show us your report
Are you a Solicitor?
"we are only one of a few uk investigation firms still trading in our original name after 24 years, because we deliver results and offer an honest above average service" lifted straight from the website so how come the company was only registered a few years back? everything they say is a lie
There are SO many lies associated with this firm. Names of the owners, years in business - "combined years of experience" How the hell do they have over 793 years of experience when its a one man band! Its time people like this were closed down for good! My story? Well, unfortunately, I asked them to run some checks for me - costs me over £ 700.00 and I have been chasing their so called report for over two months now. They won't answer emails and calls are screened I think. Ill be paying them a person visit - I know they are actually based in Kent and have the real owners address now. Tick tock, time is running out of this con man!
Information above is inaccurate. People please do your research. The posts here are fake reviews for which fake posters are being paid. What has been written is extremely inaccurate and untrue.
Nobody here is being paid. You are talking complete nonsense.
Absolute rubbish and yet another fake name name used by the owner of gb investigate/vm investigate! when will you learn - you have to stop lying!
No graham, I am just one of the many people you have ripped off!
Interesting ‘joseph!’ how on earth would you know if my complaint and it’s detwils were accurate or not! yet another attempt by the owners of gb investigate - vm investigate to try and cover their tracks! graham, you know fill well that you are scamming innocent people who cannot afford to throw money away, let alone be ripped off by you! you need to stop misleading people with your false advertising, dodgy business practices and lies!
The money he's scamming from hardworking innocent people goes towards funding his luxury Tuscan holiday home. Graham Bunten and his wife Vanda Marchetti have no morals whatsoever.
More lies! do this lot ever learn? I have just seen their advert on google:
Private investigators - no results no fees - gbinvestigate.com
Adwww.gbinvestigate.com/private/investigator
Full service agency. local detectives based in every county. est 27 years.
24 hours, 7 days a week · no obligation talk/email · 330 combined experience · high success rate
Partner investigationstracing missing personslegal supportsurveillance
Look at the experience part - 330, yes 330! kind of contradicts their claimed 793 on their website don't you think? this lot cannot be trusted!
Gb investigations was established in 1994 staffed by investigators with over 793 years of combined experience in helping customers resolve problems. there is very little in the field of investigation that we have not seen or dealt with before. every client is assigned a personal case manager. contactable direct at all times and will update clients regularly at agreed times and or on agreed case developments.
And, they claim to have been in business for 23 years and 27 years! definitely one to avoid! why are these people allowed to trade, let alone advertise? they need shutting down before they fleece anymore innocent people!
Please contact action fraud. there are numerous similar cases being reported about gbinvestigate.
Gbinvestigate don't investigate anything. gb stands for graham bunten as well as greedy [censor]. there is no paul marshal working for this company yet this is what graham bunten calls himself in order to hide behind his disgusting practice of taking money from vulnerable, trusting individuals for no service whatsoever. I used this company in good faith and had to involve the police at the point I started receiving extremely abusive calls from both graham and his wife vanda. the uk office is a virtual office address (so doesn't really exist), the phone numbers on the website are also designed to mislead customers into thinking their is an international presence. it's simply not true. this organisation need shutting down! do not trust a single word graham bunten says. he is a fraudster, a bully and a blatant thief!
Not usually one to play devils advocate and whilst I don't know your circumstances, just as you have the right to complain, other people have the right to defend themselves if it doesn't seem right. these types of boards do not routinely check or verify who is complaining which means anyone can say anything. that nearly happened to me. these boards are are usually not verified. so I checked and there are lots of things in the publuc domain and the other poster seems to be correct about how long they have been in business and the phone numbers all work. if a company suddenly gets a bunch of complaints at once on a board like this you have to appreciate it may appear suspicious and people can't always take your word for it as this board doesn't verify info.
Understand totally what you're saying. If you read the majority of posts, they are encouraging people to go to the appropriate authorities to log their complaints. It is helpful for individuals to know that they are not alone in their experience as it can feel both intimidating and isolating. I personally am follwoing the advice I've been given by the police.
GB Investigates was bought out by VM Investigates. These are all fake reviews by the hackers who hacked their site. And this site is not respected because it doesn't verify any information by the complainants or verify email addresses. Google it and see how the owners ask for money to take down fake reviews. People use this site to discredit genuine companies and all these fake reviews are by the hackers. End of! Show us some evidence!
Their fake reviews by the hackers who hacked their site. Thankfully this site is not respected as most use to post fake reviews or discredit. And then the owners of this board extort money to get fake reviews taken down. Emails are not verified and business's are not aporoached.
To air your fake complaint on a site which doesn't authenticate information. But you hacked their site didn't you!@
Such a load of rubbish, all to hide behind your string of criminal offences. Presumably VMinvestigate bought all the bad debt that goes with it? You are still liable to honour existing contractual arrangements.
Your a hacker and this is part of your sour grape campaign. You hide behind an ill thought of forum where anyone can say anything.
I don't have a clue how to hack anything! There is no sour grape campaign. Just truth, facts and evidence.
If you were a reputable company offering an honest service, your reputation would speak for itself. No amount of hackers or as you put it "sour grapes" would make a blind bit of difference to your company. PS. For every comment you put up, you are increasing the footprint this forum has in the search engines. Bit like an own goal I'd say.
Show us proof! Did you put on your supposed court papers that your fake complaint was part of a targeted campaign and arises from the HACKING? Police involved now!
Police were already involved long before last Tuesday. I repeat, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HACK ANYTHING! and have no interest in doing so either.
I really don't understand why you think anyone would make a fake complaint? What would they gain from that?
What utter rubbish! You've changed the name. The company isn't worth a bean let alone a buy out. And very coincidental that it all suddenly happened when people were making the public aware of the numerous scams going on.
Do you really think an already overstretched police force would bother looking at a fake complaint and the fake money you paid? even if it were true, they wouldn't deal with it. you would have been advised of the correct route to complain.
I have been advised very well thank you and am pursuing all avenues that I was directed to. maybe you'd like to speak to the police yourself and ask if there is any substance to these claims? i'm sure they'd be happy to put you straight with the real facts.
Hey graham, we must have hacked your website and changed the name from gb investigate to vm investigate in order to help you try to avoid all the people you have scammed. because that is exactly what you did, didn't you!
Funny...
Please everyone, contact ActionFraud and let's get them put out of business
I have already contacted Action Fraud and will certainly be taking this MUCH further. They have ripped off the wrong person this time!
It would be good if individuals could keep each other updated on progress as it will benefit everyone.
I have now submitted a claim through the small claims court online alongside other means of prosecution. It is a very straight forward process and you can claim to recover the court costs which are nominal compared to what you've already paid to gbinvestigate. I would urge others to do the same.
Show us the claim
You will receive it by post soon enough.
Show everyone the proof.
You mean show you? All those that are posting here don't feel the need to insist on seeing it as they know 100% that the claims being made are genuine as they are in exactly the same boat.
I am kind of with Geoff who was looking at both sides of the argument. I used to have a small business and a load of reviews were posted on here. They were fake and i had to go to court. It was actually a rival business from a small northern town. If you try and ask for the complaint to be removed they ask for money. The trouble is that people can write what they want and if untrue it can be damaging. So i guess if you post stuff here it probably isn't too much for someone to see proof of some sort. But i imagine that if they aren't true the business will probably consult with lawyers and police anyway.
I have every shred of proof I need for prosecution. My posts on this site are purely to make other vulnerable individuals aware of my own detrimental experience with this company. People are perfectly able to make their own judgements before deciding on which company to give their hard earned cash to.
I understand your point but i also understand Geoff's point.There are things on here which don't add up. One poster put stuff up about how long they had been in business, and their post didn't check out. So if pieces of information posted here don't check out it gives rise to concern whether the reviews are fake. This website is not in the habit of checking if a review is genuine.
I can only speak for myself. The posts on here that other people have put up are quoting www.gbinvestigate.com / www.vminvestigate.com web content and explaining that some of the details don't stack up. All I believe are genuine complainants that have been ripped off. There is certainly no campaign that I'm aware of to discredit this organisation for sour grapes purposes. The police advised me that a number of individuals had already made legitimate claims to them.
But the Police don't divulge that information. It isn't the correct route to make a complaint. Action Fraud have been backed up for months. Apart from an acknowledgement and looking at the curren waiting time frame and the time at which you complained, you wouldn't have received a full response yet.
Interesting...
So, I have just seen that this lot have now changed their name to VM Investigate! Absolute crooks! http://www.vminvestigate.com
We NEED to stop them ripping people off!1
Private Investigators - No Results No Fees
www.vminvestigate.com/Private/Investigator07493 652148
Full Service Agency. Local Detectives Based In Every County. Est 27 Years
No Hidden Fees · Local, National & Global · 330 Combined Experience · High Success Rate
Partner InvestigationsTracing Missing PersonsSurveillanceLegal Support
SAME lot, different web address! VERY dodgy looking!
It's exactly the same lot. VM stands for Vanda Marchetti which is Graham Bunten's (GB) partner in crime!
Further naming of individuals are at risk of potential prosecution
Why? It is in the interest of other claimants to know the real names of the people that are stealing money from them.
How so? Under what law? That info is the public domain so no laws broken "Simon" Oh sorry, Graham. You really should get to know the law Graham because every time you take it out and wave it around, all you do is demonstrate your consistent ignorance of it. Every. Single. Time.
As a law firm, we often require the services of private investigators and have subsequently been working with this company for over thirteen years. We have an excellent rapport and business relationship with them because they are very established in the UK and globally, with an extremely good reputation. It has therefore been very concerning to read the reviews on this site which have interestingly and conveniently all been written days or hours apart! In fact, in all our dealings we have never seen negative reviews such as these. It really doesn't take a genius to work out that these are fake and slanderous reviews are designed to derail a genuine business. If any of the reviewers were genuine, they would have a much better understanding of how the company operates and that fees are paid based on results! A genuine client would sensibly do their research - there are so many untruths in the reviews that I could pick holes in them all day - a lawyers dream. They are slanderous and undermine a decent and established company. The give away stares you in the face when you see how the fake reviews have been written in quick succession of one another! This company have our full support and continued business .
Interesting comment given that the police signposted me to the complaints once I'd reported this organisation. I had never thought to look as I paid my money in good faith - although you may want to check the facts as this company take your money first but promise to give it back if they don't achieve results! Then point blank refuse to refund. I think if you dig a little deeper you will find there is plenty of substance to the complaints that are being made and all are being reported to the appropriate authorities, along with all the evidence requested.
They are lucky to have your support and business given how they've exploited a number of vulnerable individuals. That does not negate their lies and criminal behaviour in other cases.
NB. I think it's entirely inappropriate for you to rubbish other people's dealings with this company as you can't possibly know what their experience has been. Just because yours has been positive, it does not prove that other clients have been treated the same.
You are hiding behind a fake profile in order to make slanderous comments about an established company which suddenly has complaints about them in an attempt to derail.Please don't insult my intelligence. The police do not deal with complaints such as the one you have claimed and for the record, Action Fraud is quite busy enough without having to deal with fake posters that were NEVER clients. Prosecutions for Slander are in fact very real.
I'm not hiding behind anything. ActionFraud have taken the case on and I have crime reference numbers from the police. How could I possibly derail anybody without factual evidence. Making a few comments on an appropriate complaints forum does not derail a well established reputable company. Only hard facts and evidence can do that. You may want to consider leaving a positive review for them along with your company name on their website rather than arguing on a complaints site. I am sure that would carry much more credibility than your efforts to rubbish people's genuine complaints.
Why your desperate need to fight gminvestigate / vminvestigate's cause unless of you are in some way linked to the organisation which is far more likely.
Your posts are littered with slanderous and inaccurate detail. Its funny how all the complaints were written around the same time. Yes we are a client of fifteen years plus and have no problem supporting them amongst fake and slanderous comments - have you actually read the other so called conplaints and compared the language and tone? Of course you have 😂
To be honest, I was genuinely surprised when Kent police directed me to this website. In this kind of situation, you assume you are the only victim of the scam. It didn't occur to me that the other people were experiencing identical problems. I should have called the police sooner but only decided to after receiving very abusive phone calls and threats. So to suggest that this is some sort of a witch hunt is utter nonsense. These are genuinely disgruntled people who paid for a service in good faith but never received it. I don't think it's helpful to endorse such behaviour and I truly believe other vulnerable individuals should be warned before falling for the lies most of us have been told.
I think people will know who to believe.
Yes and we know it isn't you or your bunch of friends whom posted adverse comments all at the same time. I work regularly with the Police and your comments are laughable. You are now using language such as 'scam' and saying you received abusive calls. The police would have directed you through the correct channels for recourse but there is little point discussing any further as you are a fake complainant. You DO NOT pay upfront. Do your homework before defaming
I have written evidence, in fact piles of it. I would never ask my friends to get involved in being dishonest about anyone. You are spouting absolute rubbish! Definitely somebody from the VMinvestigate or one of your associates. Doesn't make any sense otherwise.
And I would say all the individuals on here who are making legitimate complaints can back up their claims with a stach of truthful facts. It doesn't take a lawyer to work out who the courts will believe.
With regards to your comments about how close to each other timing wise some of these complaints have been, perhaps it's worth considering that it's far from a coincidence that there are numerous people who've suffered exactly the same scam in a fairly constrained period of time. This to me suggests that gbinvestigate and vminvestigate are habitually scamming vulnerable individuals and are confident they can continue to get away with it. I would also add it seems very strange/coincidental that gminvestigate have chosen to change their company details and associated contact information to vminvestigate. Why would they do that if they have done nothing wrong?
The Police directed you to this unregulated site, which doesn't check that information is true.? This site is NOT REGULATED and is NOT respected. The Police whom are part of the Public Service would not direct you to a site which isn't regulated or where information isn't verified. They would direct you to a UK site such as Citizens Advice or another site which is government backed or the appropriate regulatory body. But to be honest it isn't their job to direct fake complainants to a shoddy board which is known for fake reviews. They would never direct to a site of this nature EVER! Don't make me laugh. Plenty of regulated bodies but their for genuine complainant's and not HACKERS!@
Show us your proof
Kent police did a simple online search and found many complaints about your organisation. They were confirming that I did not appear to be alone in my experience and that others have made similar complaints. All will be revealed in court anyway.
Let's see it then
Oh please Kent police would not direct you to this board. The only complaints received were by you and other fake complaints because you HACKED their site. And all the complaints came in at the same time. Your lies are actually making me laugh
Why don't you ask Kent police yourself? They have all the details and a full recording of the conversation.
Whatever!
I'm being serious. It will put you out of your misery. They will confirm it is 100% legitimate...
Hi Graham. Nice try...
No such Solicitor working for ANY ‘law firm!’ More attempts to mislead by VM Investigate - Gb Investigate!
This company is definitely a scam - avoid! Not sure when it was set up but have reported to ActionFraud about 1 month ago. Currently chasing money lost to them but agree that I should also pursue through small claims. Considering options. I dealt with a "Paul Marshal" and paid to a Santander account in Portugal.
Exactly the same as me! The account name was Gavin Peter Burrows, Santander, Portugal.
There are more and more people coming out of the woodwork constantly.
Further naming of individuals breaches Data protection and those who continue to do so will be prosecuted
Show us the proof
You have the proof. you took the payment!
Show us!
All will be revealed at the appropriate moment. Compiled as evidence for the court claim.
Going to keep link to this page - any advice re pursuing monies appreciated. Oh, and the account I paid into in Portugal was for a "Gavin Burrows"
And since dealings with them - absolutely inundated with junk mail ...
What sort of junk mail?
bitcoin, Peruvian get hard fast, you;ve won.., various bingo emails, Anglian windws, hopa-slots, special alert, tesler etc etc previously i'd have 2-3 emails that were junk in inbox and would be deleted, now 40-50/day
Interesting as I have also started receiving junk mail from the same companies...
You have to see this. The most trumped up load of nonsense.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-bunten-397b4229/
There is no way that this guy worked for the police. When asked to do a trace, he came back with information on my partner's location! I know where my partner is! I did not ask you to locate him! I asked you to do something enitirely different and then you wouldnt give me my money back after you ran a trace to locate the person that I live with that I obviously know the location of! This is the level this man goes to people.
Oh my goodness, haha! What a load of old tripe! This guy couldn't investigate his way out of a paper bag. He'd be far better off going into the story-telling business as he seems pretty switched on when it comes to making up fiction.
Actually, I take that back. Even his stories aren't believable! So he's not very good at that either.
Just a simple scammer and still trying to scam people by the look of it. STILL making inaccurate and misleading claims on his google advert and on the website!
Thick skinned and clearly thinks he's above the law! Arrogance or ignorance? Perhaps both...
Deceitful and misleading! I wonder how many others have been ripped off by VM Investigate - Gb Investigate? I have a feeling that the complaints on here are just the tip of the iceberg!
I suspect you are right unfortunately. It's time that Graham Bunten, Vanda Marchetti, www.gbinvestigate.com and vminvestigate.com are bought to justice for their crimes.
I am disgusted by this company. I contacted them in good faith and asked them to find an old friend of mine. They told me that they gave a no success, no fee service. After five days they said they had found my friend and asked me to pay not a santander account. I asked why I couldn't pay by credit card as this was one of the methods they advertised. The response was somewhat offensive ( I really don't want to put it on here). Despite being horrified, I stupidly paid. It was another seven days before I received anything. I travelled to etc address ( I am retired) and when I got to where they said my friend lived, I found a building site! NO HOUSE, NO FRIEND! I called them and said I wanted my money back! I received verbal abuse form the man, who identified himself as Graham. Having done some searching on the internet for the company name, I can now see how foolish I was to trust them! It seems they have taken money for LOTS of people and given them nothing but verbal abuse and threats! As a pensioner, I cannot afford to lose money and am utterly disgusted that people like this are allowed to be in business. My advise? Search the company name and you will see what they are all about and DO NOT PART WITH ANY MONEY to these people!
Dreadfully sorry to hear he has ripped off somebody else. I paid my money into PayPal initially and was told to cancel it immediately as gbinvestigate weren't dealing with them anymore and were in the process of suing PayPal! Interesting considering they still offer it as a payment method on their website and I drew this to "Paul Marshal"/Graham Bunten's attention several times and was told they were in the process of redesigning their website. What a load of old nonsense. I was given numerous completely fictional stories with regards to my own investigation case and subsequently paid another credible agency to verify that everything I'd been told was completely made up and didn't exist! When I asked for my money back, the abuse and intimidation came thick and fast. In Graham Bunten's own words, "you might want to consider committing suicide because it'll be easier than what's coming down line to you if you don't leave me alone". I haven't repeated this previously because in many ways it's very personal. However, it was the tipping point for me calling the police and making the decision that other people really need to know what an unpleasant organisation they are dealing with. I have never in all my years come across such an unscrupulous individual and it saddens me to see that he has taken advantage of so many trusting individuals. What makes it doubly difficult to understand is that his wife Vanda Marchetti, has no qualms about assisting him in his criminal behaviour and abusive communications. I guess it's because she ultimately profits from it too.
Checked with Companies House this morning and GB Investigations is as of today's date still active and hasn't made any applications to change the company name or to close the company. Graham Bunten is still listed as the Company Director and they are up to date with all paperwork etc. Don't be put off trying to claim what you are owed by his sudden decision to change the name to VM Investigates. It's still legally GB Investigates.
For anyone making a complaint or a claim, the correct address to send correspondence to is:
1a High Street, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2QD or to Graham Bunten's home address which I have if anyone needs it.
GB Investigate - VM Investigate - Companies house research results:
Search Results for “VM INvestigate”
No results found, try using different search criteria
GB Investigate is STILL in operation and STILL trying to hide behind a fake name just by changing the name on their website. DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE!
Please keep us updated of any details or progress on complaints/claims if you are taking things further. There is strength in numbers and whether you decide to take things further or not, I personally believe in doing as much as possible to prevent others from being put through the same ordeal. Our hard earned cash is being used to fund Graham Bunten and Vanda Marchetti's lavish lifestyle which is morally uncomprehensible to most decent, honest individuals.
*incomprehensible!
Graham has now started HTTPs://WWW.cetninvestigate.com - the same MO, the same [censor]!
OMG! He will just continue changing the name of the company without changing how his business operates. Absolutely disgusting. Everybody that has already reported GBinvestigate and VMinvestigate should add this to their reports.
Yep! Another website full of lies and bold claims that Graham cannot back up. Still claiming the 380 years of combined experience too and lots of false testimonials!
I don't understand how he can continue to get away with it.
He needs shutting down! Its fraud in every way!
It's possible ASA etc. have been onto him, hence the new name. I don't know how they can continually police somebody that repeatedly starts a company in a new name once they've been caught out.
I agree. However...we are onto him :) He's even claiming to be licensed now! As far as I am aware, investigators don't need or even have the option of a license in England!
I've just had a call from BBC Watchdog. It seems that they are trying to get hold of him - there have been many more complaints against Graham Bunten than just the ones on here - he is a serial scammer! Looks like he's going to be a TV star!
I've only just seen this post! I would be very willing to say my bit.
It's about time he was stopped in his tracks and made accountable for what he's done to people.
Horrid human being.
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https://www.cetninvestigate.com - Graham is completely misrepresenting himself on this new site he has started using! Same old Graham, same old attempts to defraud people.
I will also get in touch with them. Thank you for providing this information.
You are very welcome. We need to ensure that CETN Investigations - https://www.cetninvestigate.com cannot continue to rip people off!
Interesting looking at the accounts he's submitted for GB INVESTIGATIONS LTD in the last week (available on Companies House website). He is declaring a pathetic amount of money when you consider how much he's scammed from people just on this complaints board. There have to be many more that haven't come forward yet so he is clearly avoiding the taxman too.
I was ripped off by 'Paul Marshall' aswell. He is a a man with no conscience, and a thief! I opened up a case against Graham Bunten, using their company address, as I hadn't read this post, I recieved no reply obviously. Can someone please suggest the most appropriate address I can write on my claims form, his personal address? I don't want to waste anymore money on this [censor]. Unfortunately my payment was made to an account abroad, however since he has a UK address, can I still make a claim? Thank you in advance.
GB Investigations Ltd (Graham Bunten is the sole director) is a registered UK company. The fact that he chooses to fraudulently use an account abroad has no bearing on where the company operates. Which address did you use? I can forward you the alternatives.
Hello thank you for the reply. I used: VM Investigate, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 4JF.
My county court documents have been returned to me, as unserved. I don't want to waste anymore money on this thief. If you could please provide the exact address, when the documents will be served, that would be great.
Graham Bunten is also a PERVERT. During one conversation when he was supposed to give me feedback, he said that if he wasnt married, hed want to get a hotel room for us. I didn't know what to say, except change the subject. He repeatedly gave me FALSE hope, and wasted my time!
My name is Sahirah, I used Zara (middle name before)- same person :)
He made similar remarks to me! I think that is all part of his ploy to make you think he's genuine. He is a very nasty person. I have photographs of him and I can assure you, he'd be the last person you'd want to shack up in a hotel room with!
A lot of the addresses he uses online are virtual addresses. The phone numbers are outsourced call centres and he changes them regularly to avoid being tracked down. I suspect the address you used no longer has any association with him.
Companies House address is where GB Investigations Ltd is still registered as a company and he sent his completed accounts in for last year is: 1a High Street, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2QD
VM Investigate does not actually exist as a company and is no longer operating. He has changed the name again recently but the websites are all registered under GB Investigations Ltd.
I also have his home address which I can PM to you if necessary. He very much lives in the UK and works from the UK. The Portuguese numbers he advertises are set up through Skype accounts. These can be set up from anywhere in the world to make it look like you're in a different location.
I would hope you have reported this to the police and Action Fraud. Plus the ASA and Trading Standards. You may also like to consider contacting HMRC and BBC Watchdog who are both interested in this particular case.
I am really sorry to hear you suffered too. I received physical threats from both he and his wife on my home phone number when I tried to hold him to account. Very unpleasant individuals who have no morals whatsoever.
That's awful, I am also sorry to hear you went through this. I just don't understand why he made me believe for MONTHS, that he was going to provide me with a 'report'. That was quite hurtful, giving me hope then doing a runner. Graham Bunten also faked a lot of sympathy, he is certainly a great liar. He actually BOASTED that he earned around £300, 000 a year and that his wife is a news reporter. He then went into how he and his wife were divorcing and told me to give him some time, which rather stupidly I did, as I felt sorry for the toad!
If there is a way, could I please have his personal address, I will use that on my documents and hopedully this time, the documents will be served upon him and his rotten wife.
This is absolutely text book in terms of what he said to me too! He even told me that his daughter had had an accident.
Can you please send me his home address, I will use that on my court papers. I am not sure how to PM on here, but my address is zerinthia@mail.com. Thank you kindly.
Thank you for the address, finally, I can get my money back. Who know's he might move home, with so many county court/enforcement action aagainst him!
No problem. Happy to help although I can't guarantee he's still at that address being as elusive and dishonest as he is. I have reported him to HMRC now too as the accounts he has submitted to Companies House are a joke compared to what he's taken from people.
Graham Bunten is at it again! GB Investigates, VM Investigates, CETN Investigates and now Grey Areas LLP. Sam outrageous claims, same lies and still ripping people off!
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This is the latest from Graham Bunten - when will this person stop trying to defraud people. Same advert wording - same outrageous claims!
Unbelievable! He knows how to try and stay one step ahead of the authorities. It's very frustrating that something more official can't be done immediately to stop him doing this to innocent people.
He is even now claiming that the business is a Dubai company that only trades in the uk for 90 days a year. I also have a screenshot of his google ad from this morning - EXACTLY the same as VM, GB and CETN except for the web address. He is claiming that they used to be a uk business until 2001. This man NEEDS stopping! Once again, trading standards are involved as are The ASA and The Police. Have yo used the amazing claims on his sit ethos time - claims to have worked for The Royal family! Unbelievable - really unbelievable! Avoid www.greyareasllp.com at all costs!
A comprehensive search of ALL Dubai registered companies has been conducted and there are NO companies by the name GreyareasLLP or anything close - another lie from Graham Bunten! www.greyareasllp.com + SCAM!
I am seriously gobsmacked at his blatant bare faced confidence in getting away with continuing to scam people but also the authorities inability to be able to stop him. They have to follow due process which takes time. Meanwhile, Graham Bunten has set up 3 different scam companies in the space of a few months. Utter madness.
Absolutely! He has just sent me this:
LEGAL ACTION
Dear Debbie / Aaron / Kerry of the following;
25 FFORDD
ABERKINSEY
RHYL,
LL18 4FB
I am writing to inform you that we have legally traced your e-mail and identified you. We have spoken at length with the legal department at Google and with the Google Adwords Executive Team. We have also been in communication with the Complaints Board and the North Wales Police.
With the exception of Google advertisers inserting an incorrect link / advert, we irrevocably dispute any connection with any other company name other than our own.
Grey Areas LLP state the following;
If posts are not removed from the complaints board with regard to our company, we have been advised by our lawyers to re-contact the North Wales Police in Rhyl / Bangor who have been assisting us.
Please be advised that our lawyers are actively speaking with the legal department at google, and you should be aware that we are not only seeking a criminal prosecution against you for harassment, but will also actively seek damages through the civil courts for damage to our reputation and loss of earnings.
Due to malicious emails, some of which are of a threatening nature, including from another source within an education facility, we will also seek a court injunction banning you from using the internet. We shall also contact your employers.
A client in Dubai has now withdrawn an investigation worth over $100, 000 (US Dollars) and we shall actively seek the UK equivalent in damages in conjunction with a criminal prosecution.
We accept you may have made a mistake and we are allowing you an opportunity to remove all posts and any other abusive content, and halt all harassing emails and threats to the company within the next five hours.
Failure to comply means that we will have no alternative but to arrange a visit to your premises with a member of the local police.
DO NOT REPLY to this e-mail unless it is to confirm you have removed the content. We shall not be entering further into any communication with you.
Yours Sincerely
Grey Areas LLP
What an absolute joke this "man" is! The only Police he should see are the ones who go to arrest him for fraud!
Disgusting to say the least! www.greyareasllp.com is just another attempted scam by him. He has had the audacity to try to threaten me now as well - obviously pretending to be someone else, as usual!
Just read this! I have no idea what this is about?
I was threatened months ago and was apparently going to be sued but have never heard anything from anyone, legal or otherwise. Scaremongery is what Graham does very well. Sounds like he maybe getting rather frustrated that people are managing to keep up with his ongoing antics.
Silly question but does anyone live at the address he's listed above? I just wonder who specifically he is sending that letter to?
Also, very odd that a so called 'legitimate company' can't directly prove they have no connection whatsoever to Graham Bunten. Surely, anyone spending 100, 000 dollars would do a fair bit of homework on the organisation they were about to employ the services of and wouldn't be at all influenced by a mere mention on an 'insignificant complaints site' (as pointed out by Graham not so long ago). If www.greyareasllp.com are as amazing as they say they are, they can provide all the proof the company needs to ensure any doubts the customer has are alleviated. It's not rocket science.
Still waiting for the police to knock on my door...
Is anyone still looking for this guy?
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Guess who is back - Graham Bunten in yet another guise! Last week it was
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Someone HAS to stop this person!
Unbelievable. My guess is he's been doing this for a very long time and thinks he can outsmart the system.
This is the name of the Director. Don't be fooled! VMInvestigate is the old GBInvestigate!
Interesting - it looks like this clown is back under the guise of Hamilton Bradshaw Private Investigations. Same MO, [censored] on the website, extremely use and false names! https://www.hamiltonbradshaw-privateinvestigations.com
Hes back! https://www.sussexinvestigations.co.uk
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