Someone else registered at my address
We have attempted to set up VM internet at our flat (we own the property). However, someone else is registered as a VM customer at the address and claims to still live there. We do not consent to this person using our address and want this account closed down. We have been on the phone with Virgin nearly daily for 2 weeks now and are still nowhere near a solution. We have been sent back and forth between sales and customer service. The other person keeps insisting that they want to keep the account and apparently VM will not do anything even though they do not live at the address and we as the owners of the property do not consent to them using our address. Apparently, there is not even a fraud prevention team that can help us. We really need a solution.Refund not received
My name is Sean and my account number is [MOD EDIT: Removed]. I was a Customer of Virgin Media for over 15 years and when it came to them taking my money on chasing me for late payment their system and processes were impeccable. Now I have left Virgin Media (over 5 months ago) I am being past from pillar to post to get back the £42.42 they owe me. I was originally told by their Customer Service Team that I would receive my refund between 25th March and 4th April but I am still waiting to receive my my money. I called on 10.4.25 after not receiving my refund. I spoke with one of their Customer Service Team Representatives who told me the system stated that I was refunded by bank transfer on 24th March 2025. He also informed me that there is a system error which needs to be looked into and someone would call me back on 14th April to discuss. Nobody rang. I called again on 02.05.25 after not receiving my money to be told that I will receive a cheque in the post within 14 days. The cheque never came. So I called again on 21.05.25 only to be told that my money was refunded by bank transfer on 24th March 2025. I checked there and then while on the phone with their Customer Service Representative. And I had not received the money they owed me. I was told I needed to send proof that I had not received the money by Bank Transfer. And was advised to send an email with Refund Request Reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] to mailbox: ([MOD EDIT: Removed]) I sent two emails to this mailbox. One of them with my Bank Statement attached. And to this day I have not even received an automated response. I called their Customer Service Team again to find out what was going on and they could not help me besides confirm that this mailbox exists but could not speak with anyone in the department that deals with the emails (which contain personal information of their customers) sent to this mailbox. Obviously irate I escalated the call to a Manager because I now had no clue who had my account details and I was genuinely concerned. I stated that this is a very serious matter as it was clear that they were not dealing with customers sensitive data in accordance with Privacy Laws, and she was literally LAUGHING as I expressed my frustration and concerns. I was so appalled I decided to do everything in writing from that point forward. And my experience so far has been just as harrowing while being given the run around. The level of incompetence is unbelievable and when I read the awful Trust Pilot reviews with over 100K reviews and a 1.3 out of 5 score, I realise I am not alone. After several emails I was instructed to send my bank statements to their Missing Payments Team ([MOD EDIT: Removed]) which I first did on 07.07.25 and all Ive received from them is an automated email (See below) which states: Hello, Thanks for getting in touch about your missing payment. We’ll do our best to get back to you in two working days to let you know if we've been able to find it. If we can't find your payment, we'll be able to investigate further to work out what's gone wrong - we'll send you an email to let you know. If you've got a question about your missing payment, you can reply to this email. Want to talk about something else? Head to virginmedia Kind regards, The Virgin Media team Although I have written to the Missing Payments Teams for an update several times, I am still waiting for a response from them. I have however received different emails from their Resolutions Team and Case management Team with the same template that doesn't offer any resolution whats so ever but if anything demonstrates their total incompetence, poor service and ineffective case management systems. See below: CORRESPONDENCE 1: Email from: [MOD EDIT: Removed] on 07.07.25 Customer account number: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Complaint reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Hello Sean F, We’ve tried to get in touch so we can chat about how your complaint’s progressing, but we haven’t been able to reach you. So things don’t get delayed, we’ve gone ahead and proposed a resolution. We’ve looked into it and here’s what we found: Hi Sean thanks for your reply. We appreciate this is frustrating. We would advise, as we can see there was a final bill amount of £-42.42 on the 18th February, this should have been refunded to you directly. As you are disputing this, you'd need to contact [MOD EDIT: Removed] and they should be able to help resolve this matter for you. We hope this helps. Here’s a summary of the complaint outcome and what we propose as a resolution: CORRESPONDENCE 2: Email from: [MOD EDIT: Removed] on 08.07.25 Customer account number: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Complaint reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Hello Sean F, We have an update for you on how your complaint is progressing with us. We’ve tried to contact you to discuss in more detail, but we were unable to reach you. We didn’t want to delay things, so we’ve gone ahead and offered a proposed resolution. We’ve looked into it and here’s what we found: Thanks for coming back to us Sean and we're sorry to hear that this matter is still ongoing, with the complaint remaining open. Here’s a summary of the complaint outcome and what we propose as a resolution: Reviewing your account and our refund screen on your account, it would appear that on 24/03/25 a BACs payment was made to you via the value of £42.42. We understand that you have advised this was not received and have reached out to our refunds team, but have yet to receive a response. If you're able to send supporting documents to confirm that this payment has not been received, we will be able to forward this to our team, with the supporting document to see if we can find the whereabouts of the refund, or if do maintain that this was paid. When BACs are issued to customers, this would be sent to the same bank account in which payments were made to Virgin Media for this service and would need to remain active for the receiving of the refund to complete. Thanks. CORRESPONDENCE 3: Email from [MOD EDIT: Removed] on 23.07.25 Customer account number:[MOD EDIT: Removed] Complaint reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Hello Sean F, We’ve tried to get in touch so we can chat about how your complaint’s progressing, but we haven’t been able to reach you. So things don’t get delayed, we’ve gone ahead and proposed a resolution. We’ve looked into it and here’s what we found: Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. We apologise for the inconvenience you’ve experienced regarding billing, and we’re committed to resolving it promptly. We understand how important this matter is to you. We acknowledge that you’ve attached proof and are seeking a refund. Here’s a summary of the complaint outcome and what we propose as a resolution: Upon reviewing the attachment, we’d like to inform you that the account number shown on the statement differs from the Virgin Media account under which this complaint was raised. Due to security reasons, we are unable to retrieve any information related to the account referenced in the attachment. Therefore, it is essential to raise the complaint under the correct account where the issue needs to be resolved. For further assistance, please visit: virginmedia/help We have now addressed your concern and given you the appropriate resolution as per your request. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE MISSING PAYMENTS TEAM ABOUT THE MONEY THEY OWE ME SO I NOW READY TO START POSTING EVERYTHING ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND THIS IS MY FIRST POST ON THE VIRGIN COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD. BEFORE I TAKE THIS MATTER UP WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OMBUDSMAN.£100 offer credit to my bill promised by phone agent
On April 2, Virgin Media agent Antony promoted the broadband plan to us at Newcastle Great Park. We considered and call back to him on April 4. I asked him if he can offer some discount for switching the broadband service to Virgin. Then he offered £100 credit and promised the credit on my first bill. On April 30, I received the first bill and the £100 credit not shown on my bill. I contacted Virgin through WhatsApp, and they claimed the system has no record I have £100 credit, I feel like this is a fraud. I’m not able to contact Antony, he has no answer and feedback. I raised the complaint with this case, but it still not reviewed yet. Can someone escalate this issue please? Thank you.Virgin Media Engages in Fraudulent Practices
Dear Virgin Media Customer Relations and the public at large I am writing to let the public know what Virgin Media truly is like before I formally dispute the charges applied to my account following the cancellation of my services on 31 August 2024. I provided the required 30-day notice on 1 August 2024 and settled all outstanding balances with a payment of £147.96 on 5 August 2024. Subsequently, I received invoices dated 3 October and 16 October 2024, totaling £139.05, for services not rendered post-cancellation. Additionally, an unauthorized direct debit attempt of £69.05 was made on 23 September 2024, which I reversed. Despite resolving these issues, I have been informed that my credit report reflects a negative entry due to these disputed charges, adversely affecting my creditworthiness. I request the following actions: Immediate correction of my account to reflect a zero balance. Removal of any negative credit entries reported to credit agencies. Written confirmation of these corrections. If these issues are not resolved within 14 days, I will escalate the matter to the Ofcom and all other regulatory and consider further legal action. I will share details of my account and invoices to prove my allegations once someone at Virgin reaches out to me. I was a customer with Virgin for approximately 3 years and will never deal with them again. Their entire back office is housed with incompetent and fraudulent agents who cannot think beyond what is stated in a script in front of them. Do not be fooled - this is a company that has shiny and jazzy advertising to the public, but it is really run on fraud and deceit. Any customer who wants to cancel their service with Virgin will be subject to their intimidation and fraud, regardless of the money involved. PUBLIC BEWARE: VIRGIN MEDIA IS A FRAUDULENT FIRM MASQUERADING AS A LEGITIMATE ONE.Scam by VirginMedia, Lied on call and applied an unwanted package in the name of moving
I have been using Virgin Media for over 18 months. I took an 18 months contract which was supposed to complete in April 2024. On March 1, I requested them to move my services from my old rented house to my new house. The customer service agent said that moving requires here to take some actions internally which will generate a dummy contract for the sake of move and I should ignore it. It sounded suspicious to me so I double checked that I don't want a new contract but just the move. The agent actually generated the new contract and move was successful. After that I got a new bill with double the amount as monthly charge and I called them back. I am not sure if their customer service agents actually does not understand the things or they act like they didn't understood, they first denied and when I asked to speak with their manager who had more details, they agreed it was a mistake and the new contract will be cancelled. Guess what, I again trusted them and to my surprise, next month I got the same bill. I called them again and they said it takes 20 working days for the contract to get cancelled completely. I waited for a month but the problem continues. Fast forward, couple more months, still the same issue, nobody is ready to look into it. It seems they just scam people of their hard earned money and force them into contracts. I guess VirginMedia can do better.Virgin Media routers and branding involved in fraud
As a targeted individual, i have had an ongoing issue with Virgin. In this case, I have had fraudsters inc redirecting my traffic and fake modems delivered to my address. My hub 3 is about a 1/3 of the weight, and the login page is not digitally signed and is broadcasting a hotspot. It shows portions of my mobile no, my gps coordinates of my home, tied to virginm, part of virgin media (inc an ip range that isnt part of the ASN no associated with Virgin Media, and claims to be part of North Yorkshire Council business services which I already confirmed was false inc the payment provider associated with the fake Harrogate & North Yorkshire Councils) This is related to my case against a group targeting me and now against the public. I whistleblew for the safety of others. The case is now so huge and is based on an individual replacing your routers via compromised individuals either who are staff or agency staff in Harrogate. I demand an official router, as others have received fake routers in Harrogate inc the targeting of your domain and staff going back 4 years. I have received fake emails and even now my phone and electronic communications to you are redirected by an upper level domain hack that affects everyone. My router shows a url hosted by the modem itself which breaches gdpr, my safety and involving the theft of benefit money nationwide. Please email me privately using an encrypted email or have a snr manager from Harrogate (area 22) so I can discuss this with him privately. There is a serious public safety issue and affects Virgin Media as your name is used fraudulently as being part of govuk networks.Fraudulent account set up in my name. now I have a ccj against me and affecting my credit rating.
I have recently been rejected for a mortgage due to a virgin media default. I did not set this account up or have any knowledge of its existence until I was rejected for my mortgage. I have tried to call and email virgin with no success leaving me with only a few options which is this forum, off com, or the police. I would appreciate some assistance ASAP to resolve this matter and have this negative taken of my credit report.Fraud in its finest
I spend from 14:30pm til 18:22 on the 19/08/24 trying to find out why I am being over charged for package upgrade I have not asked for or received, I have had my account suspended due to failed payment despite paying the £50:50p I was initially charged on the 16/08/24 I have been on this contract since December 23 and only today have I received a copy of my bill via email including my account number and area code. usually I have to wait to be cut off and receive a text message before I can pay on a dodgy automated payment line,the text asked for the telephone number they have contacted me on to proceed instead of my home telephone number that i am also unaware of,when I call the line my mobile flags it up as spam call and it asks me to proceed with the payment . Within 10 mins as promised services are resumed only to be cut off withing 10 days demanding more payments today I managed to speak to a very rude manager who claimed I had added and removed certain things from my package leaving me in credit of £102 but owing £160 (confused) and had not paid my bill since April 24 as I was on the phone the bill jumped from me owing £42 extra to £122 to a further £282 whilst my email I received today claims I'm in credit of £102 and have added £160 to my existing package when I explained I have paid the £50:50p requested I was informed the payment could be seen but I hadn't paid since July Also £7:50 late fees have been added each time upon speaking to the bank all payments have been met bar one in May they couldn't see (paid of my partners card ) and always the same amount £50:50p when explaining this to the manager she was very disconcerned and extremely rude challenging me and refusing to check my authorisation codes I cleverly noted down after each payment the phone call ended with me threatening ombudsman and her threatening me with cancellation fees and when I refused to pay it, she became very unprofessional saying it will be me with the bailiffs at my door ... my name on the account isn't even my correct name (error made by virgin) and when I quoted this the manager was willing to change this error as the contract would be null and void I obviously declined due to all the conflab to which she accused ME of commiting fraud, can anyone help me with this situation I am extremely reluctant to pay anything else, the staff all seem argumentative and never willing to help I have been with virgin media for nearly 9 years and I have never had an experience like it I'm very disappointed and will be canceling without cancellation fees also escalating this to the ombudsman as well as disputing fraud on every payment I have made since December 23 with my bank accountMissold by door rep
I spoke with a virgin sales rep who came to my door. I agreed a deal for 500 Broadband with Mega TV with sky sports & movies! Why? Because he said id get it for £51/£52 a month! Alas, 2 days later i get a text with a document that says i'll get broadband with just standard tv for £39.99... i then discover its another £53 to add sports & movies... So ive been missold / passed around call centers & told sky im leaving...for nothing? How do i cancel the install or get the deal i was promised? I have the lads name / number & contact card. Thanks!