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Date: 03.05.2012
From: sandy

Subject: anyone heard of these people?

just a quick question - has anybody heard of 'well being' its just that i got some really strange phone calls today from someone claiming to belong to this group or whatever it is.the worrying thing is that thet seemed to know that i have rheumatoid arthritis and were trying to convince me to either dump the hospital drugs and try their 'natural remedies or take them as well as the hospital drugs.its a bit worrying - for a start how did they know i've got ra and telling me to take both hospital drugs plus a load of natural remedies has got to be dangerous?? to be honest at the beginning of the phone call i thought it was a genuine health check as they seemed to know about the ra and about how long i've had it - i put the phone down on them and they still phoned back twice!! im a bit concerned how they know these details or maybe it was just a lucky guess...?
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Date: 03.05.2012
From: rhona

Subject: Re: anyone heard of these people?

Hi Sandy, I had a quick look online and there is a company called wellbeing selling supplements etc. Sometimes these companies buy personal details on people from other companies so they could probably have got your details anywhere. I would be suspicious of any company selling over the phone as they would then be asking you for your bank details.
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Date: 03.05.2012
From: Colin W

Subject: Re: anyone heard of these people?

Hi Sandy , mixing supplements with RA drugs you have to be very carefull , & anyone telling you its ok just dont know what they are talking about

you can stop all the unsolicited sales or marketing calls , reg on the Telephone Preference Service website & these companys are breaking the law afterwares http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html
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Date: 03.05.2012
From: davina

Subject: Re: anyone heard of these people?

hi sandy sorry that this company are contacting you, you do have to look exteamly well into what is being sold and how it will effect you and meds your taking.
xx
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Date: 04.05.2012
From: Sandy

Subject: Re: anyone heard of these people?

thanks everyone for your replies.I was more concerned about how much these people knew about me - its worrying to think how many personal details are made available to companies like this.there are so many people like us out there who suffer with pain every day who get to the point where you would try just about anything and these companies prey on your vunerabilities as I said before i honestly thought it was a genuine medical check up to begin with.i've taken your advice Colin and registered with the telephone preference service - thanks
Sandy xx
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