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ANON's comment	ANON \| 06/03/2009

I have been ripped of by this charleton as well we need to get him out of the industry.
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Good to see the MFAA	Mad Marty \| 06/03/2009

actually do something for a change(SARCASM HERE)
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fed up's comment	fed up \| 09/03/2009

this guy has to be stopped!!! please see the forums
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Nervous Manager's comment	Nervous Manager \| 09/03/2009

Can someone tell me whats goign at Challenger? Their share price is down to 88 cents from $7. They sacked staff and management all promoted themselves. Are these guys a secure business partner for us? I hear they are planning on ditching the mortgage management side of things to focus on plan etc? Any comments?
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Mark Whittingham is scum and needs to be finished up!	Another angry broker!!! \| 02/04/2009

I don't understand how this can continue to happen. If this was a normal consumer, not a business owner that was affected he would have been dealt with already. MFAA what do we pay you for! 20+ cases and still no major action, this is not good enough.
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What can the MFAA do?	OzBoy \| 02/04/2009

Another angry broker!!! get a grip if the business/es owned by Whittingham are not MFAA members there is nothing they can do, probably even less if they are a member. You should direct your anger to the brokers who have not complained to their respective consumer affairs departments, if they get enough complaints they will act, but again it has nothing to do with the MFAA, I am at a loss as to how many brokers belong to the MFAA and have no idea what they can and can't do, just staggering.
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Mark Whittingham scam brokers	Brisbane Broker \| 03/04/2009

Mark provied a money back guarantee if the leads that were supplied was not up to the standard promissed. As it turned out the agreed number of leads were not supplied. The small number of leads I received were not contactable, old and bogus. I requested Mark to execrise the money back guarantee. No phone calls, only abusive emails were received from Mark. Therefore still $900 out of pocket..........This guy MUST be stopped.
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STOP This CREEP	Mark GO AWAY \| 03/04/2009

I just received an email where he promises a NEW one, for $50 each lead. Can you please stop this guy! He has now removed any references to his recognisable business names and his own name (wonder why) but the idiot is recognisable from his 1800 phone number.
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mark whittingham	Jon h \| 06/04/2009

He must be a member of MFAA as he was with Choice home loans we lost $16500 with this dud
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MFAA - Mostly Fluff, Awful Apathy	Poor Broker \| 06/04/2009

MFAA - Mostly Fluff, Awful Apathy
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Rip Off Continues	MARK is SHAMELESS \| 07/04/2009

Latest SPAM from Mark. Proof that he is an ACTIVE broker is the last line of this SPAM. "HLSSA has been supplying leads to brokers for 3 years in May 2009. To celebrate the event we are offering the first 20 brokers-. 6 Postcodes $599 Plus the first 50 Leads FREE the offer is valid until sold out To find out more just reply to this email or call 1800 624 663 Or if you just want to check out the website www.hlssa.com.au Looking to sell your business & or trail?"
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HE'S A PARASITE	U GOING DOWN MARK \| 09/04/2009

This guy is a con artist!! Have no idea how he keeps getting away with it!! I hope one day i meet him as he likes to sound big on the phone but id like to see how big he is face to face!! U r a lose MARK WHITTINGHAM and you know it!!
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CCCT - Small Commercial Claims under $20K	CCCT \| 09/04/2009

Guys just take it to the small claims tribunal. You can submit you complaint online via Dept of Fair Trading web site. Commercial complaint under $20,000 claim = No lawyers are allowed, just you and him.
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AKA My Mortgage!! Beware!	Mel \| 05/05/2009

He also sends emails from My Mortgage, with internet address of www.mymortgage.net.au...telephone number is exactly the same as the one noted for HLSSA
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LEADS	Arthur \| 06/05/2009

Thanks to kind hearted people like you guys speaking out. What happened to me was, I paid by cheque on a Friday to Mark's account, and I saw complaints over the week-end, and I stopped the cheque on Monday morning. Also, for those who want to rely on purchasing leads to survive, my experience tells me that it will not work. I did work for an accountancy firm as an in-house broker, which has genuine leads, but what actually happened is beyond believe. The first thing that they asked me to do was to put the customer on low-doc, irrespective of whether the customer can achieve by full-doc or not, because ..... they have their other plans ..... Trust me, work on your network, and generate your own leads. It does take time, but that is the only way. If you cannot, find a better job/business, particularly for the younger folks.
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It may not be much, however	Will \| 07/05/2009

While I have not been ripped off by Mark, I did give his offer some consideration some time ago, and I'm thankful that I did some research and found out what he's all about. I do, however, receive continuous SPAM from him and decided to call his 1800 number and tell them to take me off. I then realised that it diverts to his mobile, so every time I call, he will pay for the free call and the mobile diversion. Why don't we all rally together and call his 1800 as often as possible - true, the money goes to Telstra (not much better) but it brings me a very small amount of satisfaction knowing that every time I hit redial I'm costing him money. Dial away!
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Straight Face Scammer & Lier	Michael Nasr \| 11/05/2009

I have been duped by him for $695 last may 2008. I got leads for 2 days & all stopped.
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Straight Face Scammer & Lier	Michael Nasr \| 11/05/2009

I have been duped by him for $695 last may 2008. I got leads for 2 days & all stopped.
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Michael Nasr's comment	Michael Nasr \| 11/05/2009

I have been duped by him for $695 last may 2008. I got leads for 2 days & all stopped. Many emails & phone calls. Never returned any calls. I got my wife to call him & he abused her. I went to the Fair Trading in NSW. The judge said that somebody is trying to liquidate his company and that she could not do anything. Absolute waste of money & time including the time spent at court. He never appeared at the court too. I thought I was the only one but it appears that many are the victims. I will pursue him to the last breath. Anybody that can help, please call me on 02 9897 9696
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HLSS	Branislav Sovacki \| 11/05/2009

Just read on internet your stories about HLSS and I and my organisation have some problem with him but I was ignored because I think that happen only to me but now see is not just one case. I contact him First time on 02/06/08 than 4/06/08 he send me email that website will be available from 16/06/08 after few emails and 20 days waiting he send me email they have problem with website. Contact him and send email to canceled contract and with few emails he send me email and promise “ I will arrange for payment to your card when I get back next week” that was on 27/06/08 I try contact him every week and allways goes into ansfering machine and one day 07/07/08 he send me email “Sorry I missed your call the other day, But I have been away for the past ten days. Can you please notify us by email the cancellation of your service so that I can arrange the refund?” And that on 15/07/08 got another email “Dear Branko, Your refund will be processed with our accounts towards the end of the month.” That months never come In January 2009 contact him via phone and I didn’t been so nice with him and promise him that we will be see each other someday in future in for eyes. If you need any more information for your publication please don’t hesitate contact me
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broker	fred \| 12/05/2009

mark whittingham need to be barred from all aspects of finance his history at westpac says it all
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1800#	Hellman \| 13/05/2009

You can also try calling his 1800 number (which diverts to his mobile) - at least he is paying STD rates for the call. Also, try using another e-mail address and hitting his site as a home loan client - will be interesting to see where the 'lead' ends up.
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broker	fred \| 15/05/2009

Further to Gavins comments someone should get in touch with this paper and get them to send all our comments to vcat?
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HLSSA	Fraudster \| 26/05/2009

Matter has nothing to do with MFAA.MFaa recomended compliants be passed on to ASIC and relevant govertment consumer bodies.Lets not blame MFAA when some clown trying to rip people off.Lodge you compliants to proper chanels and get on with traeting people as you would like to be treated.Efficiently honestly and with respect .Maybe our Lenders should also try this when dealing with us Brokers?????
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Mark Whittingham	Shane \| 26/05/2009

I posted comment on earlier thread about Mark Whittingham. If you have been ripped off by Mark can I encourage you to all to do as I have and report this to Today Tonight and the police (besides VCAT) for further investigation.
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Justin 's comment	Justin \| 10/06/2009

I am staggered so many of you bought leads. Did it occur to you why he was not writing the loans himself. $2,000 average income for an upfront $ 100 cost for the lead - hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Didnt this give you a warning? Caveat Emptor
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MFAA	A's comment \| 10/06/2009

Can someone please tell me, other than running expensive "get-together" fuctions, and sucking up to the right pople in order to become a dominating representative in the indstry, what has MFAA done for its members in terms of (a) commission cuts, (b) the current practice of immediate bank approval for banks' branches, but take weeks for brokers, (c) why does ASIC agree to let MFAA exercise its disciplinary action. Sad to say, I am a member, because the other mob is even orse. It is not because I am better, but the other guy is worse. What is going on? Apart from fulfilling their own agenda, what representation has this mob done for its members?
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These allegations are untrue	John Harris \| 17/06/2009

These allegations are untrue. You guys bought leads as you were too lazy to source your own referrers. Did it occur to you why some one would sell a lead that would generate about 10 times the income if he worte the loan himself.
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John Harris NFI	Mark \| 23/06/2009

Mark Whittingham's business has been wound up by Supreme Court. Maybe John Harris can use some of the royalties he receives from the book How To Win Friends and Influence people to pay for some of the losses under the HLSSA leads scam.
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HLSSA	Lender4Life \| 28/06/2009

I would like to know where he got the database to market his services to and if he breached the anti-spam act to send a group email out. Some one has supplied this outfit with plenty of information and as far as I know unless you get permission to email you cannot send any email. I think by memory the fine is $500,000.
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Yep thats Mark	Oz Boy \| 22/07/2009

Domain name registered on the 30th of July to Home Selection Services Pty Ltd and Mark Whittingham is the contact for the domain name.
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John Simpson's comment	John Simpson \| 22/07/2009

When are you guys going to relaise you have to do your own marketing? Buying leads? Dear me didnt you think that if its more profitable to write the deals themselves why wasnt he doing this? Move on. Go and do some marketing.
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Nearly sucked in	Nic \| 22/07/2009

I did some searches before dealing with him and nearly got sucked in to 'buying' a database, supposedly from one of his clients who was retiring. Some 55,000 "leads" were meant to be provided & he presented some dodgy 'contract' but wouldn't let my solicitor look over it, present my own or pay the database price to a solicitors trust account until the database was verified to be existent. Luckily, i dint pay him anything. from looking at the above comments, something needs to be done to stop this guy from ripping off more brokers.
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report him for spam simple	Edsta \| 03/08/2009

Guys, save your energy and report him for spam. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/HOMEPAGE/pc=HOME They'll sort him :o)
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John Harley's comment	John Harley \| 03/08/2009

If you are lazy enough to buy leads you deserve what you get.
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JH's comment	JH \| 08/09/2009

I too have been ripped off by Mark Whittingham. I refused to pay him any further funds, he then lodged a claim against me via VCAT saying I owed him just over $3,000 for leads which were not false (some of which he had previously sold to me others were double ups). It cost me in legal fees at my end, not to mention I paid him a portion of this to get rid of him. I have paid this guy thousands in the 12mth period 2007 - 2008. Since I have seen this forum today, I am now starting to wonder what action I can take to get some money back.
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Mark Whittingham	Today Tonight? \| 08/09/2009

Gee, wouldn't "Today Tonight" just love to hear this story on Mark Whittingham. If MFAA / ASIC / VCAT and the rest can't stop him well I"m sure the media can at least expose him????
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Simon Norris's comment	Simon Norris \| 08/09/2009

You guys should source your own leads not but them
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Report the Spammer	Sick of his spam \| 15/09/2009

Mark Wittinghams unsubscribe link in emails is ingnored. 1)http://www.acma.gov.au/interforms/spam_complaint_email.asp 2)Receive a case number 3) Forward every email to the complaints email address with the message headers and the case file number.
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unbelievable	Chris \| 17/09/2009

best of luck
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DO NOT DEAL WITH HIM	DO NOT DEAL WITH HIM \| 17/02/2010

This bloke now has a NEW SCAM
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