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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 25 Jun 2014

    UK lender Wonga to pay £2.6m compensation after sending letters from non-existent law firms to customers in arrearshttp://bbc.in/1pieyul 

    1:53 AM - 25 Jun 2014
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    77 replies 578 retweets 161 likes
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      2. nicehome.store‏ @SeasonsandTrend 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking where does Wonga get their money from ??

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Richard Priest‏ @rp84 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @SeasonsandTrend

        @SeasonsandTrend @BBCBreaking Legalised extortion of people who cannot afford it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. nicehome.store‏ @SeasonsandTrend 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @rp84

        @rp84 @BBCBreaking A bank gives you an umerrella in the sunshine then takes it away when it rains.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Real Mackay‏ @rmackay11 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @SeasonsandTrend

        @SeasonsandTrend @rp84 @BBCBreaking unless u have more than one umbrella. Then u can keep it. Fucked up system.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. 1humanagenda‏ @1humanagenda 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @MartinBurke1 THATS #FRAUD N MISREPRESENTATION ! #WONGA MUST HAVE STRONGE #MASONIC CONNECTIONS TO GET AWAY WITH THIS LEVELCRIME

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      2. .Dear Aunty‏ @dearaunty 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @AngeT73 Church still have shares, do they?

        2 replies 3 retweets 0 likes
      3. Miss Handsome Pants‏ @_AudaciousAngel 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @dearaunty

        @auntysoapbox @BBCBreaking has nobody got integrity these days *shakes head in despair*

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. .Dear Aunty‏ @dearaunty 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @_AudaciousAngel

        @AngeT73 @BBCBreaking No one in any postion of power,thats for damn sure!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Brilliant Liverpool‏ @brilliantliverp 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I hope they all send the letters back to wonga too without postage on them! will hit them where it hurts too #GREED

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Kysen‏ @Kysen 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        RT @BBCBreaking: UK lender Wonga to pay £2.6m compensation after sending letters from non-existent law firms http://bbc.in/1pieyul 

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      1. Georgia Fussell‏ @grgwithnovowels 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: UK lender Wonga to pay £2.6m compensation after sending letters http://bbc.in/1pieyul ” @Miss_Freya @phoebe_indigo_

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      2. andrew thompson‏ @andrewthommo1 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Scum.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Andrew Thompson 🇪🇺‏ @_Polinard 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @andrewthommo1

        @andrewthommo1 @BBCBreaking scum indeed! They even had sickening audacity 2 add cost of sending bogus legal letters onto customers' arrears.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. andrew thompson‏ @andrewthommo1 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @_Polinard

        @_Polinard @BBCBreaking Well then surely that's a criminal matter. Simple fraud?

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Andrew Thompson 🇪🇺‏ @_Polinard 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @andrewthommo1

        @andrewthommo1 @BBCBreaking that's just the way most people C it, but I'm sure that #city #fatcat investors fleecing the poor through #wonga

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. andrew thompson‏ @andrewthommo1 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @_Polinard

        @_Polinard @BBCBreaking perhaps you can buy your way out of criminal liability in the UK. Who knew!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Mr Ethical‏Verified account @nw_nicholas 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @lordfec and HSBC(HFC) added illegal charges for 30 years - http://nichlaswilson.com 

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      1. 1humanagenda‏ @1humanagenda 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @MartinBurke1 #payday loans=#pedoloans !seeking out the weak innocent honest defenceless then buggering them with 1500-7000%apr

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      1.  ⚜️Tariq M ⚜️... 😘‏ @7TariqM 25 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking yet no prosecution why is it deemed acceptable for a company making millions not to be prosecuted ??? Their interest rate 600%

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