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Sibongiseni S

1 reviews | Active since Dec 2014

11 Jul 2019, 23:12

60 year old mother mislead

My 60 year old mother Cecilia Sozele had a traumatic experience with Clientele. She was assisted by Sanele Masikane, a representative of the KZN branch. He offered her an investment product, which has a monthly premium of R359. 00 where my mother will not pay the premiums if she finds two people to join Clientele. The offer looked great she agreed. He took her to an office and asked her to swipe her card to a card machine so that "he can verify if the card is truly hers", he asked her to punch in her pin and she did, not knowing that she was paying her first premium, even though she had been told that "no premiums will go through".

Luckily she was able to reverse her first premium but could not reverse the June premium. We phoned the call center and spoke to Lebogang Mahlangu, who told us that the premium will not be reversed because my mother signed an application form. I requested a FAIS record of discussion and she told me that "Clientele does not use FAIS record of discussion when they are selling products to clients". I informed her that a signed record of discussion would have reflected the discussion between my mother and Clientele's discussion. My mother was misinformed, **** to and taken an advantage of, because of her age. I am very hurt and disappointed.

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Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply12 Jul 2019, 08:39
Official
Dear NOMATHAMSANQA C,

We confirm receipt of the concerns raised.

Your query has been escalated to the relevant department for investigation and we will be in contact to assist further with the matter.

Yours sincerely,

Judith Mboweni

Service Support Specialist 

Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply12 Jul 2019, 14:10
Official
Dear NOMATHAMSANQA C, Thank you for raising your concerns and bringing this matter to our attention. At the outset we would like to apologise for the service your mother  received and for any inconvenience this may have caused her.  We assure you this is not the level of service we aim to provide our clients and the necessary corrective measures will be taken. Your mother was contacted and feedback was provided and confirmed that the matter has been referred to the relevant management team for further investigation.  She did confirm that she was satisfied with the feedback provided. We trust you find this in order and that this matter was resolved to your satisfaction.  However, should you require any further assistance in this regard, please feel free to contact us again. Kind regards,

Benita Steyn
Investigator
Compliance