Highland Titles Peter Bevis And The EHIC applyehic.org Connection

A new blog has appeared recently, the author, darthula, doesn't seem very keen on the Highland Titles con artists. The first and currently only post (I hope there will be more of the same standard to come), claims that Peter Bevis of Highland Titles was behind one of the most prolific European Health Insurance Card scams of all time, namely, the now defunct applyehic.org website.

I had myself strongly suspected a Bevis / EHIC card connection for some time, but had never really managed to piece enough evidence together to make it stick with absolute confidence. The new blog is a tremendous piece of sleuthing, thoroughly researched, and the evidence presented is very strong indeed.

The piece doesn't confine the story to the EHIC card scam, but touches on other aspects of the Bevis / Highland Titles nasty behavior. There is evidence of vindictive attacks on critics of their schemes, a company (Uccle Ltd) in the Seychelles tax haven, fabrication of conservation work done, and more.

https://theanatomyofascam.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/applyehic-org

Highland Titles Response to Twitter - Lies Guff And Misdirection

During the Twitter storm which shredded any notion that Highland Titles' customers actually own the land they now appear to have some kind of unclear "personal rights" to, Highland Titles produced a response to the Twitter critics.

I'm not currently going through he whole thing, it's riddled with guff, crap and nonsense, life is to short! Instead I'll just illustrate with one claim made how utterly dishonest Highland Titles really are. A lot on their Twitter response is in similar vein.

This is one claim made ....

"It was embarrassing to see an old Google advert of ours that mentioned “noble titles”.  Our website has never advertised noble titles"

They might even have got away with that, but fortunately there is a web service which automatically captures screen shots of websites, and there are several from Highland Titles owned website lochaberhighlandestates.com.

The screen capture from that website dated 05/05/2009 says quite clearly  "For as little as £29.99 you can buy a noble title". See it for yourself here

  

But wait, there's more. They admit to advertising that they claimed to sell noble titles in Google adverts, but seem to  have neglected to mention some more places that still make the claim even today.

The Lochaber Highland Estates Youtube account about page, 19 Feb 2015 here

Oh look, and here on their Tradekey listing 25 Feb 2015 here

 

Oops, and again on their Hotfrog listing  27 Feb 2015  here

lochaber Highland Estates is what Highland Titles used to call themselves. It is the same company, they just changed the name and still operate under that name.

When Highland Titles wrote, "Our website has never advertised noble titles", as seen above, that is just a barefaced lie.

When Highland Titles wrote, "It was embarrassing to see an old Google advert of ours that mentioned “noble titles”, that may well be true, but as above, they were also advertising noble titles for sale as a matter of routine in many places other than Google, including their own website.

That is the Highland Titles way, their typical mode of operation. Make untrue claims till caught out, then remove the evidence and say they never made those claims.

This time they haven't got away with it, the evidence is still there. The links above are to archived copies of the material. These are true reflections of the websites as they were at the date the archive was taken. As they are not under the control of Highland Titles, this time they can't quite so easily just change the evidence to suit.

I don't currently intend to examine the entire Highland Titles response to Twitter, it is nothing more than a web of lies deceit and misdirection, intended to fool the gullible. As seen above, just taking one point and examining it reveals the truth. What reputable company would even try to get away with that kind of  garbage?

There is a more detailed examination of the Highland Titles response to Twitter over at the scots-titles.com website, which covers it in a bit more detail, you might want to have a read.

Highland Titles And The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs Convenor

It seems the convener of The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, Sir Malcolm MacGregor, is not a Highland Titles fan either. He recently made a statement on the Bletherskite website in which he outlines his opinion of Highland Titles. It appears they do not impress him at all.

http://www.bletherskite.net/2015/02/13/highland-titles-twitter-battle-with-scottish-lawyers-result-home-win/#comment-115443

This is what he has to say.

"The lawyers have clarified that purchasing a souvenir plot of land in Scotland does not mean the purchaser owns the plot. It is still owned, in this case, by Highland Titles. The lawyers have also confirmed that purchasers of souvenir plots are emphatically not landowners.

Separately, though connected, the titles aspect of this saga also lacks authenticity.

First, only the Lyon Court can confer genuine titles in Scotland. No one else, and certainly not Highland Titles.

Second, there can only be one laird or title per geographical location. Highland Titles uses Glencoe. The genuine laird, or chieftain, MacIain of Glencoe (Clan Donald), was murdered on this day in 1692, the day of the infamous massacre. The title belongs to him and his descendants, and no one else. To suggest, as Highland Titles does, that there can be thousands of lairds or Lords of Glencoe is false.

Third, the actual place from which the title ‘of Glencoe’ is taken is in fact woodland at Duror, 10 miles away and has nothing to do with Glencoe geographically.

Fourth, the title of ‘laird’ or indeed Lord/Lady is not, and never has been, associated with a souvenir plot of land. Neither Lyon Court nor anyone else would recognise such a claim in respect of souvenir plots. Lyon has said as much in correspondence.

Highland Titles tend to work overseas where there is less knowledge of these matters. They rarely, if ever, operate in Scotland where they would be laughed out of court. Which is exactly what has has happened.

Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor
Convenor
Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs"

If you paid money to Highland Titles and believed you became owner of a plot of land or gained the right to any titles with your purchase, you did not. Please make a fuss about it and demand your money back, they don't deserve to have it.