With 40 years of experience and a team of highly trained tracing agents, it’s no surprise that Vilcol is one of the most trusted tracing agencies for solicitors and law firms in the UK. 

Approximately 3000 people per day fall victim to online fraud and scams on social media, with Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp being the main culprits.

We’re proud to announce that 2024 marks Vilcol’s 40th anniversary as a leading investigative agency in the UK. 

At Vilcol, we are frequently contacted by institutions and lawyers who need our assistance to trace a missing individual who is involved in a legal case. Recently, we were contacted by the Midwifery Council to help trace a nurse who had been wrongfully suspended.

Vilcol is the leading tracing agency in the UK who specialise in probate tracing for wills and beneficiaries. We see countless cases from solicitors and families every year who find themselves unable to execute a loved one's will due to a beneficiary moving away or changing contact details and becoming unreachable. This issue can massively impact a solicitor’s ability to carry out a will, and so Vilcol can step in to help with our expert probate tracing services. 

As an FCA authorised agency, Vilcol frequently works with banks and building societies to help trace missing individuals and debtors. One of the most common cases we receive is building societies who need to find an updated customer address for those receiving pensions. 

We were recently contacted by a solicitor in the UK who needed our tracing agents help to track down a long lost relative in a probate case. This is a case we see very often at Vilcol, as people may be included in a will, or have a claim to the will, and need to be contacted before the will can be processed correctly. 

At Vilcol, we understand the delicate nature of suspicions and the importance of clarity in matters of the heart. We take all of your concerns seriously, and strive to provide you with legally and efficiently obtained answers. 

In recent months, we have been inundated with requests for our identity verification service. Most of the enquiries have been for an ID check on an individual they are romantically involved with in some form or another. We are seeing a rapid increase in people falling victim to catfishing, love bombing, romance blackmail, pro daters, online intimate activity, and inheritance romance scams. In some instances, the check is made too late, with the client already having  or, even worse, having been ‘fleeced’ with their life savings. 

A statutory demand is a written warning from a creditor. It will state that if a person owing debt doesn't pay their debt or come to another arrangement that is acceptable to the creditor, the creditor can apply to start court proceedings to bankrupt their debtor. 

Once the debtor has been served with the statutory demand, they have 21 days to pay their debt in full or come up with an acceptable arrangement.