Freedom Resource fraudulent ripoff business WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK Woodstock Georgia
My husband was contacted by Freedom Resource by phone offering him a Visa or MasterCard credit card with a $2500 limit to help rebuild his credit. All he had to do was authorize an electronic transfer of $221.95 from his checking account.
This was on or about September 20, 2002. We heard NOTHING from this company until November 16, 2002 when we received a "benefits package" in the mail and the promise of a "stored-value Mastercard" reservation form which would be arriving soon.
December 2, 2002 we receive the "reservation form" for the Mastercard, telling us that it is NOT a credit card at all, and NO credit will be extended! I sent them out a letter on November 18, 2002 demanding our money back and have heard nothing thus far.
Everytime we try to call we get put on hold and never get to speak to anyone. Plus, we have an outrageous phone bill from all these long-distance calls to Georgia! WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!!!!!!!
My husband had a bad feeling about this a couple days after the initial phone call, but of course they had already taken the funds from his account!
Melissa
Pine Plains, New York
2 Updates & Rebuttals
We Got Our Money Back!
#30
Wed, January 01, 2003
After reading some of these other reports, we decided to go to our bank and fill out one of those unauthorized ACH forms. We spoke to the Vice President of the bank and showed her the letter we had mailed to Freedom Resource. She said that since it was past 60 days, she could not guarantee that the money could be put back into our account but that we could give it a try. My husband filled out the form a couple weeks ago, and we just heard from the bank yesterday that the $221.95 was being put back into our account today!
Mary
Bolingbrook,Illinois,
Everyone needs to take action
#3Consumer Suggestion
Wed, December 04, 2002
Go to your bank and ask to fill out a unauthorized ACH form. Also call the county sheriff's office in Georgia, they are well aware of this company. We want enough calls going in there to sprout a investigation. I also contacted NBC Dateline, they love this stuff..
contact me via this report. good luck