Mad Al Distributors, A Division Of Ry RIver, This company send fraudulant checks for thousands of dollars posing as a home improvement grant Anchorage Alaska
I recieved a check in the mail from this company for 4960.00 that they had stated was to help pay taxes and fees on a home improvement grant that I never applied for. The grant was for 39000.00 they claim they were holding in an escrow account for me and I had a deadline to activate my check and pay the taxes and fees before they could release my grant money. It all sounded ok except, I didn't apply for a grant for home improvement, and getting a grant for college takes a lot of paperwork, so that was 1 red flag. 2nd red flag on the back of this letter it states that no 3rd party involvement will be tolerated and the letter must stay at home at all times. Duh!! The check was drown on a band check from the First National Bank A L A S K A .
The company also goes under the name COMMUNITY TRUST, INC. but the check is from Mad Al Distributors, a division of Ry River, Inc. a company based in Ankorage, AK. Anyway I just wanted people to remember if it sounds too good to be true...it usually is a scam!!!!!
Madhatter
Sneads Ferry, North Carolina
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Mad Al Distributors
Anchorage,Alaska,
U.S.A.
Mad Al's Reply
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, June 12, 2008
We were recently informed of the complaints on your website that refer to Ry River, Inc dba Mad Al Distributors. There appears to be a serious misunderstanding of Mad Al Distributors' role in this matter. A check we mailed to one of our vendors was stolen from the mail. That check appears to have been copied in some manner and used to create a multitude of counterfeit checks. We have dealt with a sizeable number of phone calls, mailed correspondence and been forced to close our bank account.
Mad Al Distributors in no way took part in perpetrating a scam against anyone at any time or ever. We have been operating a reputable business for 20 years. As soon as we were aware of the situation, our bank, First National Bank of Alaska was notified and asked to freeze the account. Notice of the situation was posted on our website in hopes that persons receiving these phony checks and letters would find our website and not be taken by the scam. For weeks our phone lines were tied up answering calls about the checks as we explained the problem to people who called our phone number. We reported the matter to the appropriate government agencies and hope to have the perpetrator of this scam located and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We did every single thing humanly possible to minimize the damage. The scam greatly disrupted our business and continues to do so.
I respectfully request that you let the readers of your report know that our company had no involvement in this scam. We were just as much victims of this scam as well as the persons receiving counterfeit checks on our account.
Sincerely,
Randal R Ramuglia
President
907-274-4115