Neville Group - Steve Marmott - Stephen L. Marmott National Debit Ripoff National Company engages in illegal practices to extort money from identy theft/fraud victims. New York New York
In March of 2005, I found fraudulent charges on my credit card. Having been the victim of identity theft/fraud on average of two to three times per year since 1999, I know the drill. I reported them to my credit card company, who sent me out affadavits to sign and notarize (which I did). At the beginning of August, I received a threatening letter from a company calling itself The Neville Group, Inc., stating that they had conducted an investigation and that they had verified the charge was legitimate -- and that they expected me to pay the charge as well as a penalty fee. I REFUSE TO SUBMIT TO EXTORTION.
They gave me the "option" of filling out an affadavit and sending it to me if I felt this was not a true charge (which I did, along with ALL the documentation from my credit card company, stating, among other things, that they had cleared me of the fraudulent charges). I sent the letter certified mail, return receipt requested (as I do for all identity theft/fraud matters) and on August 22nd, received it back from the post office as undeliverable. I did a search on "The Nevill Group" and "New York" in Google and found that I was not the only victim of this obvious scam. I found company information and company names associated with this scam and have reported it here, to the RIP-OFF REPORT in hopes that someone else who was a victim of this scam will find this posting and realize that he/she is not alone.
Robert
Santa Monica, California
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Robert
Santa Monica,California,
U.S.A.
Another letter...
#3Author of original report
Mon, October 17, 2005
Well today I received a second letter from this group, alleging that because I have not responded to their first letter (I did -- I filled out the affidavit and sent it via certified, return-receipt requested mail and it was RETURNED), that I will be subject to even more charges and that if I don't respond by Oct. 19th, I will be subject to something called an "International Arbitration Panel" -- which sounds very official, but is little more than yet another hollow threat. They also state that I will be notified by mail of the "tribunal's judgement". I'm sure no matter what I do, I'll have a "tribunal judgement" letter to post here very soon. I've read all the updated postings since my first posting, and about a month ago I even received a reply to my letter to the AG of New York (Eliot Spitzer rules) who stated they would investigate the matter. I DO NOT PLAN TO SEND THESE SCAM ARTISTS ANYTHING, AS I AM SURE THAT THIS IS INTERNATIONAL FRAUD. I HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER AND I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO BE VICTIMIZED. MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT EITHER. I'm contacting my attorney who will call them, as I refuse to be a party to any of this fraud.
Robert
Santa Monica,California,
U.S.A.
Additional Update - Called Fraud Dept. of Credit Card Company
#3Author of original report
Tue, August 23, 2005
I have done a further search today and contacted the Fraud Department at my credit card -- they assure me that a) the company that accepted the fraudulent charge did not respond in time and b) that the process that they (the Neville Group, etc.) are going through is not the proper process. She believed it to be a fraudulent extortion scheme as well.