1, Report:
#164965
Posted Date:
Nov 17 2005
Business Data Center Premium Data Marketing, Business Directory Scam Ripoff Plattsburgh New York
Business Data Center aka Premium Marketing Services, Inc. (and possibly aka Infomatika Publications)attempting to collect payment on an invoice for a telephone directory listing and CD-ROM Directory that our company had not ordered or purchased.
On 11/16/05 our accounts payable d...
Entity
Business Data Center
Categories: Telemarketers
2, Report:
#131737
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2005
Infomatika Publications ripoff Misleading selling practices, claiming renewal of service and verification of contact information CHAMPLAIN New York
My situation is similar, if not identical to the other complaints detailing fraudulent and misleading practices of Infomatika.
The telemarketer called to verify our company information and claimed they were simply updating our information for renewal purposes since we had used t...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Telemarketers
3, Report:
#131685
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2005
Infomatika Publications RIPOFF TAMPERING WITH TAPED CONVERSATIONS PUBLICATIONS SCAM Champlain New York
Our company has had the same experience as other consumers that I have read on this website. For over 2 years, Infomatika has been attempting to get us to pay $349.95 for a Complimentary directory that we never ordered.
Infomatika has a taped conversation of one of our employees ...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Attorney Generals
4, Report:
#122843
Posted Date:
Dec 14 2004
Infomatika Directory Scam Champlain New York
My company received a bill for $374.95 for some directory. When I questioned the bill, they stated that they had an audio recording of one of our employees verifying the purchase. I asked them if our employee was notified that the conversation was being recorded. They stated that...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Corrupt Companies
5, Report:
#121642
Posted Date:
Dec 07 2004
Infomatika ripoff dishonest fraudulent billing and harassment Champlain New York
In November of 2003 I received a phone call from Infomatika verifying our company name and address. I verified that the name and the address were correct.
The person told me that this was regarding a renewal of a publication called American Business Listing Directory that we were...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Sales People
6, Report:
#119646
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2004
Infomatika Publications Ripoff telemarketing scam fraudulent billing Champlain New York
I had the same experience as other people who posted on this site. A salesperson contacted me to verify my address and said they were renewing my listing in their business directory. Knowing full well that we had never listed previously, I told him that I was not interested. The sa...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Telemarketers
7, Report:
#99521
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2004
Infomatika ripoff Champlain, New York
I received a call from these people stating that they received my request to cancel my listing.( AS I did not know exactly who they were and was not worried about the cancellation of a listing, I receive calls all day for free listings and such and I tell them all no) they told me t...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Corrupt Companies
8, Report:
#94218
Posted Date:
Jun 09 2004
Infomatika Publications Directory Scam Champlain New York
My company has had the same experience as other consumers whose reports I have read on this website. For almost two years, Infomatika has been attempting to get us to pay $349.95 for a Complimentary directory that we never ordered.
We have had numerous communications with them s...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
9, Report:
#83297
Posted Date:
Mar 09 2004
Infomatika Rip-off! Fraudulent billing and doctoring recordings. Champlain New York
I am so glad I found this site. The complaints we read are exactly what we went through. They supposedly recorded the conversation with our purchasing department, but when they played it back it was obviously doctored, with the important parts removed, of course. Their rudeness o...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Telemarketers
10, Report:
#81924
Posted Date:
Feb 26 2004
Infomatika Publications ripoff--Thank you Ripoff Report Champlain New York
After many harrassing phone calls from Victoria and Kathleen Thomas I decided to look this company up on the web and thank goodness Rip off Reports showed up!
My situation is almost verbatim of the postings already on this site. When we received our free book with an invoice enc...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Advertising Agencies
11, Report:
#81832
Posted Date:
Feb 25 2004
Infomatika Publications ripoff directory scam Champlain New York
Someone from Infomatika contacted a clerk in our organization requesting updated information on our company. She told them to send any request for information in writing.
Lo and behold, an invoice for $349.95 shows up with a directory. The directory was returned, and the invoice...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Telemarketers
12, Report:
#81776
Posted Date:
Feb 25 2004
Infomatika Also Known As Matrix Data Index fradulent billing, ripoff, dishonest, scam artist Champlain New York
Our company recieved an invoice from Infomatika in 2003, but could not find the product that was said to be sent. When we spoke with Gerald Barkly, Account Manager at Infomatika, he stated that our CEO signed for the Business Directory which we knew to be untrue because the CEO neve...
Entity
Infomatika Also Known As Matrix Data Index
Categories: Telemarketers
13, Report:
#81270
Posted Date:
Feb 21 2004
World Benefits, Imperial Benefits, Infomatika, Ameri-source [AKA World Wide Source] Scamplain: Your Tax Dollars at Work, Economic Development Assistance for Ameri-source [World Wide Source] and Infomatika? Champlain New York
It seemed but an odd coincidence that many of the scam companies mentioned in the Rip Off Report were in Champlain, New York, But to find them IN THE SAME INDUSTRIAL BUILDING COMPLEX should raise a few questions. The property in question is an industrial building complex owned by So...
Entity
World Benefits, Imperial Benefits, Infomatika, Ameri-source [AKA World Wide Source]
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
14, Report:
#79769
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2004
Infomatika ripoff The solution is for them to stop harrassing and bullying people into purchasing something they don't want or need. Champlain New York
I am a librarian at a library in South Carolina and a couple of months ago I was out on vacation. I had a sub filling in for me. A rep from Infomatika called the library wanting her to agree to ordering a book costing $400.00 she told them that she wasn't authorized to order the boo...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
15, Report:
#78688
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2004
International Business Directories Michael Mouyal, Canadian Scammer, Stiffed His Barbados Sales Staff, Similar Scam to World Wide Source, Ameri-source, NBIE, IT Data Direct and Infomatika Montreal Quebec
Sometimes you read a report rebuttal from a Canadian scammer who says his or her company is such a great place to work. Read on to learn of the sorry treatment one of these scam operators gave his own telemarketers in Barbados! This is why these entities should be viewed as criminal...
Entity
International Business Directories
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
16, Report:
#78199
Posted Date:
Jan 28 2004
Infomatika Scam Champlain New York
I have repeatedly told this company that I do not want their services but they keep sending demand letters.One purported collection person said they had me on tape. I have never received anything in writing from them except invoices and demand letters and a book (unrequested) in whi...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
17, Report:
#75548
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2004
Attorney General Of New York Why Can't They Shut Down Companies Like World Wide Source, Ameri-source, IT Data Direct and Infomatika? Dozens of other companies too, BIG ripoff to consumers, how many more people must get ripped off! NY, take lessons from Vermont! Champlain & Plattsburgh New York
When Canadian scam companies set up mail drops in Vermont border towns such as Alburg, the Vermont Attorney General moved quickly to send them a message: You are not welcome here! You tarnish the reputation of our fine state.
But the company singled out by Vermont for prosecution...
Entity
Attorney General Of New York
Categories: Attorney Generals
18, Report:
#76353
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2004
J.D. Marvel The Real Location is not Champlain, New York. The Attorney General of New York Can Ban Them from Using this 'Mail Drop and Should be Encouraged to do so! Pointe-Claire Quebec
In case you wondered, here is the actual address of the infamous J. D. Marvel Company:
J.D. Marvel Products Inc.
1 Holiday - Tour Ouest Bureau 230
Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 5N3
CANADA
John Dragan, President
Email............ [email protected]
Phon...
Entity
J.D. Marvel
Categories: Mail Order Services
19, Report:
#71598
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2003
Com Dex Calendar Sales, A.k.a. Ameri Source Try to co-erce company info out of me, act as if you ordered previously. Forcefully try to sell you custom calendars. Toronto, Canada Ontario
Is it coincidence only that these people are from the same province and location as Ameri-Source Publications, Infomatika, and the several other related fraudulent companies? Their calendar sales pitch is almost identical to what we got from Ameri Source. *We're offering you a speci...
Entity
Com Dex Calendar Sales - Ameri-Source
Categories: Telemarketers
20, Report:
#75377
Posted Date:
Dec 21 2003
Infomatika Publications harassing me over an invoice for something I specifically told them I was not interested in!!! Champlain New York
I too am victim of Infomatika's deceptive practices. I received a phone call from one of their sales reps discussing their publication and presenting themselves as , during which I repeatedly told the rep that I was not interested in advertising with them. Several times during thi...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Advertising Agencies
21, Report:
#75344
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2003
INFOMATIKA PUBLICATIONS RIPOFF. FRADULANT BILLING. TAMPERING WITH TAPED CONVERSATIONS Champlain New York
Basically I recieved the same treatment from these scammers as everyone else on this site did. It does no good to argue with them. Trust Me! I finally filed with the Better Buisness Bureau AND the New York Attorney Generals office. (THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE CALLS!). Within t...
Entity
INFOMATIKA PUBLICATIONS
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
22, Report:
#73201
Posted Date:
Nov 26 2003
Infomatika Publications Fraudulent & Misleading Phone Campaign Targeting Businesses Champlain New York
We received an invoice dated 10/15/03 from Infomatika for a Preferred Customer Listing in their publication, at $349.95. At my inquiry to our temporary receptionist about whether she knew anything about it, she told me she had received a call from them to verify our company informa...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Telemarketers
23, Report:
#72341
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2003
Infomatika Publications tried to scam our University Champlain New York
I received a call from Infomatika Publications back in July. They asked me to confirm my contact information, and then said we would receive a complimentary business listing. I told them that we didn't wish to purchase anything, and was reassured that the business listing was comp...
Entity
Infomatika Publications
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
24, Report:
#71594
Posted Date:
Nov 13 2003
Infomatika Publications fraudulent phone call & billing Champlain New York
I got a call to verify our listing in a business directory. We get these calls all the time, and I did not recognize the publication, and said we do not receive this and do not want to. I was told that this was just to verify our address information, which I did.
At the end I...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Telemarketers
25, Report:
#71470
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2003
Infomatika fraudulent billing ripoff! Champlain New York
Sales rep called me to sell me this directory and I declined multiple times. He them asked me for my name to send out a cancellation notice to my attention. I gave him my name and the call ended. I do not remember getting a second call from this company.
Weeks later a large vo...
Entity
Infomatika
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers