91, Report:
#427475
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2009
ZPDI Excessive billing for collect calls accepted on behalf of Inmate Communication San Diego California
We received a phone call from a friend who was for a few hours in the local police station. We listened to the message and there was nothing about the cost of the phone call and we then accepted the collect call after listening to the entire message. We talked 3 minutes the first ...
Entity
ZPDI
Categories: Correctional Facilities / Jail
92, Report:
#422951
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2009
HBC - Hold Billing Services, On Behalf Of UnitedTel- Findyourdiet.com *Bill Cramming Scam* using Embarq phone co. -Claims pop up ad authorized! Internet
We recently recieved our Embarq home phone bill, only to find an added $14.95 monthly charged tacked on from this company. My husband first called the company and was very polite to the person- initially.
The company he contacted, Hold Billing Services, told my husband that the ...
Entity
HBC - Hold Billing Services - UnitedTel - Findyourdiet.com
Categories: Internet Fraud
93, Report:
#422503
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2009
Magicjack Lies About Free Incoming Phone Calls! Their webpage clearly states incoming calls from same area code are free. Friend got $70.00 charge from her phone company! Internet Florida
Magicjack's website advertises under Frequently asked questions that calls received on Magicjack from friends and family in the same area code are free!. I passed this information on to my friends in my area code. My friend just received her monthly bill from Embarq with over $70....
Entity
Magicjack
Categories: Telephones
94, Report:
#421058
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2009
TriVoice International - Intellicom Messaging Check your phone bill - I was ripped off and you might have been too Internet
I have been trying to figure out why my monthly bill with Embarq (phone company) is so high so finally I went to my account online and viewed my bill in detail. I found a Third Party Providers portion of my bill. When I clicked on the details I see a charge of $29.90 per month for...
Entity
TriVoice International - Intellicom Messaging
Categories: Voicemail Services
95, Report:
#419536
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2009
ILD Teleservices, Inc. Unauthorized, Fraudulant 3rd Party Charges To Phone Bill Ponte Vedra Beach Florida
I recently discovered an unauthorized, 3rd party phone charge on my Embarq phone bill by ILD Teleservices for $6.83. I decided to take a look back in prior phone bills, and have found that this charge has appeared on my phone bill for the last two or three years (It could be longer...
Entity
ILD Teleservices, Inc.
Categories: Telephone Companies
96, Report:
#411175
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2009
SILV Communications Slammed or company phone service. Los Angeles California
I work for a small business in Nevada. Shortly after I started here, I received a telephone call from a representative stating that he was calling on behalf of Embarq
He said the reason for his call was to verify the companies phone numbers because Embarq was offering all their...
Entity
SILV Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
97, Report:
#409584
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2009
Embarq is a Sub-standard Joke of a Telephone Company Overland Park kansas
All over the news we are seeing stories about Pay for Play. How do you think the telephone company in your neighborhood got the monopoly? Why do we not have choices about who will deliver our telephone land line service (which we are FORCED to have in order to get the DSL service ...
Entity
Embarq
Categories: Government Corruption
98, Report:
#409581
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2009
Creditors Financial Group telephone harassement and automated dialing to my phone several times a day Aurora Colorado
past two weeks - collection calls for my son who does not live here. advised this collection agency to cease and desist from calling me. they then put my phone number into an automated system, phone calls average 4 times a day. identified them when line was open in error and could h...
Entity
Creditors Financial Group
Categories: Miscellaneous Office Services
99, Report:
#407527
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2009
USBI & Flat Rate Long Distance Scam Slam Phone Company Indianapolis Indiana
I don't carry long distance service on my house phone choosing to use my cell phone instead. The land line is merely a convenience for the computer or local business calls. In my December 2008 bill I was surprised to see a charge from Flat Rate Long Distance for Miscellaneous char...
Entity
USBI & Flat Rate Long Distance
Categories: Telephone Companies
100, Report:
#403501
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2008
Embarq Wireless And Allied Interstate Overcharged for incoming long distance calls and without notice, disconnected the long distance feature of our service and contracted Allied Interstate Collection agency to harass us. What was a $300.00 bill is now a $600.00 bill. Embarq Wireless, Internet
This last summer/fall, we received some long distance calls from pay phones in another city. Unknown to us, the calls were several dollars per minute. When we challenged the cost of the long distance calls, our communications company, Embarq Wireless cut off the unlimited long dis...
Entity
Embarq Wireless
Categories: Collection Agencies