131, Report:
#1404295
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2017
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Half Price Books Don't Be a Sucker Des Moines Iowa
Visited Des Moines, IA, store on 10/3/17 for the purpose of testing this chain store. I have seen multiple bad reviews of this chain and wanted to test them myself to see if the bad reviews were are true. Unfortunately, the bad reviews are true, if not a major understatement. I...
Entity
Half Price Books
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
132, Report:
#1403168
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2017
Central Awards Distribution / Grand Prize Sweepstakes XVII / Central Award Distribution Judges Div. Enter to win $2,000,000, but pay $11.89 application fee Kansas City Kansas
It's a scam where someone gives you their name, then tells you that you can pay a $11.89 application fee (Premium Offer Acquisition/Securement) to win $2,000,000.
This is a very clever scam; it looks official and also happened to arrive after I had entered the Publishers Clearing Ho...
Entity
Central Awards Distribution
Categories: Telemarketers
133, Report:
#1402571
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2017
APG Atlantic Publishers Group, LLC Phony Magazine Distributing Niwot Colorado
Phoney company is trying to collect money to renew a mangazine prescription, titles the magazine to appear officila. Well over priced, and using phoney subscription numbers. When you call th ephone number its just a drop box that basically says we can't help you if you have anyu i...
Entity
APG Atlantic Publishers Group, LLC
Categories: Producers
134, Report:
#1402318
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2017
Authorhouse Does not give the proper loyalties. Took more than $5000.00 from me, lied to me, did no honest business. How can they keep doing this to people? Internet
Authorhouse leads people to believe that they will actually make money. After I spent way over $5000 my book was finally published after I got ripped off by the proofing. I was told I had to buy 100 of my own book that I had just got published. (Which I bought). My book is lis...
Entity
Authorhouse
Categories: Book Publishers
135, Report:
#1400489
Posted Date:
Sep 16 2017
FDI claim I won 3.5 million, however would have to pay 799 first to register Internet
I just thought you would like to know. I was contacted by phone and they said I won 3.5 million from Publishers Clearing Hiouse. After more discussiuons they said I would have to first register with FDI and pay 799 dollars. After much discussion they finally left me alone. T...
Entity
FDI
Categories: Financial Services
136, Report:
#1400431
Posted Date:
Sep 16 2017
kansas award pubconstant mail stating if they get fee i have a big chance of winning been playing sweepstakes for yrs and yrs when i sent in fee they send me letter saying i should pay another fee higher than last?publishers clearing house sweepstakes sweepstakes Internet
*pubconstant mail stating if they get fee i have a big chance of winning been playing sweepstakes for yrs and yrs when i sent in fee they send me letter saying i should pay another fee higher than last?*
Entity
kansas award
Categories: Cash Services
137, Report:
#1399464
Posted Date:
Sep 12 2017
Mr. Zahid Jamil of Print Three Mississauga Rip-off courier service Mississauga Ontario
On the 6th September I requested that the Print Three store at 201 City Centre Drive in Mississauga send a standard FedEx document to Cambridge Scholars Publishers in Newcastle upon Tyne in England. Print Three is a licensed FedEx agent. The owner of the Print Three store, Mr. Zahid...
Entity
Mr.Zahid Jamil of Print Three Mississauga
Categories: Courier Services
138, Report:
#1398960
Posted Date:
Sep 09 2017
Atlantic Publishers Group Sent me a bill for a magazine that I already paid in full and have been receiving Niwot Colorado
I subscribed to a magazine us weekly which I paid in full. I then received a bill from this company Atlantic Publishers Group that I still owed the full payment. I called us weekly up to confirm that my balance was zero which it was. This company appears to be a scam trying to r...
Entity
Atlantic Publishers Group
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
139, Report:
#1398330
Posted Date:
Sep 07 2017
PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE PCH 4 payments/item - but PCH billing - misapplied my payments on items sent on time by check and missapplied payments on items returned or damaged. Late charges applied and won't correct them! Harlan, Iowa Internet
I have received letters stating that I owed over $130 on merchandise I had been making payments on time.I called and spoke to their PCH billing department - only to be told that they were going to send me a statement on products and payments they have on record.After review and send...
Entity
PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE
Categories: Questionable Activities
140, Report:
#1394295
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2017
James Monroe PCH Publishers Clearing House Phishing scam informing me of bogus PCH winnings Nationwide
Received a call from James Monroe (pronounced it Manroe) with an undetermined accent he could not maintain. Stated my name had been chosen in the PCH Publishers Clearing House random computer drawing. I had won $1.2M and a Mercedes Benz.
Told him I had not entered such a drawing. He...
Entity
James Monroe
Categories: Bait-and-Switch