3701, Report:
#18783
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2002
Bay Area Business Council ripoff fraudulent ripoff business LARGO Florida
Like mostly everyone else here I was called and promised a credit card with a $2000 limit, the only thing I had to do was let them take the $187.90 out of my checking account. I was tired and should not have answered the phone, I gave out my account and routing number. It was the wo...
Entity
Bay Area Business Council
Categories: Credit Services
3702, Report:
#18418
Posted Date:
Apr 09 2002
Consolidated Media Services ripoff fraudulent ripoff business Atlanta Georgia
This is the text of a letter that will be sent in the morning:
I am going to be blunt. Cease and desist. The magazine order that you are attempting to collect for was not placed with your company, and was properly cancelled within 2 days of it origination.
My wife and I have...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Telemarketers
3703, Report:
#15147
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2002
Ripoff AOL Being Sued, AGAIN! Charging your credit card for products you never ordered!
Three AOL customers have filed suit against them for sending them merchandise they did not order and charging their credit/debit cards for same. Please note, this suit has not reached class action status as of yet but, in all probability, it WILL. Below is the news article as repo...
Entity
AOL
Categories: Internet Services
3704, Report:
#17780
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2002
AOL/ Talk.com Changed my lon distance without authorization, obtained my credit card info from AOL and billed my credit card after I refused to pay ripoff Clearwater? Internet
Talk America used to be affiliated with AOL, who has since severed all connections.
My long distance service was changed without my knowledge, by Talk America. I never received a bill from them, (I was later infromed that I had been receiving e-bills) until about six months afte...
Entity
AOL/ Talk.com
Categories: Telemarketers
3705, Report:
#15896
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2002
AllTel International Wireless Rate Plan
I have been on Alltel's customer service phone line now for over 45 minutes. I was quoted a rate of .60 a minute with a $3 monthly service charge for international calls to Jamaica. Today I received a call from their Fraud department who was concerned about the bill exceeding $200...
Entity
AllTel
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
3706, Report:
#17441
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2002
ILD Teleservices Inc. ripoff, ILD Teleservices Flat Out Lied to Me, Charged 4x what they said they would charge for long distance dishonest ripoffs Nationwide United States
The ILD telemarketer promised 6.9 cents per minute for long distance, a $50 check for changing over to their company, and a free calling card with 700 minutes. None of those items were received and the monthly rate was 20 cents per minute. Our phone bill, in one month, went from a...
Entity
ILD Teleservices Inc.
Categories: Corrupt Companies
3707, Report:
#17384
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2002
Consolidated Media Services Ripoff and Suspected Credit Fraud ripoff thieves Smyrna Georgia
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one taken in by this scam of all scams that, unchecked, may cost you thousands of dollars.
I was recently contacted by a telemarketer and informed that as a preferred credit card holder at my bank I had been entered in a drawing for as much a...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Media
3708, Report:
#2746
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2002
Z-Tel Communications
I was contacted by a telemarketer for Z-Tel communications, a competitor of Bell Atlantic. I was told that I could have the same services with a few extras, for just a little bit more a month. I signed up.
I had this service for one month. In that one month, I could not access v...
Entity
Z-Tel Communications
Categories: Telephones
3709, Report:
#17285
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2002
ABSLIDE ripoff Internet
They repeatedly call me and reference my past purchase of the ABSLIDE and want to give me a free gift after a year or so since purchase. They put on some recording and then the telemarketer enters a bunch of numbers on the phone, he states my name and asks if this is correct. I w...
Entity
ABSLIDE
Categories: Telemarketers
3710, Report:
#17233
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2002
Colsolidated Media Services a.k.a CMS Ripoff, rude, and scamming company charges w/o authorization Atlanta Georgia
A very animated telemarketer from Consolidated Media Services called me back in October, telling me I was entered in a sweepstakes. All I needed to do was help them out with US News Magazine and recieve 5 other Magazines for free. The cost for US News, as I remember, was 4 payment...
Entity
Colsolidated Media Services
Categories: Media