4591, Report:
#2340
Posted Date:
May 28 2000
Nationwide Rip-off VENDING MACHINE ROUTE SALES SCAMS BASED IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA WITHNO ENFORCEMENT BY FLA. & GA. ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICES
VENDING MACHINE ROUTE SALES SCAMS BASED IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA WITH NO ENFORCEMENT BY FLA. & GA. ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICES
In the business opportunities section of the newspaper
classifieds, one will find vending machine routes for sale through 1-800 phone numbers. Many of the...
Entity
VENDING MACHINE ROUTE SALES
Categories: Vending Machine Companies
4592, Report:
#2210
Posted Date:
May 06 2000
Ameritel Pay-Phone Co. is unscrupulous and should be held accountable
Ameritel Pay Phone Co. are rip-off artists. I responded to an ad in the local newspaper about a payphone company selling pay phones in the area. The pay phone industry was an industry I always had interest in and I decided I would not let this opportunity pass me by. I never had ...
Entity
Ameritel Pay-Phone Co.
Categories: Telephone Companies
4593, Report:
#1989
Posted Date:
Apr 06 2000
Work at Home
In our local newspaper a ad came out for office help giving a local number and a toll free number. This ad came out on a Friday and of course there was no one at these numbers until Monday although when I called the local number all I got was fax tones. So on Monday I called t...
Entity
Software Inc.
Categories: Software
4594, Report:
#1691
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Home Computer Data Entry
I recently answered an advertisement in our local newspaper in Durham, North Carolina. The ad was for Data Entry Clerks. I was told if I purchased their software for $249.00 I would be sent software to do medical coding. I was told I would be supplied with the work and would make...
Entity
S & K Digital
Categories: Computer Mail Order
4595, Report:
#1812
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
envelope stuffer rip-off
found ad in newspaper. called number. recieved information in mail. sent $80 money order on Jan. 20, 2000. was to recieve package with check included for first 900 envelopes and newsletters to be mailed out within three business days. $15 was for fast 7 day service.
Feb 15 had...
Entity
BLEEKERS PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Categories: Mail Order Services
4596, Report:
#1582
Posted Date:
Mar 16 2000
Beware of Publishers Choice
I called Publishers Choice a couple months ago to order a set of travel videos on Italy. (Publishers Choice advertises in the weekend magazine in the Sunday newspaper). It became very obvious that the video offer is just the hook so that they can offer other travel related services ...
Entity
Luong Nguyen
Categories: Travel Services
4597, Report:
#1520
Posted Date:
Mar 08 2000
Telephone systems, Ron Cook Communications
Ron Cook advertises phone systems for sale in the Az Republic newspaper as System, 5 phones, 6 lines, intercom, expandable. Many features. $395. (602)306-6857.
I agreed to purchase a phone system, gave a deposit of $157.94 and set an appointment. Ron arrived to install the phone ...
Entity
Ron Cook Communications
Categories: Telephones
4598, Report:
#1487
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2000
Paradise Fabric & Costume Co. Phoenix rip-off late fee
On Feb 26th 2000 I rented a Mardi Gras costume for $40 plus $100.00 cash deposit.That was Saturday. She (Judee Collins), the owner told me to come back in two hours for her to press my Jester costume. I picked it up around 5pm.
Later at home, putting it on I noticed grease stain...
Entity
Paradise Fabric & Costume Co.
Categories: Party Rentals
4599, Report:
#1392
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2000
2000 Entertainment/Tom ..rip-off Phone Scam Employment Services
On February 10, 2000, Richard Nickel, contacted an ad in the New Times Newspaper regarding employment as a phone operator. 2000 Entertainment was currently hiring men and women to talk from their home for adult conversation lines.
The ad designates that no experience is necess...
Entity
2000 Entertainment/Tom
Categories: Employment Services
4600, Report:
#1416
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2000
Consumer Resource Services Auction Ripoff Las Vegas Nevada
I called this 800 number out of my local newspaper to see about an ad for a fairly new car for around $200. It was a number for a place called Consumer Resource Services, located somewhere in California. The lady I spoke to wouldn't tell me anything untill I gave her at least my c...
Entity
Consumer Resource Services
Categories: Auto Inspection