4791, Report:
#6936
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2001
Yahoo Mobile Spam
To make this short and simple
-Bought a new cell phone one month ago
-Learned I could send recieve text messages
-Went to yahoo.com/mobile and signed up for some alerts
-Found out I had to pay for all those little messages
-Went back to yahoo and deleted the alerts
...
Entity
Yahoo.com
Categories: Internet Services
4792, Report:
#4524
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2001
Paging America rip-off ; Hacking into e-mail account and using it for SPAM!
This company hacked into my Hotmail account and sent millions of e-mail spaming the people around the world.
I tried to call them for explanation and they hang up on me.
I read that they are lying the people too.
http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/view.asp?id=4275
This people ...
Entity
Paging America / Digital Wireless
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
4793, Report:
#4144
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2001
Pager Company Spam
One of my email accounts doesn't give me all the headers, but the company listed in the text has come up already in a previous Rip-Off Report (also under Wireless Concepts). The number got me a real person, who didn't know anything about being advertised by spam. If we all boycott d...
Entity
Wireless Concepts or Paging America
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
4794, Report:
#3755
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2000
RIP OFF BY Cyber-Expressway.net *REBUTTAL ..we do not allow customers to send spam e-mail
I contacted Cyber-Expressway.net for a dialup account and all i got was busy signals after numerous tries to connect. (This is why I was looking for a new ISP Dial up account) I did finally connect but everything took forever from browsing the net to checking my email. The worst was...
Entity
CyberExpressWay
Categories: Internet Services
4795, Report:
#2770
Posted Date:
Jul 28 2000
Home Loan Offers
A new and very popular internet SPAM activity is the home equity loan evaluation offer. You get a joyful letter which takes you to a form page where you are asked to disclose a substantial amount of personal credit information. This is for a free evaluation but is actually for a cr...
Entity
Various
Categories: Loans
4796, Report:
#2734
Posted Date:
Jul 23 2000
Five Laws Every PC Owner Should Know
Five Laws Every PC Owner Should Know
Knowing your rights can give you added leverage when you get into a scrape with a vendor, a credit card company, or an Internet pest.
by Roberta Furger
Do you know what your rights are when you encounter a problem with a PC product, ven...
Entity
Consumer Report
Categories: Internet
4797, Report:
#1981
Posted Date:
Apr 06 2000
Shopss.Com is ripping people off!
Fols, avoid Shopss.com if you are looking for a computer. They are advertising that they will sign you up for a buying club, where you pay $299.00 a year to access their site and buy stuff from them at a cut rate.
When you sign up, you are allowed to get a PIII 500 machine, sh...
Entity
Shopss.com
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
4798, Report:
#1081
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2000
Accurate American Mortage, Scottsdale, AZ SPAM Faxing
I have received 3 unwanted, unsolicited, commercial faxes from Accurate American Mortgage. I received 2 on 1-4-2000, and 1 on 1-5-2000. When I called to tell them to stop, I was met with a very rude and argumentative receptionist. I told her it was illegal to fax people without thei...
Entity
Accurate American Mortgage
Categories: Loans
4799, Report:
#161620
Posted Date:
Oct 11 1970
Rip-off Report Investigation: FriendFinder contacts Rip-off Report to satisfy all legitimate customer complaints, if you think you deserve a refund, contact Friendfinder's customer service department, which will respond quickly and favorably to legitimate concerns. FriendFinder, like some other businesses, has also become a target of a misinformation and a defamatory campaign made by ex-employee & competitors.. Palo Alto California
window.location=http://www.ripoffreport.com
Rip-off Report Investigation:
By Ed Magedson - Founder Rip-off Report.com
This investigation is part of:
Rip-off Report Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program
A program that benefits the con...
Entity
Rip-off Report Investigation: FriendFinder
Categories: Dating Services