5851, Report:
#41874
Posted Date:
Jan 18 2003
Poetry.com Internationl Library of Congress rip-off false hopes of publicating amatuer poems charge money for services which never occur Owings Mills Maryland
I am an unknown writer who put all of my trust into the people of www.Poetry.com. I believed that they were helping me to become discovered as an artist. They promised that I would have some of my poems published in an Anthology, and they even sent a couple letters stating that t...
Entity
Poetry.com Internationl Library of Congress
Categories: Book Publishers
5852, Report:
#41702
Posted Date:
Jan 16 2003
Baby's First Book Club deceptive company Bristol Pennsylvania
Alert to new moms! Don't be fooled by the Baby's First Book Club. I was pregnant with my first son, and I received a flyer from this company claiming unique and age-appropriate materials for my baby. I thought that these materials would be perfect, so I signed up.
The problem ...
Entity
Baby's First Book Club
Categories: Book Publishers
5853, Report:
#41582
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2003
Harris Digital Publishing Cyber Detective ripoff thieves lost ripoff waste of time USA Ohio
Cyber detective never downloaded. Never answers or return phone calls. Total rip off !!!! I got charged for nothing.
Sheryl
Galloway, OhioU.S.A.
Entity
Harris Digital Publishing-Cyber Detective
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
5854, Report:
#41565
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2003
NSS Magazines Unauthorized charges Visa Debit card three magazines subscriptions never been contacted for fraudulent ripoff business West Point UTAH
Unauthorized charges on my Visa Debit Card. I think possibly I was surfing the web and was offered three magazines subscriptions for a year free, they asked for a Credit card nr
so I gave them my Visa debit nr(like a dummy). They said I could cancel after a year. So when the ren...
Entity
NSS Magazines
Categories: Book Publishers
5855, Report:
#41343
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2003
MOS Mag ripoff fraudulent ripoff business Atlanta Georgia
Received a phonecall about this fantastic magazine subscription offer with just a small monthly payment. Somehow they knew my credit card information. When I later decided -- because of the total amount of money their offer would entail -- to cancel, I was told that I could not ca...
Entity
MOS Mag
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
5856, Report:
#41303
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2003
Communications Publishing rip-off They cashed my check, but sent nothing in return Rochester New York
I sent my check to Communications Publishing on 9-23-2002 the check was cashed with-in a week. It is now 1-13-2003 and I yet have not received anything for the $23.90 I sent.
I have seen that I am not the only one that they have done this to. But I am going to see what if anythin...
Entity
Communications Publishing
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
5857, Report:
#41219
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2003
Publishers Sweepstakes The Magazine Club Sweepstakes Fraudulent Advertising & Refund Practices Santa Rosa California
In March of 2002 I received a phone call from a respresentative representing the company as Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. They sell magazines and enter you in a contest for $1m. The magazines are for a 3 year period of time. I asked if this was they Publisher's Clearing H...
Entity
Magazine Club Sweepstakes
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
5858, Report:
#41172
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2003
Consolidated Media Services fraudulant credit card charges rip off Atlanta Georgia
I was contacted by a company called International Marketing saying they were doing a promotion for Visa/MC and they asked which one I had. They convinced me to order subscriptions to 5 magazines for the price of one. This totalled 29.99 per month for 12 months. I was supposed to e...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
5859, Report:
#41000
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2003
Pen Pushers Publications ripoff They take your money and run - consumer fraud rip-off Sterling Virginia
I got a publisher's proof, I sent it in with a 50 dollar check, they cashed it, I haven't heard from them in over a year.
Ok, I searched for writing contests I could enter, and Pen Publishers looked alright. I submitted my poem over a year ago. A few weeks later, I got a lett...
Entity
Pen Pushers Publications
Categories: Con Artists
5860, Report:
#40815
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2003
Groiler books aka scholastic rip-off Jefferson city Missouri
I believed I had ordered for an honest book order when my 6 year old daughter brought home her book orders from school. We purchased the barbie book club that clearly said no further purchase was necessary. We then received a new order of books which I allowed her to keep and I se...
Entity
Groiler books aka scholastic
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers