7261, 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
Categories: Internet Services
7262, Report:
#6939
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2001
mrbusiness1999us, Yet another ripoff seller on eBay.
mrbusiness1999us is the user ID of a seller on eBay, that has ripped off over 20 buyers to date, that we have proof of. His email address was given to eBay as mrbusiness1999us#yahoo.com.
His name was given as Robert Lambert, AKA Andre Brooks.
Andre Brooks is the alias used on eBa...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
7263, Report:
#6652
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2001
Internet Fraud: [email protected] pretends to be a business, but stole money
Submitted: 9/9/01
Modified: 9/9/01
[email protected] pretends to be a business selling watches on tradeout.com. I paid $249 for a couple of watches. Every time I inquired about the late shipment, they handed me some stupid excuse. They told me they would refund my mo...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
7264, Report:
#6343
Posted Date:
Aug 24 2001
[email protected] ripoff scam
I would just like to warn everybody about this email. To me it's very distrubing. I was checking my email with my 10 year old son, and he notice one email, the subject line was You have just won a Playstation2. He encouraged me to open it and when I did, it took me to a Yahoo pag...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
7265, Report:
#6288
Posted Date:
Aug 22 2001
Capital Credit Alliance ripoff with nothing listed from the BBB only on Rip-off Report ..Thankful surfer
Hello,
I have received three of these cards in the mail just
this year alone. When I rec'd. the first one I
checked it out at the BBB.com and there home page had
a letter stating that the credit card could only be
used on their products and it does not work like a
regular cre...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7266, Report:
#6193
Posted Date:
Aug 17 2001
Prime Peripherals 200 pack of cdr rebate not valid, a ripoff
I purchase Prime Peripherals rebates 200 pack of CDR at officemax and submitted the receipt and rebate form.
I checked at rebatesHQ.com and they said that my rebate is not valid because my purchase is not in the rebate date. And I received the postcard said my purc...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
7267, Report:
#6158
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2001
Dish Network Organized Con Artists
August 8, 2001
To Any Person Thinking of Purchasing a Dish Network Dish System, DON'T. . . . I am not a customer of theirs and look what they did to me!
In March of 2000, they deducted, $298.00, $298.00, $200.00, $100.00, $1.00, and $1.00 for a grand total of $898.00 out of ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7268, Report:
#6067
Posted Date:
Aug 09 2001
INTERNET BOOST bonzi.com What a rip-off scam! it slowed down my internet access *Consumer Suggestion
i did not get a address it started when i paid to download a copy of INTERNET BOOST for the bargen price of 39.99 i paid with my card. i had what was to be 30 day money back guarantee. the program did not work! if anything it slowed down my internet access. i e-mailed them menny ti...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
7269, Report:
#6056
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2001
Beaverhome.com refund rip-off
I ordered hardwood flooring from beaverhome.com on 2/23/01 on the condition that it be delivered by 3/15/01. They told me that if I cancelled my order that I would get a full refund, no conditions. They had nothing to ship as of 3/12/01 and talked me into accepting substitute goods ...
Entity
Categories: Building Services
7270, Report:
#5697
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2001
Zaken Company, Tiran Zaken, rip-off crook bogus literature*UPDATE: Rip-off Report Investigation many complaints posted by a competitor, new policies in place, easy refund policy, excellent business opportunity - Consumers can feel confident and secure when doing business with Zaken Corp
We also ordered a package from Zaken Co. It did not fit our needs, so we mailed it back requesting a refund. The refund did not come.
The phone numbers we had on their literature were bogus. The phone would ring and ring, with no answer.
We are out over $160.00. I hope...
Entity
Categories: Home Based Business