7341, Report:
#15797
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2002
DON'T EVER OBTAIN A CROSS COUNTRY BANK CREDIT CARD - YOU'LL BE SORRY!
THIS FIASCO STARTED IN APRIL OF 1999. MY HUSBAND HAD A VISA AND I HAD A VISA & MASTERCARD WITH CCB - THREE ACCOUNTS TOTAL. I HAD ALWAYS MADE ALL THREE PAYMENTS WITH ONE CHECK AND THE PAYMENTS/ACCOUNT NUMBERS WERE ALWAYS INDICATED AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH CHECK. AFTER I HAD MADE THE ...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7342, Report:
#15685
Posted Date:
Mar 03 2002
El Dorado Sales ripoff
I've never heard of these people! I called MasterCard and they said they would credit my account. No need to cancel my card unless it happens 2 more times. Does anyone know what El Dorado does or is? I found them listed in a phone directory on the internet. I wish someone in the Pho...
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Categories: Internet
7343, Report:
#15622
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2002
NSS Magazine - $70.00 unauthorized charge on my credit card
I received my MasterCard bill today, March 2, 2002 and there is a charge for $70.00 from NSS magazine on it. There is also a phone number to contact them and an order number. I called the number and was taken through an automated system using voice commands. I went through the ...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7344, Report:
#15612
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2002
Direct Merchants Bank Ripoff - YOU WILL OWE THESE PEOPLE FOR EVER
Several years ago I got an Direct Merchants MasterCard. I paid my payments on time every-month. My balance reached my credit limit and all of the sudden I was getting over the limit fees and late fees. These people were calling me everyday at work and at home. I would make a pay...
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Categories: Banks
7345, Report:
#15627
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2002
Capital Choice Consumer Credit misleading ripoff
I received in the mail a very misleading piece of information from Capital Choice Consumer Credit. Luckly I did not fall for the credit trap, because I am a banker. When I received a piece of mail from the company it stated that I was guaranteed a $5,000 line of credit that can be...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7346, Report:
#15465
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2002
Ripped off by BABC-Bay Area Business Counsel
I was contacted at my home by the BABC on Feb 1,2002. I was offered a $2,000 MasterCard by paying a $170 one-time fee and allowing them access to my checking account to deduct a $10 membership fee each month from the card. They were also to charge me an additional fee of $14 to UPS ...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
7347, Report:
#15549
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2002
Priceline.com aka SCAM artists....
Here's the BOTTOM line about Priceline.com...
Don't use them if your life depends on it!
A friend of mine recommended Priceline.com to me, and I'd thought that I would give it a try. What the heck? I could get a hotel room for any price that I wanted. So I bid for a Hotel Ro...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
7348, Report:
#15390
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2002
advantage capital takes my money ..another credit card scam by phone
I was called in the middle of January by advantage capital about a mastercard, and since i have bad credit i was looking forward to rebuild my credit, i thought since it was from mastercard that it would be a great way to do it. I was told that the information package would cost $19...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7349, Report:
#15459
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2002
Capital Choice Consumer Credit Ripoff
HI! I am a teacher and consider myself very intellectual and thought I could spot a scam right away. I was sooo wrong.
Like many others, My journey begain when I got a postcard in the mail saying I was preapproved for a 6500 dollar credit line. The small print on the back was ...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7350, Report:
#15297
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2002
JT Card Services: a total ripoff scam
In September, 2001, I received an offer for a mastercard with a guaranteed limit of $4,500.00. It required that I pay a processing fee of $174.90, which included a shipping fee of $19.95. The fee was deducted from my account on October 1, 2001, and a few weeks later I received a con...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services