8131, Report:
#8053
Posted Date:
Nov 22 2001
CCA Las Vegas super ripoff scam
New to the US and having been refused for lack of sufficient credit history by a number of reputable companies such as Visa and Mastercard, imagine my surprise to receive plastic in the mail with an astounding $6500 credit limit.
As noted by previous contributors, there are inde...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
8132, Report:
#8028
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2001
Credit Service Division - 1st National Card - Credit Card Scam
I too received the 1st National Card for $6,500.00 in the mail. I thought it was weird that a card would be sent to me without the VISA, Mastercard or Discoverer Logo on it and I also did not remember applying for it. I went to check out the new 1st National Card on the internet an...
Entity
First National Card
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
8133, Report:
#7995
Posted Date:
Nov 20 2001
NSS Magazines Free Trial Offer - How to Cancel Your Subscription and Not Get Charged Anything
In August 2001, I signed up for a free 6-month trial of the magazine Entertainment Weekly through an offer online (if I remember right, it was at the checkout screen for a major online retailer I was ordering from). A charge for $58.86 showed up on my November 2001 credit card bill...
Entity
NSS Magazines
Categories: Mail Order Services
8134, Report:
#7940
Posted Date:
Nov 19 2001
Vortex/Vertex Technologies - faulty print/copy cartridges
I ordered two printer and copier cartridges from an e-mail sent by Vertex Technologies in Atlanta, GA. The cartridges took six weeks to arrive and both are defective/broken. The company won't refund the money or cancel the MasterCard charges. They won't replace the cartridges, and w...
Entity
Vortex or Vertex Technologies
Categories: Miscellaneous Office Services
8135, Report:
#7935
Posted Date:
Nov 19 2001
Preferred Customer Credit Services
On 9-10-01 I was contacted by the above company The person on the phone Said that Her name was April Moore and asked me if I would be intrested in a visa or mastercard credit card with a 6.9 rate and 3500 limit I could also transfer any existing credit cards to this account have to...
Entity
Preferred Customer Credit Services
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
8136, Report:
#7793
Posted Date:
Nov 14 2001
FIRST NATIONAL CREDIT-A GREAT LESSON IN PAYING ATTENTION
First off, thank you Rip Off Report, for using my common sense and your site, I was able to realize that what I thought was a scam, most likely is in more ways than one. I found this cheap paper come in the mail with a few clues one should always look for when wondering if they wil...
Entity
First National Credit
Categories: Corrupt Companies
8137, Report:
#7738
Posted Date:
Nov 13 2001
More on First National Credit Rip-off Bastards out of California
I also received the you are already approved! enevelope. It says pre-approved gold card with a credit line of $15,000 and 0%interest for 1st 12 months. I have to say I found it immediately suspicious but read through the letter out of couriosity. The request for a membership fee o...
Entity
First National Credit
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
8138, Report:
#7708
Posted Date:
Nov 12 2001
worldcom wireless is a rip-off fraud ..I have been scammed!
approximately 2 months ago i purchased a phone with worldcom wireless...in the agreement i purchased a protection plan for 3.95 a month...but when billed....my bill was almost 10 dollars higher than it should of been..but i thought nothing of it..considered that it was tax or someth...
Entity
worldcom wireless
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
8139, Report:
#7480
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2001
U-Haul Jim Cox Rip Off
I was planning a move from Phoenix to San Diego the first weekend in October to start a new job. U-Haul on Cave Creek in Phoenix was close to my home, so I reserved my truck there a good three weeks before the scheduled move.
My daughter and son-in-law went to this same U-Haul ...
Entity
U-Haul CaveCreek/101, Jim Cox Mgr.
Categories: Auto & Truck Rental
8140, Report:
#7449
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2001
First National Credit--deceptive, but legal *Consumer Suggestion
I, too, received the $15,000 guaranteed approval bit from FNC. However, while the mailing does use such knee-jerk phrases as Gold Card and Reserved a card in your name, note that the _important_ words, Visa and MasterCard don't appear anywhere. They are betting on us interpolating...
Entity
First National Credit
Categories: Credit & Debt Services