- Report: #423015
Complaint Review: Direct Marketing Association - Washington District of Columbia
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Direct Marketing Association
1615 L St STE-1100 Washington, 20036 District of Columbia, U.S.A.
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Direct Marketing Association DMA is selling/renting peoples info to unscrupulous telemarketers who run misleading/scam offers and charges to take your info off when you never gave them approval to sell it in the first place Washington District of Columbia
This company is selling peoples info on a broker/mailing list that it sells/rents to telemarketers without peoples approval/knowledge that they are doing so and won't tell you how they got your info but will charge you $1.00 to slow down the telemarketers calls/mailings/emails that they started by selling/renting your info. I had to file numerous complaints with the BBB to find out where these telemarketers are getting my info from to which numerous responses have stated they bought/rented mailing lists from this Direct Marketing Association.
I never signed up with them or anywhere else , don't own a credit card which is why I asked where they got my info from but couldn't get a straight answer. I however have Time Warner which now makes sense from the other report on this site of how they get peoples info.
This is the kicker though the FTC has this Direct Marketing Association listed as one company a consumer can call to slow down/stop the telemarketing calls/mailings/emails. So the FTC who is suppossed to be protecting consumers against telemarketers is recommending the very company that is actually selling/renting peoples info to telemarketers to call for help slowing down/stopping telemarketers calls/mailings/emails?
WOW this DMA is good protected/recommended by the FTC and can sell peoples info that they are getting from companies that are not suppossed to give out customers info and selling it to unscrupulous telemarketers.
HMMM what is really going on here?
Sheesh
SO CAL, California
U.S.A.
I never signed up with them or anywhere else , don't own a credit card which is why I asked where they got my info from but couldn't get a straight answer. I however have Time Warner which now makes sense from the other report on this site of how they get peoples info.
This is the kicker though the FTC has this Direct Marketing Association listed as one company a consumer can call to slow down/stop the telemarketing calls/mailings/emails. So the FTC who is suppossed to be protecting consumers against telemarketers is recommending the very company that is actually selling/renting peoples info to telemarketers to call for help slowing down/stopping telemarketers calls/mailings/emails?
WOW this DMA is good protected/recommended by the FTC and can sell peoples info that they are getting from companies that are not suppossed to give out customers info and selling it to unscrupulous telemarketers.
HMMM what is really going on here?
Sheesh
SO CAL, California
U.S.A.
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Sheesh
SO CAL,California,
U.S.A.
DMA has worldwide offices so beware of out of country offers too
#2Author of original report
Tue, March 03, 2009
Direct Marketing Association also has worldwide offices and has complaints against them as well for selling info to unscrupulous telemarketers as well as other scma type offers. They sell your info to: telemarketers mystery shopping job offers scams in the US / Out of country (that claim to pay with money orders but you will receive a check that you deposite in your bank account and keep 10% then spend the rest at certain stores and a western union to send money like $2000.00 to some manager in another city/out of country western union which your bank will then find out the check is a fake and you will be arrested for passing checks) unscrupulous companies/individuals who buy their mailing/broker lists and send mailings/emails on Lottery winnings out of country that just want your information so they can send you the winnings and you won't be taxed by the way they send you the winnings. Out of country job offers to be a representative that will receive donation,customer payments for orders checks and put it in your account keep 10% and send the rest to some company/person after contacting them through an email with your personal info. extended vehicle warranty offers that claim your vehicle warranty is expired or about to expire and you need to call now/extremely urgent/final notice but you need to give them your vehicle identification#/mileage (which means they have no idea when your vehicles warranty is expiring) "Secret Society" companies that claim they reviewed your profile and can help you bring out your special powers that can render people helpless, control people you meet for the first time, beat any opponent at any gambling game or contest. It's FREE to join this club but after that you have to buy booklets after the first booklet they send you, which means they aren't really gonna teach you anything about special powers. Because if this really worked don't you think these people would be winning big money gambling tournaments all the time/become very powerful people who continously dominate their field or whatever they choose to use "their special powers". Found this info out after a friend who is a Private Investigator found out certain info from investigating , FTC sentinal, several BBB complaints, doing some of my own investigating on the internet and websites that have complaints on this company.
