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Complaint Review: International Protection Agency -
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International Protection Agency
U.S.A.
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585-334-2978
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International Protection Agency offered protection from unsolicited phone calls, protect bank accounts& credit by telephone
*Caller identified herslf as Stacy Miller from "National Protection Agency" Sounded like she had an Asian accent and said there were "hundreds" of businesses or individuals that had my name and social security number, including some in Canada, Mexico and Australia.
*Didn't I want to protect myself and bank accounts against what any of these people might try to do? [Of course I would]
*Asked for my bank name, account # and routing # for the bank.
I became wary, but she had all bases covered and told of the protection they could offer,and I stupidly complied.
*She then asked if she could go ahead and set up my account?
* I told her"no",I was not comfortable with that, so she transfered me to her "authorizing agent" who could answer any other questions I might have.
* He was more glib than she, explaining all again and for the first time money was mentioned.$399 would be deducted from my bank account and I would be "protected" for 10 years.
HOWEVER- I would be given a $500 line of credit. This was to offset the charges "as it is difficult for elderly people on a fixed income"
I am such a person, but age or income had not been mentioned.
*I told him I was not interested. I asked who ran this agency and he said it was a private company. When I started asking questions and brought up the word"scam", the converseation was over as he vehemently told me this was indeed a legitimate venture.
*A few miutes later Stacy Miller called back to tell me she had deleted all the information I had given her.
* Not trusting the whole thing by now, I went immediately to my bank and met with an advisor. She changed my accout number and their routing number, so anything coming in for payment after 9/25 would not be cashed, except for 2 checks that are still outstanding.
I feel so dumb for being taken in, but have at least protected my bank account. The advisor at the bank called someone in their fraud division. She had not heard of this "company"before,and took all the information I had and told me to report the incident. Hopefully this may help someone else.
Janet
henrietta, New York
U.S.A.
*Didn't I want to protect myself and bank accounts against what any of these people might try to do? [Of course I would]
*Asked for my bank name, account # and routing # for the bank.
I became wary, but she had all bases covered and told of the protection they could offer,and I stupidly complied.
*She then asked if she could go ahead and set up my account?
* I told her"no",I was not comfortable with that, so she transfered me to her "authorizing agent" who could answer any other questions I might have.
* He was more glib than she, explaining all again and for the first time money was mentioned.$399 would be deducted from my bank account and I would be "protected" for 10 years.
HOWEVER- I would be given a $500 line of credit. This was to offset the charges "as it is difficult for elderly people on a fixed income"
I am such a person, but age or income had not been mentioned.
*I told him I was not interested. I asked who ran this agency and he said it was a private company. When I started asking questions and brought up the word"scam", the converseation was over as he vehemently told me this was indeed a legitimate venture.
*A few miutes later Stacy Miller called back to tell me she had deleted all the information I had given her.
* Not trusting the whole thing by now, I went immediately to my bank and met with an advisor. She changed my accout number and their routing number, so anything coming in for payment after 9/25 would not be cashed, except for 2 checks that are still outstanding.
I feel so dumb for being taken in, but have at least protected my bank account. The advisor at the bank called someone in their fraud division. She had not heard of this "company"before,and took all the information I had and told me to report the incident. Hopefully this may help someone else.
Janet
henrietta, New York
U.S.A.
