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Complaint Review: R & R Consultants - Montreal TN, Quebec
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5160 Decarie Blvd, Suite 350 Montreal, H3X 2H9 TN, Quebec, U.S.A.
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R & R Consultants credit card fraud protection from a fraudulent company operating a scam *UPDATE ..fraudulent telemarketing scam set up by attorney Glenn Erikson, Nashville TN
I am filing this Rip-off Report with the hopes that you will pass it on to everyone in your address books to warn people about a scam that was perpetrated on my mother.
In March, my mother got a call from a company wanting to sell her credit card fraud protection. The cost was $385.00 which was supposed to be for 10 years. My mother is 77 years old and lives on a fixed income of $790.00. She really didn't want it, but they were pretty persuasive and told her she couldn't afford to be without it. She gave them her credit card number.
She tried to get it stopped, but it had already been billed to her Visa. What she got in the mail from this company was a cheap packet entitled "Your Guide To Lower Interest Rates." Nothing about credit card fraud. She realized she had been "taken," but was afraid to tell anyone because she thought her family would scold her.
A few weeks later on June 22nd, she received a call from Western Union informing her that someone was trying to charge $9400.00 to her credit card. She told them she hadn't authorized that. They asked if anyone else had her card number and she said no. The company that sold her this "bill of goods" had her number.
I arrived in Iowa to visit my mother on June 23rd. At that time she told me about everything that had happened. I called the Company that originally SOLD her "credit card fraud insurance." I was on the phone for one hour and fifteen minutes (most of it on hold) and spoke to 5 different people. One of their customer service representatives asked me if I thought they would be stupid enough to sell a thirty-five cent packet for $385.00? I told her I thought that was exactly what they had done. One representative told me that my mother had purchased "access" to a low interest credit card. Why would anyone need to purchase that????
I was getting no satisfaction and a lot of different answers. This company is operating a scam if there ever was one. The last gentleman I spoke to even accused me of being rude. I told him since they weren't going to do the honorable thing and refund my Mother's money, then I would give them some FREE advertising on the internet. I have reason to believe they also may be connected in some way with a company called Bay Area Business Counsel.
Please help me spread the word by sending this Rip-off Report to everyone you know. You might even print it and then fax it to everyone you know.
iW7-16
In March, my mother got a call from a company wanting to sell her credit card fraud protection. The cost was $385.00 which was supposed to be for 10 years. My mother is 77 years old and lives on a fixed income of $790.00. She really didn't want it, but they were pretty persuasive and told her she couldn't afford to be without it. She gave them her credit card number.
She tried to get it stopped, but it had already been billed to her Visa. What she got in the mail from this company was a cheap packet entitled "Your Guide To Lower Interest Rates." Nothing about credit card fraud. She realized she had been "taken," but was afraid to tell anyone because she thought her family would scold her.
A few weeks later on June 22nd, she received a call from Western Union informing her that someone was trying to charge $9400.00 to her credit card. She told them she hadn't authorized that. They asked if anyone else had her card number and she said no. The company that sold her this "bill of goods" had her number.
I arrived in Iowa to visit my mother on June 23rd. At that time she told me about everything that had happened. I called the Company that originally SOLD her "credit card fraud insurance." I was on the phone for one hour and fifteen minutes (most of it on hold) and spoke to 5 different people. One of their customer service representatives asked me if I thought they would be stupid enough to sell a thirty-five cent packet for $385.00? I told her I thought that was exactly what they had done. One representative told me that my mother had purchased "access" to a low interest credit card. Why would anyone need to purchase that????
I was getting no satisfaction and a lot of different answers. This company is operating a scam if there ever was one. The last gentleman I spoke to even accused me of being rude. I told him since they weren't going to do the honorable thing and refund my Mother's money, then I would give them some FREE advertising on the internet. I have reason to believe they also may be connected in some way with a company called Bay Area Business Counsel.
Please help me spread the word by sending this Rip-off Report to everyone you know. You might even print it and then fax it to everyone you know.
iW7-16
2 Updates & Rebuttals
James
Tampa,Florida,
UPDATE ON GLENN ERIKSON
#2Consumer Comment
Mon, June 10, 2002
GLENN ERIKSON IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE FL. BAR AND HAS RELOCATED TO FL. HE IS STILL INVOLVED WITH TELEMARKETING ROOMS. HERE IS A NEWS ARTICLE REGARDING A SCAM HE'S INVOLVED WITH: Health plan firm promises to quit calling 04/27/2002 The Associated Press SPOKANE - A company offering health insurance over the telephone has promised the attorneys general of Washington and Idaho that it will stop calling residents of the two states. Med Plan Inc. solicitors have asked consumers to give out their bank account numbers. Some discovered too late that the company had charged $349 to their accounts without permission, The Spokesman-Review reported Saturday. Michael C. Larsen, an attorney with the Idaho attorney general's office, said one recently widowed Idaho woman mistakenly thought she was talking to a Medicare representative. In Washington, Med Plan is under investigation after five complaints. Chris Jarvis of the Washington attorney general's office said it's unclear whether Med Plan registered as a telemarketer, as required. In Idaho, the company had not registered as a telemarketer. Larsen said the company also violated the state's new no-call law. About 40,000 Idaho residents have put their phone numbers on a list that is off-limits to telemarketers. Washington has no such law. Med Plan's attorney, Glenn Erikson, said he had no comment on the company's practices or the investigations. Audrey Stockham, 20, of Mead, learned the hard way not to give out her bank account number by phone. A Med Plan solicitor told her a checking account made her eligible for discounts on prescriptions and health care. Stockham thought she'd be able to review information before deciding to enroll, but the company immediately tried to withdraw $350 from her account. "I have since then had numerous charges for insufficient funds because I didn't have enough money in my account to cover the charges they were trying to process," Stockham said. Reputable health insurance companies do not sell products by telephone, said Joe Luchok of the Health Insurance Association of America, the industry trade association in Washington, D.C. He said health insurance is too complex to sell over the phone. Jarvis of the attorney general's office said consumers should not give out bank account numbers over the telephone.
..attorney in nashville by the name of glenn erikson. Give him a phone call
#30
Tue, July 24, 2001
This email is a rebuttal to RipOff #5767.
It was sent by: iW7-23
R & R Consultants credit card fraud protection from a fraudulent company operating a scam (#5767)
They filed the following rebuttal to the above Rip-Off Report:
Their email: withheld
Their relationship to the company: Advocate
Rebuttal:
the person who helps set up all these fraudulent telemarketing companies is an attorney in nashville by the name of glenn erikson. Give him a phone call and maybe you can ask him how you
should go about getting a refund 615-269-6775 and 615-269-7473.
