276, Report:
#61041
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2003
Cox Communications ripoff sent me a collections bill for equipment already paid for. Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Cox Communications has had this account in limbo since May 2002. They sent a bill for a modem that had been paid for since Dec 2001. I spoke with them in June 2002, again July 11, 2002. Each time they sent a letter to the collections department. And said I would hear something back ...
Entity
Cox Communications
Categories: Internet Services
277, Report:
#58795
Posted Date:
May 29 2003
Providian National Bank hidden information(slammed) on credit protector and health care product w/o explaning the limitations of each product ripped off and scammed Manchester New Hampshire
Providian seemed to be an upright and honest company when I first applied for their credit cards. After a few months I received multiple phone calls from Providian stating that I qualified for Credit Protector, Destination Unlimited, Health Care discounts. I did not get the full exp...
Entity
Providian National Bank
Categories: Banks
278, Report:
#57885
Posted Date:
May 21 2003
Member Works Inc boiler room fraud. billed for something I never authorized rip off scam con artists fraudulent ripoff business consumer rip-off fraud Omaha Nebraska
my credit card company contacted me telling me I am over my limit on my credit card due to a charge of $89.95 for 24 hour credit protection that I never authorized.
I called the business with boiler room tactics and they were very evasive. They said I did authorize this protection ...
Entity
MEMBER WORKS INC
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
279, Report:
#54926
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2003
Providian Emerge Credit Services will not talk to me all I get is the run around will not honor credit protection ripoff swindlers Atlanta
will not honor my payment protection
Joseph
Stoughton, MassachusettsU.S.A.
Entity
Providian Emerge Credt Services
Categories: Credit Services
280, Report:
#38307
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2003
Direct Merchants Bank ripoff outlandish ripoff late fees Tulsa Oklahoma
Direct Merchants will call every 15 minutes and harass you from 7:45am until 9:05 pm seven days a week. What planet are they from? Also keeps charging credit protection fee when asked to cancel it over a year and a half ago.
How convenient for them that they don't keep records o...
Entity
Direct Merchants Bank
Categories: Banks
281, Report:
#54483
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2003
Citibank Corporation unfair buisness practices Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Citi cards has recently begun a new practice of signing people up for credit protection without the customers consent. According to their first advertisements about it. In order to not be charged for their fee of credit protection the consumer must write to them stating their unacce...
Entity
Citibank Corporation
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
282, Report:
#53650
Posted Date:
Apr 20 2003
Credit Protection Insurance Gateway, Spiegels, Orchard Bank ripoff USA Nationwide
In an effort, to protect my credit, I purchased Credit Protection Insurance on all of my cards! I became disabled, after open heart surgery, and nothing was protected! I called each company, from my hospital bed, prior to surgery, in an effort, to protect,what I had been working for...
Entity
Gateway, Spiegels, Orchard Bank
Categories: Insurance Companies
283, Report:
#53576
Posted Date:
Apr 19 2003
MKS Privacy Plus credit card ripoff Connecticut Nationwide
$ 134.95 charged to my credit card. I have no clue where they got my number from. I called them and got a fasst paced, high pressure sales job for some kind of dubious credit protection scheme.
Fraud, pure and simple.
Marcel
toledo, OhioU.S.A.
Entity
MKS Privacy Plus
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
284, Report:
#48822
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2003
Credit Protection rip-off Atlanta Georgia
I purchased a credit insurance policy when I received a credit card acct through MBNA bank. Six months after I got the account I became disabled by kidney cancer and End Stage Renal Disease. I was unable to work. I was critically ill for the first 6 months after being diagnosed. My ...
Entity
Credit Protection
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
285, Report:
#48706
Posted Date:
Mar 11 2003
Preferred Cardholder Division sly, sneaky little business read the fine print or better yet if you get one of these mailings immediatly burn it Lanham Maryland
This company is a completely sly, sneaky little business. They send you a check for $3.25 saying that if you cash it, they will give you a visa or mastercard with a $2,500 limit plus credit protection and $100 plus plane tickets in case of an emergency which is to be paid back with...
Entity
Preferred Cardholder Division
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
286, Report:
#46571
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2003
Capital One Cap1 Crap1 ripoff illegal mail fraud late charges switch and bait theives outlandish ripoff late fees Richmond Virginia
I've read with great interest all of the epinions of Capital One. Glad to see I'm not the only one, let alone in the minority who have been screwed by CapOne.
I received a pre-approved letter for the Capitol One Platinum card 4 years ago to consolidate my high-interest credit car...
Entity
Capital One
Categories: Banks
287, Report:
#46171
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2003
Credit Source ripoff for no hidden fees credit card with low interest Nationwide
I just read a report from Perry in California about a scam from Credit Source. It sounded very familiar--like I had heard almost exactly the same thing this past Monday. Someone called and said that I had been turned down for an application in September (which I had filed an applic...
Entity
Credit Source
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
288, Report:
#6332
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2003
Household Bank Deceptive and underhanded-Cost me my home.
I cosigned on an account a year ago. I expressly told the representative that I wanted to be notified if ever a payment was missed. This year, the person who was paying on the account told Household Bank to change her address. The address was never changed. In fact, Household Bank w...
Entity
Household Bank
Categories: Loans
289, Report:
#43363
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2003
FSNB/Spiegel elderly credit ripoff Beaverton Oregon
FCNB used telephone solicitors to pressure and confuse my elderly mother, who had held a Spiegel account for years -- then began billing her for unwanted credit protection service.
She had not ordered it and attempted to call and tell a human this -- no luck in their system...if ...
Entity
FSNB/Spiegel
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
290, Report:
#39864
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2003
A Consumer Assist Network Association aka Personal Privacy Manager dishonest fraudulent consumer ripoff Miami Florida
A Consumer Assist Network sent me a bill that stated Final Notice in bold at the top with an amount due for two months on a tear off remittance stub to market their services. As if I'd be stupid enough to pay it. The bill listed a past amount due and a current amount due. Then, in...
Entity
A Consumer Assist Network Association
Categories: Consumer Services
291, Report:
#35653
Posted Date:
Nov 19 2002
Americount Rip-off ILLEGAL Account Raiders Boonville Iowa
On September 27th,2002 the Americount company withdrew $299.00 from my checking account without my authorization. Checks began to bounce in my account in October.
I received a brown manilla envelope in the mail November 1,2002. I returned the envelope as it contained bullshit i...
Entity
Americount
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
292, Report:
#32552
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2002
Capital One Visa & Master Card Providian Rearranged my entire system of beliefs ripoff to consumers San Francisco California, Falls Church Virginia
Your form is a real pain...
A little over a year ago, in anticipation of surgery on both hands, I called all 3 of my credit card companies and told them I wanted to activate the credit protection I had been paying for as I was expecting time off work at only 60% (short term disabli...
Entity
Capital One Visa & MasterCard \ Providian
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
293, Report:
#32412
Posted Date:
Oct 12 2002
GE Capital Cons Cardco charged late fees on credit protection on a promotional balance paid before its due date ripoff Louisville Kentucky
Was charged late fees on credit protection on a promotional balance paid before the due date.
I did not know I had such protection, or that money was owed.
When I called GE card services,the gentleman I spoke with was very sarcastic and nasty. He led me to believe I had 3 su...
Entity
GE Capital Cons Cardco
Categories: Credit Services
294, Report:
#32377
Posted Date:
Oct 12 2002
CCA ripoff thieves Las Vegas Nevada
I signed on with this company CCA thinking that I was going to receive a merchandise catalog and be able to order products they offered for my business. As time went on I never received a catalog, but this company has went into my checking account taking funds out without giving me ...
Entity
CCA
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
295, Report:
#32354
Posted Date:
Oct 12 2002
FIRST CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK ripoff the business that doesn't give a damn Portland Oregon
I FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO AND WAS OFFERED
A CHANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH MY CREDIT WITH A CARD FROM
FCNB. IN THE ALMOST 2 YEARS THAT I HA THAT CARD I WAS
LATE PAYING THEM TWICE. WHEN I SAY LATE I MEAN DAYS. THE
FIRST TIME I HAS MAILED THEM A CHECK WHICH W...
Entity
FIRST CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK
Categories: Credit Services
296, Report:
#32314
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2002
Consumer Credit Services SCAM They have already charged my bank fraudulently ripoff business Las Vegas Nevada
I received a First National Card. later I received a call from someone representing the Consumer Credit Services. The individual spoke hurriedly and to be honest I did not understand have of what he said.
Later i received a receipt where they stated the fees they were going to ch...
Entity
Consumer Credit Services
Categories: Corrupt Companies
297, Report:
#31352
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2002
Blockbuster Video ripoff definately dishonest scam I am suing! fraudulent ripoff business Orlando Florida
If you think that when you drop off movies in drop off box, your wrong! If you dont personally watch them checkin your movies, you could be told your movies were never returned!!!
I dropped off the movies I had rented in their drop box, in trust that they will be checked in. Sure...
Entity
Blockbuster video
Categories: Con Artists
298, Report:
#30369
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2002
Cross Country Bank Visa Mastercard ripoff deceptive company fraud business Boca Raton Florida
As you know, credit card companies offer credit protection for a small fee (incase you become disabled, unemployed, ect.,).They state it will make your payments when you cannot as long as you qualify under their terms.
They make it sound as if it is their company doing this, but in...
Entity
Cross Country Bank Visa Mastercard
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
299, Report:
#26428
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2002
Cross Country Bank Applied Card Systems ripoff outlandish ripoff late fees Wilmington Delaware
I have had a Cross Country Bank Visa Card since 2000. Once I neared my credit limit, they began holding my personal checks and deliberately posting them as electronic debits the day after the due date. They did this to generate fraudulent late and over the limit fees.
When I was...
Entity
Cross Country Bank/Applied Card Systems
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
300, Report:
#25394
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2002
CCA Las Vegas ripoff ripoff fraud business Las Vegas Nevada
I have no credit history and this company first sent me a authorisation card and it asked me to call immediately to get the special deal. The customer service woman asked me if I wanted to establish my credit. They said I could get $7500.00 credit approval and it would be interest f...
Entity
CCA Las Vegas
Categories: Credit & Debt Services