301, Report:
#246090
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2007
North American Prize Pool - Financial Services Solutions Sweepstakes Scam Catherines Ontario
Money has been tight for a few months and receiving a check for $4,370 seemed to be an answer to my prayers, not to mention the rest of the $175,000 that I was to be awarded.
As I reread the award letter, I noticed how poorly written it was. Looking at the check however, it appe...
Entity
North American Prize Pool - Financial Services Solutions
Categories: Corrupt Companies
302, Report:
#243809
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2007
Classic Gate By Design - Mr. Mitch Allen RIPPING OFF NON-AMERICAN CUSTOMERS for THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! only way to describe it is CRIMINAL FRAUD! North Charleston South Carolina
Good afternoon - I'm hoping that your will be able to help us. Situation:- We contracted Classic Gates by Design, 7167-c Bryhawke Cir, North Charleston SC 29448 through proposal #84141342 - August 8, 2006 to manufacture several residential gates for us. When completed, they were to...
Entity
Classic Gate By Design - Mr. Mitch Allen
Categories: Builders & Contractors
303, Report:
#243428
Posted Date:
Apr 11 2007
BB&T Non-sufficient fund fees, lies, away to take your money ripoff Spring Lake North Carolina
My story matches other reports I have read here. If you have automatic payments set up with a company to be paid on a set date each month, it seems that BB&T will take the money out 5 to 10 days early. It seems as though they are watching for your account to be short, then they take...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
304, Report:
#242854
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2007
BB&T Rip off- making money from fees- not protecting your money- this should be illegal Buford Georgia
I have really learned my lesson. BBandT is the worst bank that I have ever banked with in my 20+ years of banking. They purposely hold checks or debits for longer than needed. Then if your account is .01 short they will charge you for all of those purchases when there was actually e...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
305, Report:
#242140
Posted Date:
Apr 03 2007
BB&T (Branch Banking And Trust Company) OVERDRAFT SCAM Alexandria Virginia
The BB&T Overdraft SCAM.
Let's say it's 01/01/08 and you have a balance of $100 in your account. On 01/01/08 you made seperate purchases for $5, $10, $10, $25. Your account balance is now $50.
On 01/02/08 you made seperate purchases for $10, $10, $25.Your account balance is now $...
Entity
BB&T (Branch Banking And Trust Company)
Categories: Banks
306, Report:
#238021
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2007
Direct Clearning House Told i was a winner of $67,500 in a Fortune 500 Companies Reward program Newark Delaware
I received a letter stating that I had won $67,500.00 in a Fortune 500 Companies Comsumers Rewards Program. They said that they were holding $70,000 in a file said this waas not a sweepstake at the bottom of the letter was a check for $2,500 with instruction to call this perspon Mic...
Entity
Direct Clearning House
Categories: Bad Check Writers
307, Report:
#236101
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2007
BB&T RIPOFF BS Fees led me to over $200.00 in over draft charges Huntington West Virginia
The BB&T bank in Huntington WV charged me fees on a totaly fee banking acount i had $30.00 dollers in that account and it all went missing in a totaly fee acount. How dose $30.00 dollers go missing in less than a week on fees?
If i can get my money back well get the money back i...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
308, Report:
#235401
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2007
West Asset Management called me saying i owed money from an old credit card and told me the balance but it's stil the same after 2 payments Atlanta Georgia
Well guys, basically I got a call from West Asset Management about a month ago, and they told me I owed money on a credit card I had back in 2001 from Bank of America. Well anyways, this lady tried to get me to pay like 2 settlement offers and I told her I couldn't and she let me s...
Entity
West Asset Management
Categories: Collection Agency's
309, Report:
#234601
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2007
WORLD CLASS LOTTERY - David Brown, Correspondent Agent Scam fraudulent lottery and check I lost $2700 ripoff Calgary Alberta Canada
Received a letter from the above subject on a second notice beginning of January 2007, stating I had won a prize of $75000., enclosed with an official looking fraudulent check drawn from BB&T bank for $2700. I called the phone number on the check someone told me that the check was f...
Entity
WORLD CLASS LOTTERY - David Brown
Categories: Corrupt Companies
310, Report:
#234367
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2007
BB&T-Branch Banking & Trust Put 1/2 of Cashiers Check on hold for 5 days, 1/2 1 days, locked up my few dollars as well! Walterboro South Carolina
My Husband deposited a Cashiers Check in the bank that we have done business with for several years. After the deposit was taken, 13:04 pm, 2/2/07, the cashier told my husband there would be a five business days hold on the first half of the money and 11 buiness days on the balance...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
311, Report:
#234299
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2007
PayDay Advance Not just rip-offs, they're liars! Danville Virginia
We went there to cash our tax check as our tax prep person told us to do. It was one of those instant tax refund checks and the bank wanted to put a ten day hold on it. BB&T, that's another story but I'll stick to this one for now. PayDay Advance, L.L.P. had an agreement with Libert...
Entity
PayDay Advance
Categories: Cash Services
312, Report:
#228064
Posted Date:
Jan 24 2007
Bb&t my money came up missing and overdraft fees Ripoff London Kentucky
ok at bbandt in london ky 40741 i had 75.68 left after making a deposit over the month of dec.2006 of 900.00, well that 75.68 came up missing and four 34.00 overdrafts fees showed up when infact this should have never happened because of 23.00 for gas 5.88 for blockbuster( which i k...
Entity
Bb&t
Categories: Banks
313, Report:
#168189
Posted Date:
Jan 24 2007
BB&T - Branch Banking and Trust ripoff Eden North Carolina
Managing your account with BB&T is very difficult. If you use your ATM card for a transaction, sometimes it does not appear on your account for a week or more. Cash deposits made before 2PM do not show up the next day, but on the following day.
deposits made after 2PM do not ...
Entity
BB&T - Branch Banking and Trust
Categories: Banks
314, Report:
#231621
Posted Date:
Jan 22 2007
Freedom Gold-Distinct Advantage-Tele Flex STOLE 149.00 UNAUTHORIZED -RUN AROUND-STILL NO REFUND Ripoff Largo Florida
(This is being posted by Self. I do not have excess to a computer. I'm currently using my friends computer.)
Around Christmas/Holiday 2006 received what I thought was junk mail. Never heard of this company! Why would I need this. Letter stating if I didn't respond I would be char...
Entity
Freedom Gold-Distinct Advantage-Tele Flex
Categories: Corrupt Companies
315, Report:
#185081
Posted Date:
Jan 22 2007
BB&T ripoff Dishonest FRAUD Louisville Kentucky
When I moved from South Carolina to take a new job in Kentucky, I looked for a branch of my Credit union. With none here, I opened up a new account with BB&T in Louisville, KY. They were extremely friendly, extremely helpful and treated me VERY well.
I was impressed and from t...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
316, Report:
#227443
Posted Date:
Dec 28 2006
Bb&t ACCEPTED A CHECK, CLEARED IT TO MY ACC.,CASHED MY CHECK MARTINSBURG West Virginia
i was mailed a cashiers check,took it to bb&t. they cleared and credited it to my acc., 2 days later i cashed a check at bb&t now they tell me that it waS A SCAM and i have to pay the money back. they even went so far as telling me that i sent the money through western union. now th...
Entity
Bb&t
Categories: Banks
317, Report:
#227234
Posted Date:
Dec 26 2006
Provident Bank ripoff Incorrectly charged overdraft fees Alexandria Virginia
I used to have an account at Provident Bank in Virginia. I have since cancelled this account because of the service from this bank. Twice in the one year I had an account with this bank, I have overdrafted the account and was charged overdraft fees. Both times was because a check...
Entity
Provident Bank
Categories: Banks
318, Report:
#213861
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2006
BB&T Of Goose Creek, SC ripoff, unexplained fees, loss of funds, unable to answer questions Goose Creek South Carolina
I am a blue-collar worker trying to establish a small buisness with the help of BB&T. I have banked there since Jan/05 starting with a personal account only when small but reoccurring fees of $32.00 to $68.00 began to appear more frequently.
I had went to my home branch several ...
Entity
BB&T Of Goose Creek, SC
Categories: Banks
319, Report:
#209369
Posted Date:
Sep 13 2006
BB&T FRAUDULENT NSF CHARGES ripoff Matewan WEST VIRGINIA
BB&T are collecting NSF fee's even if there is a positive balance in the account. Be sure to review your account balances daily. I encourage you to write a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of Currency and report BB&T's practice of collecting NSF charges.
Dan
Meador, Wes...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
320, Report:
#208072
Posted Date:
Aug 27 2006
BB&T ripoff CANNOT USE ONLINE ACCT LOCKED OVRDRFTS WRONG PALM BAY Florida
first they charge multiple overdrafts without telling me i am not sure they are right,opened new acct and when at bank they did not tell me my other acct was over or that it was locked with money in it!
tried to get online to check status and even after several tries by me and wi...
Entity
BB&T
Categories: Banks
321, Report:
#202661
Posted Date:
Jul 24 2006
BB&T Bank ripoff debited My Account for 1488.11 on a repo.Car as offset Nov.2001 I paid the car off Still the account showing up on credit report today Gastonia North Carolina
In 2001 My Daughter was out of work and was unable to pay for a car that I had co-signed for her. The car was repocessed and I was faced with paying for the car. My Bank account was debited for $1488.11 as offset for the loan. I paid off the out standing balance off of $9,969.92 to ...
Entity
BB&T Bank
Categories: Banks
322, Report:
#191999
Posted Date:
May 31 2006
Troubles With BB&T, BB And T, Branch Banking And Trust, ripoff, overdraft, problems, communication trouble, lies St. Augustine Florida
The trouble here, like in many other stories, starts with an overdraft fee.
But, unlike so many of the other stories, I'll be the first to admit that the initial overdraft fee was, indeed, my own fault.
You may want to get a drink and a blanket, and settle in, because this st...
Entity
BB&T, BB And T, Branch Banking And Trust
Categories: Banks
323, Report:
#191687
Posted Date:
May 16 2006
Branch Banking And Trust Fees kick loyal customer ripoff Columbia South Carolina
Last week, my mother was hospitalized. She's 75 and has been suffering from COPD and heart trouble most of this year. We've consolidated our accounts at BB&T to make them easier to manage.
My paycheck is directly deposited into this account, so things are normally okay; however, ...
Entity
Branch Banking And Trust
Categories: Banks
324, Report:
#184896
Posted Date:
May 14 2006
Branch Banking And Trust - BBandT ripoff They fee you to death Woodbridge Virginia
I have finally finished closing my account with BB&T and opened a new one with a credit union. I should of done this a long time ago and I would have money. BB&T seems to fee you to death. I was with BB&T for a few years. They bought out First Virginia Bank which I had been with...
Entity
Branch Banking And Trust - BBandT
Categories: Banks
325, Report:
#190414
Posted Date:
May 08 2006
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST ripoff WINCHESTER Virginia
This past week I was given a check by my friend to cash at his bank,BB&T. I have done this for almost 3 years,he would issue me a check for buying family groceries or whatever. In the beginning he would just make this out for cash and it would be cashed. Then teller tells me I have ...
Entity
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST
Categories: Banks