26, Report:
#966186
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2012
AT&T ADVERTISING SOLUTIONS AT&T unscreened deceptive, false advertisements allowed in the AT&T Pacific Bell Directory publications. San Francisco, California
Pacific Bell Directory & AT&T, Assisting The Underground Economy
What is an underground economy? Underground economy is a term that refers to those individuals and businesses that deal in cash and/or use other sc...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
27, Report:
#881823
Posted Date:
May 12 2012
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daniel e frye Name of Receiver: SANDRIA MOSELEY they said they were Publishers Clearing House and even gave the correct address in Port Washington NY, However they wanted me to send a $1,000.check to the Internal Revenue Service as insurance for th Internet, Internet
first they sent me a email stating that I had won the $1,OOO,OOO prize after I contacted them they went on to say to protect the funds from any illigitement persons attempting to try to take some or all of the money that I needed to send $1,000. to the IRS at the address indic...
Entity
Categories: ORGANIZED CRIME
28, Report:
#868489
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2012
Phruit Limite Beware Of Lead-Generation Companies Trying To Sell You Things in the Guise of Survey Internet
Beware Of Lead-Generation Companies Trying To Sell You Things in the Guise of Survey
You were busy preparing an important meeting and suddenly you get call from a firm out of the blue. They bug you with all sorts of irritating questions and ruin your day. It happened to all of y...
Entity
Categories: Customer
29, Report:
#868487
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2012
Phruit Limite Phruit Limite it is always better to stay on guard against these companies. If you get calls from them for research, make it clear that you do not intend to offer your details to some third party and if the company SUTTON LEACH, Internet
Be On Guard against Unethical Lead Generation Practices
Sometimes back, there was news regarding a leading lead-generation company being suspended by Direct Marketing Association. The said company was accused of carrying out some unethical practices. It is companies like these wh...
Entity
Categories: Business Consultants
30, Report:
#843094
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2012
Dvor Dvor.com Holds Hostage Private Consumer Data by Refusing to Delete Account Northbrook, Illinois
Over the past few days I have gone back and forth with Steven L., Sales/Customer Service Specialist, in an attempt to get my account deleted from the company database. I no longer wished to receive emails from Dvor.com, and I don't want my private data floating around in some ...
Entity
Categories: Sporting Goods
31, Report:
#407546
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2011
Expedite Media Group Fraudulent Charges made against my Debit Card Aurora Illinois
We agreed to pay $650.00 for an email marketing campaign on November 14th as a one time service to try Expedite Media Group. We were extremely dissatisfied with the results and notified Nicole Meier at Expedite Media Group of same. Of course they had several excuses and we made ou...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
32, Report:
#666345
Posted Date:
Nov 30 2010
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William or Bill Thompson, TV Inc., Beverly Hills, Infomercial Scam complaint, Inside Edition, Business Week Global Promise, Celeb-Direct, Muscle Flex Inc, Bravada Infomercial Producer Scam, Professional Liar, Complete Fraud, Theft of Funds, Deceptive Practices, Direct Marketing Scam Clearwater, Florida
William Marvin Thompson, William M. Thompson, or Bill Thompson, infomercial producer dba TV Inc, infomercial production company. This 64 year old man is a seasoned and experienced con artist and very slick talker who represents that he will create a fantastic infomercial for anyone....
Entity
Categories: Video & Film Production
33, Report:
#419446
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2009
Invitaion Processing - Neo-Tech Publishing Co - Noveau Tech Society - Novatech Society - Novus Tek Invitatio How can this be legit offer that claims to review peoples profile when they rent a mailing list for peoples address Henderson Nevada
Come on people that are saying this is not a scam it's for real, it helped me,etc. this 8-page letter on how to Learn to render people helpless,over power anyone anyplace anyhwere, beat any opponent at any game,nobody will ever scam you again, blah blah blah. You people cannot be se...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
34, Report:
#258696
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2009
GreenDimes.com, Green Dimes, GreenDimes, Pankaj Shah seems to be just another for-profit environmental company. Scam, rip-off, I can't confirm but let real serious environmentally interested people research them out. Palo Alto California
After looking into a company called GreenDimes.com I feel compelled to share my disappointments and thoughts. GreenDimes.com is a service that purports to reduce or eliminate your junkmail, which is the unwanted postal ad mail delivered by the United States Postal Service, USPS.
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Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
35, Report:
#423015
Posted Date:
Mar 03 2009
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 ...
Entity
Categories: Questionable Activities
36, Report:
#263865
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2008
D & J Auto Never delivered Richmond Indiana
We have also experienced the nightmare that comes with dealing with D&J Auto parts.
We ordered parts for a toyota truck well over a month ago. To date, they still have not arrived. All phone conversations with Charles and his coworkers have resolved nothing. Their false promis...
Entity
Categories: Auto Parts
37, Report:
#238528
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2008
Linda Slovak - Lynspoms rpped me OFF Kept $1,144.00 and gave nothing in return, despite repeated emails ripoff Kingston Tennessee
January 22, 2007:
I bought a cute Pomeranian puppy through
http://www.lynspoms.com/
Huge mistake! The cute puppy turned out to be an old picture...
right AFTER I paid this woman, she emailed me a picture of what I had bought. It wasn't a cute puppy at all !! It was a grown a...
Entity
Categories: Pet Shops & Supplies
38, Report:
#308458
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2008
YourTopBrands $100 Visa Gift Card Ripoff Fresh Meadows New York Internet
I tried to join YourTopBrands offer to receive a $100.00 Visa Gift Card by ordering some coffee from SeattleDirectCoffee and a bottle of COLOPURE colon cleanser in order to complete the TWO REQUIRED trial offers for the gift card.
There was nothing so much the matter with my Se...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
39, Report:
#267232
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2007
Green Dimes, GreenDimes.com Green Dimes revamps their website, policies, and pricing. Where is Matt Damon in all of this Ripoff Palo Alto California
I can readily see that there are a number of people following GreenDimes.com. Why? They claim to be a for profit environmentally interested company. The following are important updates that I have seen:
1) GreenDimes.com just completely restructured their website, pricing, and po...
Entity
Categories: US Postal Service
40, Report:
#259938
Posted Date:
Jul 10 2007
DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION CONSUMER RIPOFF -- DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION CHARGES $1.00 TO REMOVE FROM MAILING LIST NEW YORK NEW YORK
IN KAHOOTS WITH TIME WARNER CABLE THE DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION ''THINKS'' THEY CAN CHARGE CONSUMERS A DOLLAR TO REMOVE FROM MAILING LISTS.
FACTS OF THE MATTER:
RECEIVED JUNK MAIL FROM TIME WARNER CABLE. Called them to get my address removed from their mailing list. Time Warn...
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
41, Report:
#180000
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2006
AT&T fined for violating the Telemarketing laws SBC Cingular BBB, Better Business Bureau endorces them! Government and the FTC award AT&T the contract to maintain the National Do Not Call List - Ameritech, Cell Phone Company, Telephone Company rip off predatory telemarketing activities San Antonio Texas
To the reader:
What does the name AT&T mean to me?
Years ago, I gave permission to an Anti-Telemarketing website to post a program I had written called, ?The Anti-Telemarketing Program.?
The Anti-Telemarketing Program is a short documentary of my personal experiences with t...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
42, Report:
#173321
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2006
Fusion Talk-Fusion Telekom Fruadulent/Unauthorized credit card charges Las Vegas Nevada *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
This company Fusion Talk has placed (2) charges of $24.95 on my credit card. After three days of calling and holding for up to 35 minutes, being disconnected after holding, and leaving unreturned messages, I finally spoke to an agent. I asked who they were, what they did, and what...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
43, Report:
#137201
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2005
National Who's Who Middle School Registry aka Student Educational Registries - CEO And Publisher Grady C. Sturgess, III Rip off, lied to, and exploited school children Roswell Georgia
This company solicited and marketed their product by direct mail addressed directly to middle school children throughout the country. The letter informs the student that he or she is possibly eligible to be included in the upcoming edition of the Registry, congratulates the studen...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
44, Report:
#133613
Posted Date:
Mar 03 2005
DMA, Direct Marketing Association, Unethical, Shady, Dishonest, Protect Rogue Marketers DMA, Direct Marketing Association, Atriks, unethical, shady, dishonest, protect rogue marketers New York
A little over a year ago, I started receiving postal and e-mail solicitations. I tracked the postal solicitations down to a company called Atriks, LLC (atriks.com or better know as the SendMail Corporation). The company is supposedly a leader in marketing. I found that the compan...
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
45, Report:
#79683
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2004
Datesnow ripoff GOOD LUCK, DON'T BACK DOWN! some tips Internet
Cancel CC and have them issue new number. If used Debit CC call immediatly and have card canceled or placed on hold and have them issue another number, be sure NOT TO give Pzest or Datesnow your checking account number if you signed up using the card number, otherwise they have more...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
46, Report:
#79261
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2004
Datesnow, Pzest WE'VE BEEN HAD TOO.... HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO HELP Brisbane Australia
We've been had too. Here are some tips to help contact them and steps you can follow to report them.
Companies Shown on Bank/CC statements:
Datesnow 1-1-800-584-1977 / 1-800-351-5654
[email protected]
www.pzest.com (sister company - ?) 1-1-800-447-6439
WPI*Friends Intern...
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Categories: Adult Web Sites