76, Report:
#106375
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2004
CIC - Consumer Info Credit Monitoring fraudulent I cancelled Aug 2nd. They lied, said I called to continue and have a recording which they will not share to back them up obviously not possible since *I* was there and I know well what I did Orange California
I signed up in June for a free month (which required a credit card number). At the end of the month I called to cancel before charges would begin, but the representative told me that my free month was not finished and that I should call back in a few days. So I did call back, on A...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
77, Report:
#106300
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2004
Consumer Info, CIC ripoff - Month after Month! jerking me around! California Internet
CIC or Consumer info has been jerking me around for months now. I signed up for their free report and when I found out that it wasn't free, I cancelled.
One month after cancelling I find a charge to my account for $8.95
So I call the customer service line (what a joke) and the r...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
78, Report:
#105337
Posted Date:
Aug 26 2004
Consumer Info. A.K.A. CIC Credit Monitoring RIP-OFF! Free credit report is not so free! Orange California
Like many other consumers on the Internet, I fell for CIC's promise of a FREE credit report. The company lures you in with a free credit report, followed by a free 30 day trial of their monitoring service. You can cancel any time or continue to recieve their regular on-line reports ...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
79, Report:
#105080
Posted Date:
Aug 24 2004
Cic Credit Monitoring Or Consumer info fraudulent charge to account without my knowledge Orange County California *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
I was checking my checking account as I do everynight online, and I discovered that I had a charge for 9.95 on my account from cic. I immediatly checked my email to see if I had received some verification about a charge to my account. Of course, there was none.
I never authori...
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Categories: Credit Services
80, Report:
#103684
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2004
Consumerinfo ripoff consumer info misleads and lies to consumers about their so-called free credit report Internet
I signed up with consumerinfo to get a free credit report, by signing up you are informed that you have a 30 day trial period to try their service. Within the 30 days, if you are not satisfied with the service you can cancel the service without being charged. I processed my account ...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
81, Report:
#103549
Posted Date:
Aug 13 2004
CIC/Consumer - Info.com Ripoff robbing consumers for services not rendered NOT A Satisfied Customer Internet
On July 13, 2004, I signed up to obtain a free credit report and had agreed to a free 30 day trial membership.
After filling out all of the information, and getting my log in information set, I tried to log in, and received a message that I needed an access code and it would be mai...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
82, Report:
#100235
Posted Date:
Jul 23 2004
CIC Credit Monitor Service rip-off! Orange California
I was looking through my bank account statement and noticed a charge for $29.95. I looked at my credit card statement and noticed the same charge. I called the number (800-220-2626) and spoke to Ronald. He pulled my information and said that I ordered 2 credit reports. When I tol...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
83, Report:
#100191
Posted Date:
Jul 23 2004
Consumer Info, Freecreditreport.com RipOff! Did not report changes to Credit Report--TWICE!! ONLINE & Orange California
This Company is Lame on every level. They never successfully report changes to credit reports!!!
I purchased service because my S.S. Card and Birth certificate were stolen from my house. After 2 months of the service I went to get a car loan and... Guess what, there was a $30,000...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
84, Report:
#99438
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2004
Consumerinfo ripoff How is this a free service when they want you to pay for the services that they are supposedly offering for free? West Palm Beach Florida
On bellsouth.net there is a free credit check area. When you prompt on it it takes you to consumerinfo.com. When you ask for your free credit report, it takes all of your information and than it asks you for a credit card name number and expiration date. So that it can charge you $9...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
85, Report:
#98059
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2004
Gateway Learning - Hooked On Phonics, $4,600 Settlement Per FTC's Howard Beales, Director Of Bureau Of Consumer Protection our tax dollars at work, paying FTC director of consumer protection salary for $4,600.00 settlement for violating Hooked on Phonic's own privacy policy/selling list to marketing Co's. Internet
Gateway Learning/Hooked on Phonics fined $4,600.00 , the amount they sold the customer list for, for violating their own Consumer Privacy Rules.
FTC's Howard Beales, director of bureau of consumer protection really earned his salary with this settlement!!
What about all the $...
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Categories: K-12 Language
86, Report:
#95429
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2004
Consumer Info, Free Credit Report is a Rip-off! No answers to emails. No way to cancel. Internet
I wanted to view my free credit report, so I signed up with Consumer Info. They wanted a credit card number, and said that the report was free for thirty days, and if you didn't cancel their services within thirty days, they would charge the card $79.95.
I gave them my card numb...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
87, Report:
#94042
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2004
CIC Credit Monitoring, Consumer Info ripoff unauthorized charge Orange California
A charge of $7.95 was recently made to my credit card by CIC Credit Monitoring. That charge was unauthorized and I have been unable to establish communication with CIC Credit Monitoring.
Jennifer
Bakersfield, CaliforniaU.S.A.
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
88, Report:
#93828
Posted Date:
Jun 06 2004
CiC Credit Monitoring - Consumer Info - Creditmatters.com - Freecreditreport.com ripoff scam Orange California
I was buying a vehicle in september 2003 and i wanted my credit checked to see if it was any good or not. Im not sure what company exactly that i went with but i am assuming that it was one of the above. It was suposed to be a free trial, but it didnt give me anything, i couldent ...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
89, Report:
#93464
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2004
CIC, Qspace.comqspace.com, Consumerinfo.com, An Experian Company! ripoff, supposed to be a free 30 day trial before charging but charges asap, this was offered through DELL financial services! Orange California
In purchasing a new computer from Dell, and reviewing my account through their financial services, there was a FREE Credit Report button, that in clicking on it, CIC Consumer Info offered a free 30 day trial! So I agreed that I would not be charged the $9.95 til after the 30 days if...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
90, Report:
#92363
Posted Date:
May 21 2004
CIC Credit Monitoring Aka Consumer Info Aka Creditmatters.com Aka Freecreditreport.com Scammed Me Out Of $79.95--Refuses To Pay Overdraft Caused By Their Fradulent Charge Orange California
I noticed a charge on my online bank statement on 5/18/04 in the amount of $79.95. I called the 800 number on the statement and spoke to a woman at CIC. This was not the first time that I have contacted these people.
On 4/8/04 I applied for a mortgage through lendingtree.com. ...
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Categories: Credit Services
91, Report:
#88707
Posted Date:
Apr 23 2004
Consumer Info rip-off! Orange California
I went under freecreditreport.com to get my credit report. it required my cash card number because after using their website for more than 30 days-they charge you 8.95. so I gave it to them.
Well about 2 weeks later i called the 188 # to cancel and the man i talked to said i wasn...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
92, Report:
#88452
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2004
Consumer Info ripoff Harriburg Internet
I had gone onto consumerinfo.com to look at my credit report. They had a FREE 30 day trial, but I never got a credit report and I emailed the company stating that I didnt want there service and did not want to be charged for it and now two months later I have been charged $79.95 for...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
93, Report:
#1032194
Posted Date:
Mar 24 2004
Consumer Info.com - CIC Credit Monitoring ripoff Nationwide
I had a $79.95 charge to my debit card, not knowing it till my checking account was overdrawn. On the website to my checking account, for the transaction of $79.95, it had the phone number of 1-800-220-2626 and I did a search on google to find out what the company was, and found th...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
94, Report:
#84746
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2004
CIC Consumer Info.com Credit Expert.com ripoff fraudlent billing Internet
Like many others here, I was billed $79.95 for a credit monitoring service. A bit different from other postings here, I was to receive one year FREE as the result of a Microsoft Money 2004 software upgrade.
Upon learning of the $79.95 charge (under the name CIC Credit Monitor SVC...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
95, Report:
#84585
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2004
Credit Expert, CIC Credit Monitor, Consumer Info, Creditmatters.com, Freecreditreport.com,etc crooks, charged me for a year without my knowledge and I never got any product or service Irvine California
OK I ordered a credit report online. After filling out the forms, including credit card, I recieved a message saying they could not complete my request. So they won't charge me right? Wrong! I have been charged over a hundred dollars over the last year on a card I didnt use so d...
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Categories: Credit Services
96, Report:
#4511
Posted Date:
Feb 25 2004
Verizon Mobile Telesys, Inc. Cell Phone opportunistic liars poor way to do business *Consumer info Verizon employee
While staying in Palm Springs, California I was approached in a shopping center by an individual working a booth with a large Verizon sign. Since I already had Verizon phones and live in Colorado, not California, I told him those two facts. He told me he could give me a better dea...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
97, Report:
#80941
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2004
CIC Credit Monitor ripoff- billing after account cancelled Orange California
I have been ripped off by consumer info. I read some other reports a while back and it made me cancel my account with them the same day I set it up. I have never used the service, and I even have a copy of my cancellation notice. Today I check my account and they charged my accou...
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Categories: Consumer Services
98, Report:
#80874
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2004
Freeonlinecredit Report AKA Consumer Info CONSUMERINFO POSSIBLE RIPOFF, PHONES ALWAYS BUSY, EMAILS SENT NO CONTACT Orange CALIFORNIA
Its been three weeks that I applied for a free credit report from free online credit report [consumerinfo]. They said that I had 30 days to cancel before they charged $79.95 to my credit card. It's been three weeks and I can't get a hold on them. They only have one contact phone ...
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Categories: Credit Card Fraud
99, Report:
#78903
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2004
Consumer Info.com RIPOFF! DO NOT BE FOOLED! Internet
I received an unlawful charge today from ConsumerInfo.com in the amount of $79.95. I was given a tel # by my credit union to call & dispute the charge. The tel # was (800) 220 2626.
The first time I called, the line never connected. I tried twice, and the same thing happened bot...
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Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
100, Report:
#78027
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2004
Consumer Info.com offered credit report ask for soc sec # charged credit card then cancelled order Orange California
I have been ripped off by this so called company.
I asked for a credit report over the internet and was assured that it was a secured site.
They said that I would receive a credit report from Equifax, Experian & TransUnion within 4 or 5 days.
Yesterday, January 23, 2004, ...
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Categories: Credit Services