101, Report:
#329453
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2008
Averatec Geve me older version of OS than was promised and keeps putting me off when asking for replacement. Nationwide
Bought an Averatec 7100 Series Laptop computer late in 2006. Everything went well and I had no problems for some time. A few problems then did crop up but I had an extended warranty through Micro Center where I purchased the machine and all was repaired and covered under that warr...
Entity
Averatec
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
102, Report:
#327938
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2008
Microsoft E-Games Promotion Award - EUROPE MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Mr Paulson Depp - Sharon Hurley MY E-MAIL ADDRESS WON A PRIZE I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.. DO WISH IT WAS REAL THOUGH,BUT I CAN SMELL THE SCAM London UNITED KINGDOM
Microsoft E-Games Promotion Award
20 Craven Park Harlesden
London NW10,
United kingdom.
Registered No: N.I 24284
***************************
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
Important Information, Please your urgent response is needed. It is a pleasure to inform you through t...
Entity
Microsoft E-Games Promotion Award - EUROPE MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Mr Paulson Depp - Sharon Hurley
Categories: Computer Software
103, Report:
#325542
Posted Date:
Apr 12 2008
SOS Computers LLC In business for 3 years. Not registered with State, Not paying State or Federal Tax, No Experience, Cash Only Business, No receipts, Compulsive Deceptive Techniques, Missing Parts from Customer's PC's, Illegal Microsoft Windows Professional and Office Installations, Installs Fraudulent Software with Cracks/Hacks, No customer service skills, Does not care about students and their budgets. Bridgeport Connecticut
After visiting this Computer Repair shop, it has dawned upon me that the owner, Chuck Laini AKA Choukry Laini, is a con artist that seeks to con everyone out of their last penny regardless of their financial situation. This evil manipulative person - Chuck - does not have the compa...
Entity
SOS Computers LLC
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
104, Report:
#314593
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2008
TNT UK DEPOT, WOLVERHAMPTON DEPOT, ROBERT KEY, MICHELLE SCOTT,Kathleen Scott,Steve Bernards KATHLEEN SCOTT Laptop Scam On Craig's List Wolverhampton United Kingdom
To make a very long story short. I found a deal on craigs list for a dell laptop. The seller claimed she couldn't use it in the UK due to the differences in electric voltage and plugs etc. She already had another one and this one, which was brand new, was just sitting there not be...
Entity
TNT UK DEPOT, WOLVERHAMPTON DEPOT, ROBERT KEY, MICHELLE SCOTT,Kathleen Scott,Steve Bernards
Categories: Computer Fraud
105, Report:
#306671
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2008
Card Member Services, Card member services failing to respond to arbitration Fargo North Dakota
Card member services could not resolve my dispute with a merchant Target in regards to a purchase of a Windows Vista for 217.00 plus they kept stating the case is closed than reopened closed reopened than they closed the case without resolving my dispute I finally filed arbitration ...
Entity
Card Member Services
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
106, Report:
#305737
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2008
UK LOTTERY PROMOTIONS BOARD Received an email saying that I was winner from Yahoo Lottery Inc. Asking for me to provide personal information so I could receive my winnings... Complete fraud!!!!! London United Kingdom
Here are the two emails that I received from them...Please beware and don't repsond complete RIPOFF....
is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($US500,000.00) for the YEAR 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY I...
Entity
UK LOTTERY PROMOTIONS BOARD
Categories: Internet Fraud
107, Report:
#300364
Posted Date:
Jan 29 2008
Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P. Mis-representation on Spec. Sheets regarding video ram Houston, Texas
Researched buying a new laptop. HP was one I was interested in because model dv2736us had 3gb of ram and HP's own spec sheet said it would support 1024mb of shared video. Upon buying this product from Staples,
I brought it home, turned it on, and proceeded with the installation ...
Entity
Hewlett Packard Development Company
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
108, Report:
#302647
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2008
Global Express Courier Company, Yahoo/MSN & Microsoft Windows Lottery, Foundation De France, clearance for lottery winning fund London United Kingdom Internet
I have recieved a couple of e-mail messages from Yahoo/MSN & Microsoft WindowS lottery and Global Express Courier Company.
They claim that I am a winner for their lottery in the amount of half million British Pound and I shall pay 600 pound in advance for courier delivery service...
Entity
Global Express Courier Company, Yahoo/MSN & Microsoft Windows Lottery, Foundation De France,
Categories: Internet Fraud
109, Report:
#300050
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2008
Alienware Ripped me off over $6000 Miami Florida
Jose Key West, Florida (1/10/2008) I purchase a very expensive top of the market computer in 8/19/2005. I paid $5330.08 with the following specs:
1 | MJ12
1 | AREA-51M 7700 5.3 GREY 17 SXGA+ W/CAM
1 | P4 3.8GHZ 670 2MB 800FSB LGA775
2 | PATRIOT 1GB DDR2 PC...
Entity
Alienware
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
110, Report:
#299663
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2008
HP - Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard Deceived that the NoteBook Pavilion ZV6000 is a 64 Bit Processor which they don't support Sparks Nevada
Hewlett Packard Deceived that the Notebook Pavilion ZV6000 is a 64 Bit Processor which they don't support. The Notebook was released with XP Home Edition 32 Bit operating system but sold it as AMD 64 Bit processor so they can charge a higher price for the Notebook. When Vista Ulti...
Entity
HP - Hewlett Packard
Categories: Computer Manufactures
111, Report:
#289893
Posted Date:
Dec 21 2007
Hewlett-Packard Incompetent and misleading notebook computer advertising and support Houston Texas
This is an exact copy (with redaction of personal information) of the e-mail exchange (first e-mail is at the bottom, last is at the top):
Jeff -
I would not have purchased this machine if I knew it would not support Windows XP. All of the downloads for it specially include XP...
Entity
Hewlett-Packard
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
112, Report:
#191152
Posted Date:
Nov 07 2007
Computertraining Scam, fraud, false advertising ripoff Westerville Ohio
I also believe that Computertraining.com is a money making scam that fraudulently advertises what a person can hope to gain by taking their classes.
The pre-requisites in the very first text book you open states that students should have familiarity with the use of Windows XP, in...
Entity
Computertraining
Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
113, Report:
#276650
Posted Date:
Oct 02 2007
Lottery Inc & Windows Live. Yahoo & Microsoft Windowslottery Inc & Windows Live. Yahoo & Microsoft Windows/ Mr. Henry Peterson(dispatch Officer) Company send a letter congatulating me as a winner of Five hundred thousand pounds and another one clearing me to contact the courier to see the charges they ask for to send me the money. Sutton, Greater London Internet
I am sick and tirerd of receiving these types of letters and spcially at this moment in which I am going through so many money problems. Why play with the necessity of other human beings in this word. They should all burn in hell or every time they touch wrongful earn money they sho...
Entity
Lottery Inc & Windows Live. Yahoo & Microsoft Windows/ Mr. Henry Peterson(dispatch Officer)
Categories: Internal Revenue Service
114, Report:
#271750
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2007
Microsoft Windows PAYMENT OPTIONS, DELIVERY PROCEDURE your winnings is not in cash form but in Certified Bank Draft, this advice complies with thce Anti-Fraud policy existing between Lottery companies and the British Government. Redmond Washington
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM
Microsoft Corporation
#1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052.
Ref: BTD/931/07
Batch: 501726B
Attn: Winner,
PAYMENT OPTIONS / DELIVERY PROCEDURE
This is in receipt of your mail and required data inclusive. Also the verification process has been co...
Entity
Microsoft Windows
Categories: Lottery
115, Report:
#1030934
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2007
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery /YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS Ripoff Guangdong China Internet
This is a basic overview of the scam:
They will request your bank account information and it will look pretty legit up until they hit you for the $$$. Be careful. I reported their activity to Asia Holdings, Inc ., as they are listing Asia Holdings Inc., President / CEO as one of...
Entity
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank
Categories: Lottery
116, Report:
#1030932
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2007
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery /YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS Ripoff Guangdong China Internet
This is a basic overview of the scam:
They will request your bank account information and it will look pretty legit up until they hit you for the $$$. Be careful. I reported their activity to Asia Holdings, Inc ., as they are listing Asia Holdings Inc., President / CEO as one of...
Entity
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank
Categories: Lottery
117, Report:
#1030931
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2007
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery /YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS Ripoff Guangdong China Internet
This is a basic overview of the scam:
They will request your bank account information and it will look pretty legit up until they hit you for the $$$. Be careful. I reported their activity to Asia Holdings, Inc ., as they are listing Asia Holdings Inc., President / CEO as one of...
Entity
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank
Categories: Lottery
118, Report:
#1030933
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2007
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery /YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS Ripoff Guangdong China Internet
This is a basic overview of the scam:
They will request your bank account information and it will look pretty legit up until they hit you for the $$$. Be careful. I reported their activity to Asia Holdings, Inc ., as they are listing Asia Holdings Inc., President / CEO as one of...
Entity
Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank
Categories: Lottery
119, Report:
#270702
Posted Date:
Aug 28 2007
Best Buy Worst Experience, Deceptive billing accounting sales and support ripoff Richfield Minnesota
Well, Best Buy really isn't folks. Those oh-so-fun people, spending 95% of your shopping time horsing around with each other in the store, will, when they finally wait on you, tell you all about your new computer system, and the new, extended warrenty, in-home service they can sell...
Entity
Best Buy Company
Categories: Computer Stores
120, Report:
#261062
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2007
Computer Connection ex-employee Tucson Arizona
I'm reporting this business for numerous of violations and bad business practices
I worked for the store for less than 20 days and in that time I saw the following:
-- when hired I never got any type of employee forms generated nor were w2's fill, no time clock to show I was e...
Entity
Computer Connection
Categories: Computer Stores
121, Report:
#253317
Posted Date:
Jun 09 2007
Microsoft Windows Vista: Wasting the time of consumers by continously requiring them to call for activation codes Redmond Washington
I bought a brandnew HP computer a few months ago with Windows Vista already installed. My time is valuable and it really bothers me that I have to call MS every time when downloading an upgrade in order to get a new activation code from these jerks. My software was activated w...
Entity
Microsoft
Categories: Computer Software
122, Report:
#240345
Posted Date:
Mar 27 2007
Best Buy - Erin - Kevin ripogg Rotten Customer Service and Deceptive sale Green Bay Wisconsin
I would love to tell you of our experience my wife and I add with the Big Blue Box (Best Buy). Trust me if I would have know of your Web site I would have heeded the warnings and advice of others that have had just horrible experience with Best Buy.
Well here goes:
My wife an...
Entity
Best Buy
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
123, Report:
#238796
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2007
Yahoo/Msn Lottery, January 2007 Lottery Promotion Which Is Organized By YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY , Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incorporation This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred Sutton, Greater London Internet
Sent me this email.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings(500,000.00) for the month of January 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY
INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WIN...
Entity
Yahoo - Msn Lottery
Categories: Lottery
124, Report:
#229229
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2007
Computer Connection And Steve Kauffman Steve Kauffman and Computer Connection, Pirated XP, Laptop Scams, Fraud!! Ripoff Tucson Arizona
Ok I am writing this here, and on Ripoffreport.com
Steve Kauffman has bought the company LA Computer Centers. He changed the name to Computer Connection and has been selling laptops, desktop and doing repairs.
Those who have had work done at this store need to know if they pa...
Entity
Computer Connection And Steve Kauffman
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
125, Report:
#229713
Posted Date:
Jan 10 2007
Bluehippo Funding Misleading Free Items, Fraud Advertisement - Order computer online which included a free printer and 20 TV. 1st was told that the offer was over the phone offer, then was told that when I created my account I didn't choose to received the free items. Baltimore Maryland
I placed my order for a new computer on bluehippo.com. On their website, you have a chose of a desk computer or a lap top. I had chosen the desk computer. In this package, it list all of the items that are included:
256 Megs of RAM
2.66 Gigahertz Intel processor
80 Gig hard ...
Entity
Bluehippo Funding
Categories: On-Line Stores