176, Report:
#171352
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2006
AIU, American InterContinental, Career Education HUGE Chronicle of Higher Education article about this fraud ..for-profit college is under investigation for pumping up enrollment while skimping on education Hoffman Estates Illinois
Promises and Profits
A
By STEPHEN BURD
Los Angeles
Time was running out. It was just days before the 2004 spring quarter was to start, and administrators at American InterContinental University's campus here were struggling to meet the enrollment targets set for them by t...
Entity
AIU, American InterContinental, Career Education
Categories: Colleges and Universities
177, Report:
#155228
Posted Date:
Aug 28 2005
Mrs.Amina Mohammed [email protected] Nigeria Head Of State, Late General Sanni Abacha They are requeting $20.5 milion to be transfered to their security Company Nigerian Government Nigerian Government
I am attaching the e-mail I received:
ASALAM ALAIKUM MY BROTHER !!!
Greetings!!!
Dear friend ,
I come to you with a sincere heart believing in Almighty God that you will consider my plight and come to help and also benefit from me.I am Mrs. Amina Mohammed, cousin and ...
Entity
Mrs.Amina Mohammed; Nigeria Head Of State, Late General Sanni Abacha
Categories: Computer Fraud
178, Report:
#145581
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2005
Primerica My Observations on the PFS Experience and the Quality of Its Service ripoff Duluth Georgia*UPDATE: Primerica offers a good business opportunity & stands behind its products & services- - Company Executives have told Rip-Off Report that Primerica pledges to resolve complaints & address any inquires from the past, present & in the future.
Forgive the length of this article, but I had to get a few things off my chest.
I am currently a Regional Leader for Primerica Financial Services (PFS), although I have been inactive for over a year. I joined PFS full-time with intense interest, and was VERY committed to the w...
Entity
Primerica
Categories: Financial Services
179, Report:
#147373
Posted Date:
Jun 24 2005
Rochelle Gordon - Joan Marie ripoff Rochelle's form letter convinces you to buy her associates products and trust her personal insights into your situation, RIPOFF! Milford Connecticut
I've always been intersted in astrology, so I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt... until I read your ripoff reports. Unfortunately, I had already purchased the book by Joan Marie before I came across your report.
I have received several emails from Rochelle Gord...
Entity
Rochelle Gordon - Joan Marie
Categories: Astrologers & Psychics
180, Report:
#131196
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2005
Coventry Leatherworks Ltd; Net Direct Electronics; Willoughby & Johnson,Ltd; IMAC ripoff, dishonest, stealing hard earned money, using multiple alias, destroying hopes and aspirations of the innocent Hicksville, Zurich, Gonesse TIM- France,SPI SG - Switzerland New York
I have recieved many forms claiming that I have been awarded $10 000 on condition that I respond to the letters within 11 days. One has asked for a purchase of a Huari Rechargable Shaver for $29-95 + $4-95 shipping&handling which is optional in order to claim prize, another a Fernan...
Entity
Coventry Leatherworks Ltd; Net Direct Electronics; Willoughby & Johnson,Ltd; IMAC
Categories: Corrupt Companies
181, Report:
#41688
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2005
DSMax AKA Granton Marketing AKA CydcorDSMax, AKA Cydcor AKA Signal Marketing Systems AKA CK & Associates Pyramid-Style SCAM Raleigh North Carolina
The more motivated, hard-working, confident, and comfortable with risk you are, the more this company will appeal to you, and the more you will be interested. DONT FALL FOR IT!
None of the individuals I spoke to associated with this office gave me a last name. One manager repea...
Entity
DSMax, AKA Granton Marketing AKA Cydcor AKA Signal Marketing Systems AKA CK & Associates
Categories: Corrupt Companies
182, Report:
#116675
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2004
Ck & Associates, Cydcor rip-off! Scam! They hire college kids and trick them, no pay for 3 weeks, unpaid training -cold calling. Raleigh North Carolina
CK & Associates hires mainly college graduates and gives them the illusion that 1 there is a base salary and 2 you will make a lot of money. i was told over the phone and in my interviews that salary was a part of the pay and it was a lie. The hours are 7:45-6:30 M-F and you are exp...
Entity
Ck & Associates - Cydcor
Categories: Sales People
183, Report:
#97650
Posted Date:
Jul 05 2004
Chance Marketing, DS Max, Cydcor business/corporate cult, deception, brainwashing, seduction, totalitarian control Baltimore Maryland
Hiphoppas Expose Business Cult in Baltimore...and throughout U.S.
What's the white boy way of slangin' crack rock? Well, if you've ever seen the movies Boiler Room or Wall Street you might suspect that the young ambitious craze for money, mind control through persuasion, and dec...
Entity
Chance Marketing, Inc. - AKA Cydcor - DS-Max - Granton Marketing - Innovage - Direct Marketing
Categories: Cult
184, Report:
#96751
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2004
Poetry.com AKA International Society of Poets rip-off! Scam! Toyed with emotions! Owings Mills Maryland
I, too, am a sucker. I fell for the Poetry.com AKA International Society of Poets scam and feel absolutely sick. For about a year now I have been receiving advertisements from Poetry.com about my excellent abilities as a poet and how special only my poetry was.
I have been invite...
Entity
Poetry.com - International Society of Poets
Categories: Printing & Copy Services
185, Report:
#94647
Posted Date:
Jun 12 2004
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE RIPOFF EMPLOYEE SPEAKS OUT THE FRAUD HOSTILITY AND THE SALES PITCH ENTIRE STATE ALABAMA
I was what you would call a good closer. I was hired by Ameriquest two years ago . You see, for a while I thought I was really helping people. I was saving them what appeared to be hundreds of dollars per month....
At Ameriquest I had to feed on a customer's hopes, dreams, and ...
Entity
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE CO
Categories: Mortgage Companies
186, Report:
#81428
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2004
Trans Continental Talent And/or Web Style Network deceptive,dishonest, & unethical sales techniques w/unauthorized charge Orlando Florida
I am writing to report the fraudulent and misleading business practices of Trans Continental Talent and/or Web Style Network. Recently, I was lied to and mislead into giving my credit card information to this company for what sounded like a great opportunity, but was only just a sc...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent And/or Web Style Network
Categories: Modeling Agencies
187, Report:
#80698
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2004
WALMART ripoff Anywhere Nationwide
How Wal-Mart is Remaking our World - If this is true... we are in deep Sheit
Bullying people from your town to China
Corporations rule. No other institution comes close to matching the power that the 500 biggest corporations have amassed over us. The clout of all 535 members of...
Entity
WALMART
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
188, Report:
#71630
Posted Date:
Nov 11 2003
United States Government CORRUPT NO HONOR FRAUDING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE How can a group of Congressmen judge one of their fellow members when almost to the person they are guilty or suspected of similar crimes ripoff Washington, DC
I guess it's all in a day's work. You operate a scam and if you get caught you might have to fork over some of your pocket change and then it's back to stealing some more.
I sent the webmasters a couple of articles:
The Great Bank Thievery and Support Your Local Embezzler. These...
Entity
United States Government
Categories: Government Corruption
189, Report:
#71449
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2003
The International Library Of Poetry ripoff poetry scam Owings Mills Maryland
I entered a poetry competition on the internet and was pleased to receive a letter telling me I was a semi-finalist. This was the first time I had submitted my work to anyone. I decided to check this company out on the website as I couldn't believe just a letter, even though it soun...
Entity
The International Library Of Poetry
Categories: Corrupt Companies
190, Report:
#68135
Posted Date:
Oct 21 2003
Wilhelmina Scouting Network, Transcontinental Talent ripoff, scam, thieves, greedy, liars Orlando Florida
After reading a report on Wilhelmina, I had no choice but to file my own report. I'm sure I am not the first, nor the last person to site this company and it's greedy owner Lou Pearlman as nothing but a greedy, self-absorbed one.
After seeing an ad on the TV about Being Discov...
Entity
Wilhelmina Scouting Network
Categories: Modeling Agencies
191, Report:
#64477
Posted Date:
Jul 23 2003
Cydcor/DS-Max/Apex Marketing And Promotions - shoveling rhino crap for less than minumum wage would be better than working for this multi-level marketing cult. Upper Darby Pennsylvania
Cydcor and other affiliated companies(Apex Marketing and Promotions, Inc. for example) use immoral business tactics to manipulate and exploit their employees/sales force. With promises of financial freedom, independence, and executive control they retain a door to door sales force ...
Entity
Cydcor/Apex Marketing And Promotions, Inc.
Categories: Corrupt Companies
192, Report:
#62744
Posted Date:
Jul 05 2003
Miller Chevrolet/Miller Consolidated Miller Chevrolet had me sign a blank application for checking my credit Matteson Illinois
I first want to give thanks for The Great Thorn allerting me to this website and for jogging my memory of these events. Miller Chevrolet contacted over 11 companies trying to get them to finance my deal. I have 11 hits on my credit report. The dates and companies are: James Miller C...
Entity
Miller Chevrolet/Miller Consolidated
Categories: Auto Dealers
193, Report:
#33573
Posted Date:
Oct 30 2002
Bernard Haldane Associate false fraudulent promises, ripoff tricked and lied to us, no response to complaints, they don't give a dam, London US company with branches in Canada and the United Kingdom
The Promise Sept 1999
I have been thinking about moving to Canada for some time and finally decided to take the plunge in September 1999. The go it alone approach -leaving everything here and land in Ottawa with all I can carry and then start a job search is very risky and I was s...
Entity
Benard Haldane Associate
Categories: Employment Services
194, Report:
#30818
Posted Date:
Sep 23 2002
Rooms To Go Ripoff Products and Terrible Service Grapevine Texas
I am writing to express my extreme displeasure with ROOMS TO GO products as well as service on handling our specific furniture issues.
We purchased an entertainment center with separate bookcase, sofa, loveseat, cocktail table, sofa table, and 2 end tables.
Upon receipt of o...
Entity
Rooms To Go
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
195, Report:
#29328
Posted Date:
Sep 07 2002
Options Talent To make it official.. Orlando Florida
Well, it seems though I already quit with Options, they never took me off of their mailing list, so here's the email I received this morning:
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:08:40 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Urgent Message to all Options Scouts:
To: xxxx@yaho...
Entity
Options
Categories: Corrupt Companies
196, Report:
#19897
Posted Date:
May 29 2002
CFS Cash For Stuffing, Stuffing For Dollars,ripoff,fraud, sleazy money grubbers false promises,cheaters,thieves, Chicago Illinois
Typical loser that I am, I believed that I would be able to finally get myself out of debt, work at home to be with my kids (since my wife died) and start to maybe enjoy life a bit, but NO! These folks are the worst kind of predator there is: they prey on your dreams, your aspiratio...
Entity
cfs cash for stuffing stuffing for dollars
Categories: Corrupt Companies
197, Report:
#10634
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2002
Bernard Haldane Nothing for something.
I paid almost 6k to these people for NOTHING. I had few meetings with them demanding the production of a resume that was, by anyone's standard, written badly. It was two months late in coming. I had few meetings with them demanding the production of a resume that was, by anyone's st...
Entity
Frank Douglas Horne
Categories: Employers
198, Report:
#10379
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2002
Bernard Haldane 'Thief in the Night' Rip off - All empty promises
Like so many who have dreams of advancing their careers and finding that one perfect job, I sought the advice and expertise of people and organizations who I believed would help me. I saw the advertisement for Bernard Haldane. I spoke with one of their representatives over the pho...
Entity
Bernard Haldane
Categories: Employment Services
199, Report:
#9672
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2001
Cn'V Corvette Sales withheld relevant information to unload a car with obvious problems
12-19-2001
Following is the written record of my complaint with Cn'V Corvette Sales of Tempe, AZ. I have since received communication from ADOT and AZDEQ that the car has a valid emissions test and there is nothing more they can do. As of today, 12-19-2001, I have not heard from th...
Entity
Cn'V Corvette Sales and Tom Flannery
Categories: Auto Dealers
